Aunty
Bimbo Oloyede is a veteran Nigerian journalist and producer. As a newscaster,
she was a mainstay on the Nigerian Television Authority Network News from 1976
to 1980. Simply put, the beauty and brain that brings joy to many homes. First
woman to cast the Network News on the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC)
network.
Aunty
Oloyede's father was M.E.K. Roberts, a former deputy inspector general of
police, she spent much of her adolescent life in England where she studied
drama and theatre arts. When she returned to Nigeria, she began as a production
staff of the drama department at Lagos Television Station owned by the Nigerian
Broadcasting Corporation (NBC).
When NBC was reorganized into the Nigerian
Television Authority, Oloyede was nominated as a newscaster for the Nigerian
Television Authority's (NTA) 9 pm Network News, her first broadcast was in
April 1976. In 1980, she left NTA and co-founded a media company with her late husband.
She floated her own media outfit with the husband and worked with channels for
a while. October 3rd, 2015 Aunty Bimbo marked 40years of her
relevance in the industry and it was a memorable time with former colleagues. The
same year she was awarded “Life time Achievement Awards” for journalistic
excellence by Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ). This is
amongst other recognition she gained including the Nigerian Broadcasters Merit
Awards.
Aunty
Bimbo Oloyede is the initiator of the Women Optimum Development Foundation, an
NGO that raises awareness about issues concerning young girls and women. She
mentors many young female broadcasters and she is always willing to share at no
cost her wealth of experience and knowledge in the field. As such, she came up
with a brilliant book and guide for young journalists titled “Strictly
Speaking”, the publication is on pronunciation guide.
As our role model, we say
may God bless and preserve you ma!
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