Who is Adeola Fayehun?
Adeola Eunice Oladele Fayehun who is best known as Adeola Fayehun, is a Nigerian popular journalist who specializes in discussing the geopolitical, social, and economic issues that affect the daily lives of Africans.
Adeola Fayehun is well known for the controversial 2015 on-street, interviewed where she and her fellow Sahara TV journalist, Omoyele Sowore, asked Zimbabwean president, Mr. Robert Mugabe, about when he would be stepping down from office.
In 2013, she interviewed former Nigeria president, Goodluck Jonathan, on the street of New York, asking him what he was doing about the on-going Boko Haram insurgency.
Adeola Fayehun works from New York City for the Sahara Reporters for where she writes about Africa politics. Oyewele Sowore regularly host a satirical news show on YouTube called Keepings It Real With Adeola which is produced and published on the Sahara TV YouTube channel.
Adeola Fayehun Biography
| Full Name: | Adeola Fayehun Oladele |
| Date of Birth: | July 6, 1984 |
| Place of Birth: | Lagos |
| State of Origin: | Lagos State |
| Nationality: | Nigerian |
| Occupation: | Journalist, Blogger, YouTuber |
| Net Worth: | $1-5 million |
| Husband/Spouse: | Victor Fayehun |
Early Life and Education
She was born on the 6th of July, 1984 to Rev. (Dr.) Solomon Ajayi Oladele and Margaret Ibiladun Oladele. She is the youngest of the number 6 of her siblings and is of Yoruba descent in the South-Western Nigeria and speaks the language (Yoruba) frequently.
She started her tertiary education in Nigeria, but later moved to the United States of America in 2003 after gaining a scholarship through the National Association of Congregation Christian Churches.
In 2007, she graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Ovilet College in ovilet Michigan.
While in school, Adeola Fayehun works as a writer for the Ovilet College newspaper. Adeola Fayehun founded the Ovilet College TV studio as part of her school project.
In 2008, she received a master’s degree in broadcast journalism from CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.
Career
Adeola Fayehun started working as a TV news producer at the CUNY TV after her graduation. During the period she wrote and produced a feature on the Sahara reporters Omoyele Sowore.
After the feature, she continued to work with Sowore in a behind-the-scenes capacity at Sahara Reporters.
In 2011, Adeola Fayehun began her satire news program, “Keeping It Real With Adeola,” the show was 30 minutes long and featured, Fayehun reporting often in characters, on various African news.
The focus of the show is reporting political issues to the Africa and of interest to the dispora community.
For the first 150 episodes of the show were created over a three year was edit, written and published by Fayehun.
Often compared to comedian Jon Stewart, Fayehun used satire and comedy to explain news events in self-produced videos.
Fayehun also works as a foreign correspondent for the Nation, a Nigerian national daily newspaper in Lagos, Nigeria. Fayehun founded the online resource, African Spotlight.
Net Worth
Adeola Fayehun’s net worth is an estimated $1-5 million. She earned money as a YouTuber and reported as a journalist.
Adeola Fayehun’s biography wouldn’t be complete if her net worth wasn’t included.
Personal Life
Adeola Fayehun gets married to Victor Fayehun in Nigeria.
Adeola and her husband founded a non-profit foundation KIRWA Foundation, which provides aids to terminal ill in Nigeria.
Social Media Handle
You can connect with Adeola Fayehun on social media
- Facebook; Adeola Fayehun
- Instagram; @adeola fayehun.
- Twitter; @adeola fayehun.
