Temilola Balogun ⓘ also known as TaymiB and Temi Balogun Akinmuda is a Nigerian media personality and creator of the television series Skinny Girl in Transit.
Temi Balogun | |
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 TaymiB on "TGIF" on NdaniTV in 2018 | |
| Born | Temilola Balogun c.1991[1] |
| Other names | TaymiB and Temi Balogun Akinmuda |
| Education | Nottingham University |
| Occupation | On Air Personality |
| Employer | Cool FM Nigeria |
Education and career
editShe was educated at Queen's College in Lagos and later studied media at Nottingham Trent University.[2] She was once a T-shirt designer who sang in a duo called "Soyinka's Afro"[2] with her brother Ajebutter 22 in 2009.[3]
Balogun became a host at Cool FM Nigeria, a Lagos-based pop and rock station.[4] She is the creator of the television series Skinny Girl in Transit which reached its sixth series in 2020 and its seventh in 2023.[5] She leads BOX TV which produced the series Things Men Say, launched in 2017.[6][7]
In 2019, Balogun and N6 hosted a live interview with American rapper Cardi B,[8] who was on her first tour of Africa, performing in Nigeria and Ghana.[9]
Personal life
editShe is married to Timi Akinmuda and they have two children.[1]
References
edit- 1 2 CoolFM, StayBusy Tech For. "Cool FM Nigeria | #1 Hit Music Station". CoolFM. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
- 1 2 "Judges - Africa Connected". www.africaconnected.com. Archived from the original on 2020-01-30. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
- ↑ BellaNaija.com (2009-11-05). "Who Is…Soyinka's Afro". BellaNaija. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
- ↑ "Cool FM". Streema. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
- ↑ ShockNG (2022-11-23). "Skinny Girl in Transit Season 7 Returns 2023, No Release Date Yet". ShockNG. Retrieved 2025-03-22.
- ↑ "Temilola Akinmuda The Creative". The Guardian. Lagos, Nigeria. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
- ↑ Tv, Bn (2017-09-19). "It's here! Watch Episode 1 of Box TV's "Things Men Say" featuring Bollylomo & Joules". BellaNaija. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
- ↑ "Cool FM hosts Cardi B in first ever live radio interview in Nigeria". Pulse Nigeria. 2019-12-07. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
- ↑ Salaudeen, Aisha. "Cardi B is set to perform for the first time in Nigeria and Ghana". CNN. Retrieved 2020-02-29.