Global InformationAdeola Fayehun information
Adeola Fayehun | |
|---|---|
| Born | Adeola Eunice Oladele 6 July 1984 Nigeria |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Other names | Eunice Fayehun |
| Education | Olivet College CUNY Graduate School of Journalism |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 2011-present |
| Known for | Keeping It Real with Adeola! |
| Website | adeolafayehun |
Adeola Eunice Oladele Fayehun (born 6 July 1984) is a Nigerian journalist who specializes in discussing current geopolitical, social and economic issues that affect the daily lives of Africans living on the continent.[1][2] She is well known for a controversial 2015 street interview[3] where she and fellow Sahara TV journalist Omoyele Sowore asked Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe when he would be stepping down from office.[4][5] In 2013, she interviewed former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on the streets of New York, asking him what he was doing about the then ongoing Boko Haram insurgency.[6][7]
- ^ Snow, Jackie (9 March 2016). "Meet Adeola, Nigeria's Jon Stewart: An interview with Adeola Fayehun, the host of Nigeria's Keeping It Real with Adeola". Lenny Letter. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ^ Ssali, Shaka (13 May 2015). "Straight Talk Africa: Adeola Fayehun, Host of Sahara TV's "Keeping It Real with Adeola"". Voice of America News. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ Fayehun, Adeola (31 May 2015). "SaharaReporters Crew Encounter With Pres. Robert Mugabe In Nigeria". SaharaTV. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ^ Thamm, Marianne (5 June 2015). "Nigeria's favourite satirist goes global after ambushing Robert Mugabe". Daily Maverick - Guardian Africa network. The Guardian. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ^ Freeman, Colin (3 June 2015). "How a Nigerian television reporter brought Robert Mugabe to account: TV journalist Adeola Fayehun ambushes Zimbabwean leader and asks why him he hasn't stepped down". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 4 June 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ^ Fayehun, Adeola (24 September 2013). "SaharaTV Interview with Goodluck Jonathan On The Streets Of New York". SaharaTV. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ^ "Just in: Adeola of Sahara Reporters quits Sahara TV". Vanguard News. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2020.