Temilola Balogun known as TaymiB and Temi Balogun Akinmuda is a Nigerian media personality and creator of the TV series ''
Skinny Girl in Transit
''Skinny Girl in Transit'' is a Nigerian Comedy webseries by NdaniTV. The first episode was released on NdaniTV's YouTube page on 16 Jul 2015. The idea for the series was pitched by Temi Balogun. The series returned to NdaniTV for its fifth se ...
''.
Life
She was educated at
Queen's College in
Lagos
Lagos ( Nigerian English: ; ) is the largest city in Nigeria and the second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper. Lagos was the national capital of Nigeria until December 1991 f ...
and then studied media at
Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as a new universities, new university in 1992, although its roots go back to 1843 with the establishment of the Nottingham School of Desi ...
.
She was once a tee-shirt designer who sang in a duo called "Soyinka's Afro"
[ with her brother aka Ajebutter 22 in 2009.
Balogun became a host at ]Cool FM Nigeria
Cool FM Nigeria is a Nigerian English-speaking radio station with frequencies across 4 of the 6 Geo-Political zones in Nigeria. It operates Cool TV and online radio. The radio station is pop and rock for adult audiences.
In 2019, Cool FM hoste ...
which is a pop and rock station for an adult audience broadcasting from Lagos. She is the creator of the TV series Skinny Girl in Transit
''Skinny Girl in Transit'' is a Nigerian Comedy webseries by NdaniTV. The first episode was released on NdaniTV's YouTube page on 16 Jul 2015. The idea for the series was pitched by Temi Balogun. The series returned to NdaniTV for its fifth se ...
which in 2020 was in its sixth series. She leads BOX TV who also launched a series titled "Things Men Say", based on the outrageous things she has heard. The show launched in 2017.
In 2019 Balogun and N6 hosted a live interview with American rapper Cardi B
Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar Cephus (, ; born October 11, 1992), known professionally as Cardi B, is an American rapper and songwriter. She first gained popularity as an influencer on Vine and Instagram. From 2015 to early 2017, she appeared as ...
which was considered a scoop.
Cardi B was on her first tour of Africa, performing in both Nigeria and Ghana.
Private life
She is married to Timi Akinmuda and they have two children.
References
Living people
Nigerian television producers
Women television producers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Queen's College, Lagos alumni
Nigerian screenwriters
Alumni of Nottingham Trent University
Nigerian media personalities
Yoruba people
Nigerian radio presenters
Nigerian women radio presenters
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