Adeola Fayehun
Nigerian journalist
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. She is well known for a controversial 2015 street interview where she and fellow Sahara TV journalist Omoyele Sowore asked Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe when he would be stepping down from office. In 2013, she interviewed former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan in New York City and asked him what he was doing about the then ongoing Boko Haram insurgency.
Quotes
edit- I always have to get in character for Keeping It Real, so some people are surprised when they meet me in person,”
- I personally don’t see anything interesting in just listening to news, I just get depressed. If I myself get depressed then you bet my listeners are also depressed. If I can make it in my way and make it fun then I can do the news.
- My job requires I look good, it helps to catch and retain the attention of viewers
- Try to learn all that you can learn, take advantage of all the equipment that you have, and learn how to use them. Find out what the engineers are doing. Find out what the producers are doing and learn it, learn your craft.
- Women are not encouraged in our culture to be vocal or to be politically active. Also, some men are not ready for the era of women in power
- People will criticize you whether you do well or not,” You have to be comfortable with who you are, and be willing to make necessary adjustment. The day you start listening to people’s criticism is the day you start living for other people. And you can’t afford to do that, not even for one day.
