Yinka craig biography of alberta

Yinka Craig was an Iconic broadcaster and one of Nigeria’s shining lights in Sports journalism, a television host, an articulate compèrè and a detribalised Nigerian.

He was an amiable man who distinguished himself in his chosen career, for close to 40 years and who, in the process became a mentor to many.

Early in life, Craig had planned to study Sociology preferably to the Ph.D level in the United States and stay there as a lecturer, but fate had his path cut out for him in broadcasting.

 He joined the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation (now Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria) in 1967 as a studio operator.

Yinka craig biography of alberta

He rose to the limelight as a sports commentator and analyst in the 1980s while on the staff of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).

A very well-informed commentator, he was one of the most travelled broadcast journalists of his time.

Craig later confessed that he had to give up sports analysis in order to diversify his talents. That decision brought out the bes