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Ruth Benamaisia-Opia is a veteran Nigerian broadcaster. She was the anchor of NewsLine on Nigerian Television Authority. She was a one-time Commissioner for Information in Bayelsa State and also was a radio presenter with Radio Nigeria, Enugu. [1] Early life and career.
Apr 16, 2016 · ACE broadcaster, Ruth Benamaisia-Opia, has returned to the screen in grand style. The ex-foremost newscaster with the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), in a bid to revive her broadcasting...
Nov 30, 2014 · If you grew up in Nigeria in the 80s and 90s then you should know this woman. She was one of the original glamour gals of television. Ruth Benamaisia-Opia was the darling of viewers for many years when she was a newscaster at NTA. She and grown daughters cover today's Vanguard Allure.
May 21, 2018 · Ruth Benamaisia Opia is a name that can never be forgotten in a hurry in broadcasting, especially in NTA. She was a celebrated newscaster for several years. She was a darling to millions of viewers on television in the 1980s and 1990s. With a name and a voice to look forward to, she endeared herself to the heart of Nigerians during the several ...
- Bimbo Oloyede
- Siene Allwell-Brown
- Ruth Benemiaisa Opia
- Eugenia Abu
- Hauwa Baba-Ahmed
- Ronke Ayuba
- Lola Alakija
- Jamila Atiku-Abubakar
- Sola Momoh
- Tokunbo Ajayi
Bimbo Oloyede (Nee Roberts) was nominated as a newscaster for the NTA 9 p.m. Network News when NBC was reorganized into the Nigerian Television Authority. Bimbo Oloyede made her first television appearance in April 1976. From 1976 to 1980, she was the anchor of the 9 p.m. news. The veteran broadcaster, drama and theatre artist left NTA in 1980 to c...
In the 1970s and 1980s, the charming Siene Allwell-Brown was a regular on the 9 p.m. news. On May 1, 1973, Allwell-Brown began her career as a radio presenter at the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) in Ikoyi, Lagos. She later became a presenter and news anchor for NTA. The Rivers State native was praised for her impeccable diction, fashion s...
Another NTA news legend is the charismatic Ruth Benamaisia-Opia. When she anchored the news program, she endeared herself to millions of Nigerian TV viewers with her delightful delivery. For several years, the Lagos-born Bayelsa indigene also hosted NTA’s hugely popular Newsline at 9 p.m. on Sundays. The dreadlocked broadcaster later left NTA to pu...
For seventeen years, NTA’s 9 p.m. news was hosted by the beautiful and intelligent Eugenia Abu. The 58-year-old Kaduna-born broadcasters and commères began her broadcasting career at Radio Benue, Makurdi, before joining NTA. The graduate of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, is also a writer and poet. In 2008, her book In the Blink of an Eye received ...
Hauwa Baba-Ahmed was another favourite of late-eighties and early-nineties TV watchers. She was well-known for her conservative dress, particularly with the hijab. Aside from the fact that she is now known as Hauwa Shuaibu Galma, little is known about her after her NTA days.
Another NTA news veteran is Ronke Ayuba (nee Darley). She was well-known for her clear news delivery and impressive diction. She worked as a continuity announcer, newscaster, and presenter at WNTV/WNBS in Ibadan, Oyo State, before moving on to NTA Ibadan. Abubakar Tanko Ayuba, a retired army general and former military governor of Kaduna State, mar...
Lola Alakija was another recognizable face on Nigerian television in the 1980s and early 1990s. She is best known for announcing the late General Sani Abacha’s takeover of the Interim National Government led by Chief Ernest Shonekan. Chief Lai Ogunbambi, the Odofin of Lagos and a former Federal Capital Permanent Secretary, was once married to Alaki...
In the 1980s, Jamila Atiku-Abubakar worked as a reporter for NTA. Jennifer Iwenjiora, the pretty Onitsha-born broadcaster, was known as Jennifer Iwenjiora during her time with NTA. Later, she converted to Islam and changed her name to Jamila. This was following her marriage to Atiku Abubakar, Nigeria’s former Vice President. Jamila Atiku-Abubakar h...
Sola Momoh worked for the Nigerian Television Authority as a broadcaster (NTA). She met her husband, John Momoh, another former NTA broadcaster who later founded Channels TV, there. She holds a B.Sc. degree in Mass Communication with a specialization in Print Journalism from the University of Lagos, as well as a Diploma in Broadcast Journalism from...
Another viewer’s delight on NTA Network news at 9 p.m. in the early 1990s was the amiable broadcaster Tokunbo Ajayi. She read the news with a brisk gait and an unusual tomboyish simplicity. All of this contributed to her popularity among millions of viewers. On August 18, 2000, the University of Lagos graduate of Mass Communication died in London, ...
Oct 22, 2021 · Before 2000, Ruth Benamaisia Opia was a household name in many homes every evening because of her appearance on the network news of the Nigeria Television Authority at 9:00pm. She was the celebrated dreadlocks-carrier whose alluring voice adorned the tube as a news caster for years before she retired.
Oct 7, 2022 · She was born in Lagos to a Bayelsa father and an Ndokwa mother from Delta state. Ruth, now in her 60s, is married to Professor Eric Opia, the former boss of the now defunct Oil and Minerals Producing Areas Development Commission (OMPADEC) and together, they now have four children.
