RIP: Channels TV Presenter Died While Presenting A Live Programme
What a tragedy, what could have happened? May his soul RIP.
Death came calling unexpectedly last night for the Head of Sports
Channels Television Joe Ighile when he died while presenting the
9 o’clock Sports programme live. Joe, who introduced the programme, on suspecting some discomfort, asked
for a break on television and requested to be taken to the hospital
immediately. Few minutes after getting to the hospital, he was pronounced dead.
He attended Bendel Sate Univesity University, now Edo State University
Ekpoma. He studied English and Literature. During his National Youth
Service Corp period in Makurdi, Benue state,
Joseph received the Chairman’s award at the end of his service year
owing to his outstanding contributions to the Orientation Broadcasting
Service (OBS) and also as a corps liaison officer at the NYSC
secretariat.
Ighile’s began his career in media from the Edo Broadcasting Service
(EBS) as a content staff where he was involved in youth programmes in
the early 80’s.His versatility earned him a job with disc engineering
Ikeja, Lagos
where he was made the manager of broadcast in-charge of local contents
before he joined Channels Television in 2003 as a reporter/producer. He
is currently the head of sports desk in-charge of all the sports
programmes.
The widely travelled senior sports reporter/presenter is a winner of
multiple awards and a member of the Nigeria Football Federation media
and publicity committee as well as Sports Writers Association of Nigeria
(SWAN). He is married and blessed with two beautiful children
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