Adeola Fayehun

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.

Early life Fayehun was born in Nigeria. Her parents, Rev. Dr. Solomon Ajayi Oladele and Margaret Ibiladun Oladele (née Abolarin), worked as missionaries in Nigeria. She has five older siblings, and is the youngest child. At Olivet she worked in radio and was a writer for the college newspaper. As part of a school project, Fayehun also founded the Olivet College TV Studio. In 2008, Fayehun received a master's degree in broadcast journalism from CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.

Career In 2009, after graduate school, Fayehun worked at CUNY TV as a TV news producer. During this time she wrote and produced a feature on Sahara Reporters's Omoyele Sowore, who she later went on to work with in a behind-the-scenes capacity at Sahara Reporters.

In April 2011, Fayehun began the news satire program, Keeping It Real with Adeola! on SaharaTV. The focus of the show was on reporting political issues pertinent to Africa and of interest to the African diaspora community. For the first 150-plus episodes created over a period of three years, Fayehun was the producer, writer, and editor of the show.

Often compared to comedian Jon Stewart, Fayehun uses satire and comedy to explain news events in self-produced videos.

Notable interviews 2013: Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Boko Haram and the Sovereign wealth fund 2015: Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo 2015: Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on ending presidency, 2014: Ethiopian Satellite News Network (ESAT), Washington DC, "Excellence In Journalism For Democracy Award" 2015: CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, "Best One Woman Show" Fayehun and her husband created a non-profit foundation called KIRWA Foundation that provides aid to terminally ill in Africa.