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{{Infobox presenter
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| birth_place = [[Okigwe]], [[Imo State]]
| birth_place = [[Okigwe]], [[Imo State]]
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* [[Starland Private School, Lagos]]
* [[Irwin College Leicestershire]]
* [[Owerri Girls Secondary School]]
* [[Coventry University]]
* [[Coventry University]]
* [[London Metropolitan University]]
* [[London Metropolitan University]]
* [[Oxford Brooks University]]
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| nationality = Nigerian
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'''Adaora Onyechere''' is a [[Nigerian]] [[Broadcast Journalist]], [[entrepreneur]], [[motivational speaker]], [[author]]and [[author]]. She is a former co-[[News presenter|anchor]] of ''Kakaaki'', a daily talk show on [[Africa Independent Television]].<ref name="ada">{{cite web | url=http://www.aitonline.tv/presenter-adaora_onyechere | title=Adaora Onyechere | work=[[Africa Independent Television]] | author=Kakaaki | accessdate=15 August 2015}}</ref>. She currently hosts her own show Talk to Adaora commonly known as Talk2Adaora on Kiss 99.9 FM Abuja every Tuesdays at 4pm. Her passion for supporting the women around her moved her into starting the WEWE Network Afrique, WEWE, an acronym for Women Enabling Women Everywhere, is a Pan-African organization.<ref name="wewe-network-afrique">{{cite web | url=https://wewenetworkafrique.com | title=WEWE NETWORK AFRIQUE | accessdate=9 April 2020}}</ref>. She is also the CEO of Signature Heels Media.
'''Adaora Onyechere''' is a [[Nigerian]] [[Broadcast Journalist]], [[entrepreneur]], [[motivational speaker]], [[author]]and [[author]]. She is a former co-[[News presenter|anchor]] of ''Kakaaki'', a daily talk show on [[Africa Independent Television]].<ref name="ada">{{cite web | url=http://www.aitonline.tv/presenter-adaora_onyechere | title=Adaora Onyechere | work=[[Africa Independent Television]] | author=Kakaaki | accessdate=15 August 2015}}</ref>. She currently hosts her own show Talk to Adaora commonly known as Talk2Adaora on Kiss 99.9 FM Abuja every Tuesdays at 4pm. Her passion for supporting the women around her moved her into starting the WEWE Network Afrique, WEWE, an acronym for Women Enabling Women Everywhere, is a Pan-African organization.<ref name="wewe-network-afrique">{{cite web | url=https://wewenetworkafrique.com | title=WEWE NETWORK AFRIQUE | accessdate=9 April 2020}}</ref>. Talk2Adaora is the brain work of WEWE Network Afrique. She is also the CEO of Signature Heels Media.


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Born in [[Nigeria]] to parents who are natives of [[Okigwe]], a local government area of [[Imo State]], Adaora is the first child of six children. In an interview with ''[[The Nation (Nigeria)|The Nation Newspaper]]'', Adaora revealed that her parents wanted her to be a lawyer but her love for writing made her study [[English Language]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thenationonlineng.net/life-as-a-single-mother-tv-gal-adaora-onyechere/ | title=Life as a single mother-TV gal Adaora Onyechere | work=[[The Nation (Nigeria)|The Nation Newspaper]] | author=Yomi Odunuga, Grace Obike | date=16 May 2015 | accessdate=15 August 2015}}</ref>.
Born in [[Nigeria]] to parents who are natives of [[Okigwe]], a local government area of [[Imo State]], Adaora is the first child of six children. In an interview with ''[[The Nation (Nigeria)|The Nation Newspaper]]'', Adaora revealed that her parents wanted her to be a lawyer but her love for writing made her study [[English Language]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thenationonlineng.net/life-as-a-single-mother-tv-gal-adaora-onyechere/ | title=Life as a single mother-TV gal Adaora Onyechere | work=[[The Nation (Nigeria)|The Nation Newspaper]] | author=Yomi Odunuga, Grace Obike | date=16 May 2015 | accessdate=15 August 2015}}</ref>.


Adaora had her primary school education at Starland Private School, [[Lagos]] where she completed her First School Leaving Certificate, then she had her Secondary school education at [[Owerri]] Girls Secondary School. She completed her [[A Level]] education at IONA College, [[England]] then subsequently obtained a [[diploma]] in [[Law]] at [[Coventry University]] before she graduated from [[London Metropolitan University]] after studying English Broadcasting. Adaora also holds a master's degree in [[creative writing]] after graduating from [[Oxford Brooks University]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.garkigazetteonline.com/content.php?cat_id=5465456576&c_id=30783389&fb_comment_id=388870104580214_2079274#f17bc693a8a9db | title="I had a speech defect growing up" – AIT’S Ada Onyechere | work=Garki Gazette | author=Fwangshak Guyit, Naomi Tetteh | date=29 November 2013 | accessdate=15 August 2015}}</ref>. She is also certified in BSL level 2 (Sign Language) and PMP Certification in [[Project Management]].
Adaora had her primary school education at Starland Private School, [[Lagos]] where she completed her First School Leaving Certificate, then she had her Secondary school education at [[Owerri]] Girls Secondary School. She completed her [[A Level]] education at IRWIN College, [[England]] then subsequently obtained a [[diploma]] in [[Law]] at [[Coventry University]] before she graduated from [[London Metropolitan University]] after studying English Broadcasting. Adaora also holds a master's degree in [[creative writing]] after graduating from [[Oxford Brooks University]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.garkigazetteonline.com/content.php?cat_id=5465456576&c_id=30783389&fb_comment_id=388870104580214_2079274#f17bc693a8a9db | title="I had a speech defect growing up" – AIT’S Ada Onyechere | work=Garki Gazette | author=Fwangshak Guyit, Naomi Tetteh | date=29 November 2013 | accessdate=15 August 2015}}</ref>. She is also certified in BSL level 2 (Sign Language) and PMP Certification in [[Project Management]].



[[Coventry University]]


==Career==
==Career==
Prior to moving back into Nigeria in 2009, Adaora wrote for ''Worldview Magazine London'', a student-based magazine back in the [[United Kingdom|U.K]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nigerianbiography.com/2014/11/adaora-onyechere.html?m=1 | title=Adaora Onyechere. | publisher=Nigerian Biography | accessdate=15 August 2015}}</ref> She had her first broadcasting stint as a radio presenter with Confluence Cable Network Limited, a broadcast media house in [[Kogi State]] before working for [[Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria]], Vision FM and DAAR Communications, a media company that houses Africa Independent Television where she worked as a presenter till August 2018<ref>{{cite web |title=‘Kaakaki’ host Adaora Onyechere leaves AIT to Pursue a career in politics |url=https://persecondnews.com/2018/08/28/kaakaki-host-adaora-onyechere-leaves-ait-to-pursue-a-career-in-politics/ |website=PER SECOND NEWS |date=28 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=ENWONGO |first1=ATING |title=Television Queen, Adaora Onyechere Bows Out Of AIT |url=https://thewhistler.ng/television-queen-adaora-onyechere-bows-out-of-ait/ |website=The Whistler NG |date=28 August 2018}}</ref> after which she moved on to aspire as a representative of Imo State House of Assembly under the platform of Action Alliance.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Erunke |first1=Joseph |title=Imo 2019: I'll redesign South East educational curriculum-Onyechere |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/imo-2019-ill-redesign-south-east-educational-curriculum-onyechere/ |website=Vanguard News Nigeria |date=6 October 2018}}</ref> She lost to the APGA candidate.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.blueprint.ng/women-that-ran-in-2019-polls-are-champions-adaora-onyechere/ | title=Women that ran in 2019 polls are champions – Adaora Onyechere | publisher=Blue Print | accessdate=31 July 2019}}</ref> She was appointed the Special Assistant to the Governor on Information and Advocacy by the Governor [[Chukwuemeka Ihedioha]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://dailypost.ng/2019/06/20/gov-ihedioha-makes-appointments/ | title=Gov. Ihedioha makes more appointments | publisher=Daily Post | accessdate=31 July 2019}}</ref>.
Prior to moving back into Nigeria in 2009, Adaora wrote for ''Worldview Magazine London'', a student-based magazine back in the [[United Kingdom|U.K]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nigerianbiography.com/2014/11/adaora-onyechere.html?m=1 | title=Adaora Onyechere. | publisher=Nigerian Biography | accessdate=15 August 2015}}</ref> She had her first broadcasting stint as a radio presenter with Confluence Cable Network Limited, a broadcast media house in [[Kogi State]] before working for [[Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria]], Vision FM and DAAR Communications, a media company that houses Africa Independent Television where she worked as a presenter till August 2018<ref>{{cite web |title=‘Kaakaki’ host Adaora Onyechere leaves AIT to Pursue a career in politics |url=https://persecondnews.com/2018/08/28/kaakaki-host-adaora-onyechere-leaves-ait-to-pursue-a-career-in-politics/ |website=PER SECOND NEWS |date=28 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=ENWONGO |first1=ATING |title=Television Queen, Adaora Onyechere Bows Out Of AIT |url=https://thewhistler.ng/television-queen-adaora-onyechere-bows-out-of-ait/ |website=The Whistler NG |date=28 August 2018}}</ref> after which she moved on to aspire as a representative of Imo State House of Assembly under the platform of Action Alliance.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Erunke |first1=Joseph |title=Imo 2019: I'll redesign South East educational curriculum-Onyechere |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/imo-2019-ill-redesign-south-east-educational-curriculum-onyechere/ |website=Vanguard News Nigeria |date=6 October 2018}}</ref> She lost to the APGA candidate.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.blueprint.ng/women-that-ran-in-2019-polls-are-champions-adaora-onyechere/ | title=Women that ran in 2019 polls are champions – Adaora Onyechere | publisher=Blue Print | accessdate=31 July 2019}}</ref> She was appointed the Special Assistant to the Governor on Information and Advocacy by the Governor [[Chukwuemeka Ihedioha]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://dailypost.ng/2019/06/20/gov-ihedioha-makes-appointments/ | title=Gov. Ihedioha makes more appointments | publisher=Daily Post | accessdate=31 July 2019}}</ref>.


Adaora Onyechere Currently hosts her talk show on Kiss 99.9 FM, Called Talk2Adaora, it is a show that promises to keep you at the edge of your seats.
Adaora Onyechere Currently hosts her talk show on Kiss 99.9 FM, Called Talk2Adaora, It is a show that looks at social issues in society and bridges the gap between policymakers and the citizens.


==Publications==
==Publications==
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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Adaora is a single mother with a son. She is the initiator of several [[non-governmental organization]]s including the "Yellowjerrycan Save-A-Child Lend-A-Hand" project, a foundation that focuses on the welfare of children and women who have been victims of insurgencies and "International Rise Up Against Rape", an initiative against [[child abuse]] and [[rape]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yjsaveachild.org/about/the_initiator |title=About the initiator |publisher=Yellowjerrycan Save-A-Child |accessdate=15 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122223152/http://www.yjsaveachild.org/about/the_initiator |archivedate=22 November 2015 }}</ref>.
Adaora is the initiator of several [[non-governmental organization]]s including the "Yellowjerrycan Save-A-Child Lend-A-Hand" project, a foundation that focuses on the welfare of children and women who have been victims of insurgencies and "International Rise Up Against Rape", an initiative against [[child abuse]] and [[rape]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yjsaveachild.org/about/the_initiator |title=About the initiator |publisher=Yellowjerrycan Save-A-Child |accessdate=15 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122223152/http://www.yjsaveachild.org/about/the_initiator |archivedate=22 November 2015 }}</ref>. In 2018, she and her foundation led a campaign against [[child mortality]] <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/foundation-sensitizes-students-on-malnutrition.html |title=Foundation sensitizes students on malnutrition |publisher=Ojoma Akor|accessdate=4 June 2018 }}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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[[Category:Alumni of London Metropolitan University]]
[[Category:Alumni of London Metropolitan University]]
[[Category:Alumni of Oxford Brookes University]]
[[Category:Alumni of Oxford Brookes University]]
[[File:Adaora Onyechere, Talk2Adaora.jpg|thumb|Adaora Onyechere, Host Talk2Adaora Show on Kiss FM 99.9]]
[[Category:People from Anambra State]]
[[Category:People from Anambra State]]

Revision as of 02:27, 21 April 2020

Adaora Onyechere
Host Talk2Adaora Show on Kiss FM 99.9
Host Talk2Adaora Show on Kiss FM 99.9
Born
Okigwe, Imo State
NationalityNigerian
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Entrepreneur
  • Broadcast Journalist
  • Philanthropist
  • motivational speaker
  • Author
Known forco-anchor of Kakaaki, a daily talk show on Africa Independent Television
Title
  • Executive Director of Yellow Jerrycan Save A Child Foundation.
  • CEO of Signature heels
  • CEO of WEWE Network Afrique
  • Host of Talk2Adaora on kiss 99.9 FM

Adaora Onyechere is a Nigerian Broadcast Journalist, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, authorand author. She is a former co-anchor of Kakaaki, a daily talk show on Africa Independent Television.[1]. She currently hosts her own show Talk to Adaora commonly known as Talk2Adaora on Kiss 99.9 FM Abuja every Tuesdays at 4pm. Her passion for supporting the women around her moved her into starting the WEWE Network Afrique, WEWE, an acronym for Women Enabling Women Everywhere, is a Pan-African organization.[2]. Talk2Adaora is the brain work of WEWE Network Afrique. She is also the CEO of Signature Heels Media.

Early life and education

Born in Nigeria to parents who are natives of Okigwe, a local government area of Imo State, Adaora is the first child of six children. In an interview with The Nation Newspaper, Adaora revealed that her parents wanted her to be a lawyer but her love for writing made her study English Language.[3].

Adaora had her primary school education at Starland Private School, Lagos where she completed her First School Leaving Certificate, then she had her Secondary school education at Owerri Girls Secondary School. She completed her A Level education at IRWIN College, England then subsequently obtained a diploma in Law at Coventry University before she graduated from London Metropolitan University after studying English Broadcasting. Adaora also holds a master's degree in creative writing after graduating from Oxford Brooks University.[4]. She is also certified in BSL level 2 (Sign Language) and PMP Certification in Project Management.


Career

Prior to moving back into Nigeria in 2009, Adaora wrote for Worldview Magazine London, a student-based magazine back in the U.K.[5] She had her first broadcasting stint as a radio presenter with Confluence Cable Network Limited, a broadcast media house in Kogi State before working for Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Vision FM and DAAR Communications, a media company that houses Africa Independent Television where she worked as a presenter till August 2018[6][7] after which she moved on to aspire as a representative of Imo State House of Assembly under the platform of Action Alliance.[8] She lost to the APGA candidate.[9] She was appointed the Special Assistant to the Governor on Information and Advocacy by the Governor Chukwuemeka Ihedioha.[10].

Adaora Onyechere Currently hosts her talk show on Kiss 99.9 FM, Called Talk2Adaora, It is a show that looks at social issues in society and bridges the gap between policymakers and the citizens.

Publications

Apart from broadcasting, Adaora is a motivational book author.[1] Some of her published books include:

  • Poetry for Life
  • Black Girl With A White Heart
  • Women In The World

She is also a motivational speaker and poet.[1] Some of her published Spoken Words Include:

  • Arise
  • Fear

Awards and recognitions

  • NOA Mission Envoy of Peace Award
  • Naija Diamond Winner Award

Personal life

Adaora is the initiator of several non-governmental organizations including the "Yellowjerrycan Save-A-Child Lend-A-Hand" project, a foundation that focuses on the welfare of children and women who have been victims of insurgencies and "International Rise Up Against Rape", an initiative against child abuse and rape.[11]. In 2018, she and her foundation led a campaign against child mortality [12]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Kakaaki. "Adaora Onyechere". Africa Independent Television. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  2. ^ "WEWE NETWORK AFRIQUE". Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  3. ^ Yomi Odunuga, Grace Obike (16 May 2015). "Life as a single mother-TV gal Adaora Onyechere". The Nation Newspaper. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  4. ^ Fwangshak Guyit, Naomi Tetteh (29 November 2013). ""I had a speech defect growing up" – AIT'S Ada Onyechere". Garki Gazette. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Adaora Onyechere". Nigerian Biography. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  6. ^ "'Kaakaki' host Adaora Onyechere leaves AIT to Pursue a career in politics". PER SECOND NEWS. 28 August 2018.
  7. ^ ENWONGO, ATING (28 August 2018). "Television Queen, Adaora Onyechere Bows Out Of AIT". The Whistler NG.
  8. ^ Erunke, Joseph (6 October 2018). "Imo 2019: I'll redesign South East educational curriculum-Onyechere". Vanguard News Nigeria.
  9. ^ "Women that ran in 2019 polls are champions – Adaora Onyechere". Blue Print. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Gov. Ihedioha makes more appointments". Daily Post. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  11. ^ "About the initiator". Yellowjerrycan Save-A-Child. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  12. ^ "Foundation sensitizes students on malnutrition". Ojoma Akor. Retrieved 4 June 2018.


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