Temi Balogun

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Temi Balogun
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TaymiB on "TGIF" on NdaniTV in 2018
Born
Temilola Balogun

c.1991 [1]
NationalityNigerian
Other namesTaymiB and Temi Balogun Akinmuda
EducationNottingham University
OccupationOn Air Personality
Employer Cool FM Nigeria

Temilola Balogun known as TaymiB and Temi Balogun Akinmuda is a Nigerian media personality and creator of the TV series Skinny Girl in Transit .

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Life

She was educated at Queen's College in Lagos and then studied media at Nottingham Trent University. [2] She was once a tee-shirt designer who sang in a duo called "Soyinka's Afro" [2] with her brother aka Ajebutter 22 in 2009. [3]

Balogun became a host at Cool FM Nigeria which is a pop and rock station for an adult audience broadcasting from Lagos. [4] She is the creator of the TV series Skinny Girl in Transit 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. [5] The show launched in 2017. [6]

In 2019 Balogun and N6 hosted a live interview with American rapper Cardi B which was considered a scoop. [7] Cardi B was on her first tour of Africa, performing in both Nigeria and Ghana. [8]

Private life

She is married to Timi Akinmuda and they have two children. [1]

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