Ijeoma Onyeator
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| Born | Ijeoma Noeline Uche 1976 Nairobi, Kenya |
| Alma mater | University of Lagos Brunel University of London Pan-African University, Lagos |
| Employer(s) | Shell Nigeria Channels Television, Nigeria Commonwealth Secretariat |
| Children | 4 |
Ijeoma Noeline Onyeator (née Uche, born 1976) is a Kenyan journalist, news anchor and media personality of 24-hour news Channels Television in Nigeria.
Family and education
[edit]Onyeator was born in Nairobi, Kenya. Her father was lawyer at The Hague, Uche Uko, and she has four siblings.[1][2] Her mother was a librarian.[3]
Onyeator studied a bachelors degree at the University of Lagos (Unilag). She studied a masters degree in Media, Communication and Technology at Brunel University of London in the United Kingdom. She studied a PhD in Media and Communication at the Pan African University in Lagos, Nigeria and was the first female recipient of the Doctor of Philosophy degree in this subject.[4][5] Her PhD thesis was titled "Human Communication in a Digital Age: Perspectives on Interpersonal Communication in the Family."[6] She received the British Chevening Scholarship for her doctoral studies.[7]
Career
[edit]Onyeator began her career on the media relations team of Shell Nigeria (SPDC).[3][5] In January 2004, Onyeator joined Channels Television in Nigeria as a junior presenter. She was promoted to become a senior journalist and news anchor for the media group, anchoring the flagship bulletin programme The News at Ten.[3][8] In 2019, she reported on the death of her 23-year old colleague Precious Owolabi, who died when hit by a stray bullet during a protest in Abuja.[9][10] Onyeator has also interviewed Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.[11]
Onyeator spoke at the Gender, Security and Election Coverage panel at the 2018 African Women in the Media Conference.[12] She spoke about "fake news" in 2019 at a workshop organised by the Centre for Leadership in Journalism of the School of Media and Communication (SMC) and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, asking for news platforms to monitor themselves in the era of social media.[13] She is a member of the British National Union of Journalists[5] and an associate member of the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria.[8]
Onyeator has worked as the Communications Officer of the Communications Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat.[5] She has worked with the United Nations Development Fund, the African Union and the British Council in this role[7] and has served as a mentor on the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders.[14]
In 2023, Onyeator contributed a chapter to the book Nigerian Media Industries in the Era of Globalization.[15] She has also published research in the Research on Humanities and Social Sciences journal on "Class Structures in the Creative Industries: An Analysis of the Working Conditions of Workers in Nigeria’s Fashion Sector."[16]
Awards
[edit]- Producer of the Year at the Corporate Livewire Awards (2023)[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Ogbeche, Emmanuel (21 August 2022). "Channels TV Ijeoma Onyeator mourns her father, Prof. Uko, 87". The Abuja Inquirer. Archived from the original on 29 August 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ^ "Onyeator, Channels TV news anchor, loses father". The Guardian (Nigera). 11 August 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ^ a b c Onyeator, Ijeoma (5 July 2019). "Improving visibility of female journalists". Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Blogs. Archived from the original on 24 April 2025. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ^ Nwandu, Chris Kehinde (8 December 2020). "Channels TV Anchor Girl Ijeoma Onyeator Makes History At Pan African University". CKN News. Archived from the original on 23 March 2025. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ^ a b c d e "Team Profile". Heritage Oil & Gas Company (Nig.) Limited. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ^ Onyeator, Ijeoma (1 January 2019). "Human Communication in a Digital Age: Perspectives on Interpersonal Communication in the Family". PhD thesis, Pan-African University. doi:10.7176/NMMC/78-06. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Ijeoma Noeline Onyeator". Nigerian International Film Summit. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Biography of Ijeoma Onyeator; TV Presenter; Reporter". Hi7. Archived from the original on 25 April 2025. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ^ "Video: Shiites protest: Channels' newscaster, Ijeoma weeps over death of colleague". pmnewsnigeria.com. 23 July 2019. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ^ Mienpamo, Saint (23 July 2019). "Watch this Emotional Video of Ijeoma Onyeator Cries while reporting the death of Precious Owolabi a Channels Tv Reporter who was Killed during Shiite, Police Clash in Abuja". Naija Live Tv. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ^ Channels Television (19 March 2022). Chimamanda Adichie Sheds Light On Her Writing Process |FULL INTERVIEW|. Archived from the original on 23 May 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2025 – via YouTube.
- ^ Kahara, Samuel (24 August 2018). "VIDEO: Ijeoma Onyeator, challenges of reporting elections as a female reporter". African Women in Media. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ^ Ohwovoriole, Onome (4 February 2019). "How fake news affects the capital markets". Nairametrics. Archived from the original on 19 February 2025. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ^ Stephen, Jesuwale (2 October 2021). "WIJAfrica 2021: See Nigeria's 25 Most Powerful Women In Journalism". Gatekeepers News. Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ^ Akpan, Unwana Samuel (9 January 2023). Nigerian Media Industries in the Era of Globalization. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. ISBN 978-1-6669-2286-8.
- ^ Onyeator, Ijeoma (2019). "Class Structures in the Creative Industries: An Analysis of the Working Conditions of Workers in Nigeria's Fashion Sector". Research on Humanities and Social Sciences. 9 (4): 1. ISSN 2225-0484. Archived from the original on 11 May 2025. Retrieved 14 July 2025.