Sandra Ezekwesili

Sandra Sopuluchukwu Ezekwesili is a Nigerian Broadcast Journalist, and Media Personality. She currently hosts the drive time News and Current Affairs radio show, "Hard Facts" on Nigeria Info 99.3FM in Lagos, Nigeria.

Sandra Ezekwesili
Sandra at Cool FM Praise Jam, 2015
Alma materEnugu State University of Science and Technology
OccupationBroadcast Journalist / Media Personality
Years active2009 - present
Known forHosting Cool FM, Port Harcourt's Breakfast show Good Morning Nigeria on Cool FM, Port Harcourt, and Nigeria Info, Lagos's drive time show, "Hard Facts".
Websitesandrasezekwesili.wordpress.com

Early Life and Career

Born in Port Harcourt, Sandra is from Nara-Unateze, Nkanu-East Local Government Area, Nigeria. Sandra spent the first seven years of her life in Enugu where she received a nursery and primary education from NAOWA Nursery and Primary School Enugu. She moved with her family to join her father in Port Harcourt, Nigeria in 1997.

While at University, there was a long lecturer's strike and she found herself with a lot of free time. She decided to use this time to intern at the Enugu State Broadcasting Service (ESBS) where she was soon thrust into the limelight as a presenter. It went so well that when school resumed the Head of Station at ESBS asked her to come back after she got her degree.[1]

She graduated from Enugu State University of Science and Technology with a degree in Mass Communication, and went on to work for Katsina State TV in Northern Nigeria, before moving back south to work for Radio Bayelsa and Ray Power FM Yenogoa.

Cool FM

Sandra came to the attention of Cool FM Port Harcourt when she recorded an audition tape on her smartphone.[2] She was invited to audition properly and was hired in March 2013.

She quickly became a popular on-air personality winning or being nominated for a variety of awards in her first year at Cool FM. These include the Female On-Air Personality of the Year in August 2014 by Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo.[3] She was also given an award by the Stefano Piotti Foundation in 2015.[4]

Nigeria Info

In November 2018, Sandra moved from Cool FM Port Harcourt to its sister station in, Nigeria Info 99.3FM Lagos, a news and current affairs talk radio station. She became the host of "Hard Facts", the station's evening drive time (3pm to 7pm) talk program. This show is currently rated No 2 in its time slot.

Other Activities

Sandra is an accomplished events host and MC. She is also a Public Speaker and gave a TedxYouth talk in 2014.[5]

Following the sexual assault of one of the participants while she slept by another participant on Big Brother Nigeria, Sandra has become a fierce advocate for Consent Education in Nigeria and a growing voice against sexual harassment[6]

References
  1. "You know their voices…but how well do you know these OAPs (Sandra Ezekwesili)?". 26 February 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  2. Wikina, Ebenezar (3 December 2014). "TEDxYouth@OrdinanceRoad: How We Put West Africa on the Map". Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  3. https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandra-ezekwesili-0b17567a/
  4. "Steph Foundation - Team". www.stephfoundation.com. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  5. TEDx Talks (14 April 2015). "It Starts With You - Sandra Ezekwesili - TEDxYouth@OrdinanceRoad". Retrieved 11 September 2017 – via YouTube.
  6. Stephanie Busari; Flourish Chukwurah. "'Big Brother' has Nigerians talking about sexual consent". CNN. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
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