@kayodetijani200: Joe Ighile was presenting Sports Tonight Live yesterday night, took a break and demanded to be taken to hospital. He died. Strange strange World"
"@kayodetijani200: Toyin Ibitoye, the Presenter of Sports Tonight on Channels TV was boarding the Flight to South Africa when he was told Joe Ighile is dead"
"@kayodetijani200: Toyin Ibitoye had to forget his dream of covering AFCON Final and slept at Airport. He's still in shock. Just spoke to him now. Devastating"
Also @Oluwashina Okeleji
39 minutes ago near Marshall town, Gauteng ·
Woke up to the sad news of Joe Ighile's sudden demise. Producer of Sports Tonight on Channels TV. Contagious laugh, infectious smile. It's true that there are more dead people than living. And their numbers are increasing. The living are getting rarer. RIP JoeIghile...
Profile: Joseph Ighile is a graduate of the then Bendel State 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 traveled 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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