Experience
British Broadcasting Corporation, W.Africa Bureau, Lagos, Nigeria
Business Reporter/Producer | March 2018 - present
Reporting and producing TV, audio and written stories about entrepreneurship, personal finance and tech trends from Anglophone West Africa.
Punch Newspapers, Nigeria
Correspondent, Features | March 2011 - March 2018
Reporting crime and writing features about Nigeria's justice and prison system, education, health and the environment.
Uniq FM, Osun, Nigeria
News Producer/Presenter | Sep. 2010 - Feb. 2011
Presenting news bulletins and running daily on-air shifts as continuity announcer.
Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria
News Editor | Feb. 2009-Sep. 2010
Editing national news bulletins daily and coordinating field reporters.
Education
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York
Master of Science, Data Journalism | 2022
University of Lagos, Nigeria
Master of Industrial and Labour Relations | 2016
University of Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
Bachelor of Arts, English and Literary Studies | 2008
Awards
Diamond Award for Media Excellence | 2018
Zimeo Awards, Africa Media Initiative, Addis Ababa | 2017
Journalist of the Year, Quill Awards | 2014
Education Reporter of the Year, Quill Awards | 2014
Best Report on Children, Quill Awards | 2014
Honoree, Wole Soyinka Awards for Investigative Reporting | 2014