Babafemi Raji

Anthony Babafemi Raji (born January 14, 1983) is a journalist and broadcaster. He is currently the Group Manager Programmes of the sports radio station Brila FM in Nigeria.
Career
Raji graduated in English Language Art and also enrolled into the School of Management Studies at the University of Liverpool for an MSc Management programme. He also participated in a special training organized by the IAAF in Nairobi, Kenya in 2010. He is fluent in English, French, Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa languages.
He began his career in 2003 as a 19-year old freelance presenter at the Nigerian Television Authority, Ile-Ife, his career has seen him win several awards which include:
Raji currently anchors the 'Sports Machine', on Sports Radio 88.9 Brila FM. He has also co-anchored programmes with the Voice of America's Sonny Young on occasions when the American broadcaster visited Nigeria. He served as a member of the FIFA 2010 World Cup media committee set up by the South Africa 2010 world cup official sponsor, MTN.
He was at the 2010 Africa Athletics Championship in Nairobi, Kenya; the 2011 All Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique; the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.
Awards and recognition
* 2014 Most Valuable Radio Presenter of the Year(Sports) at the Nigeria Broadcasters' Awards(An award endorsed by National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and the Independent Broadcasters Association of Nigeria (IBAN)
* Radio Programme(Sports) of the Year(Sports Machine), 2012, 2013.
* 2012 Sports Presenter of the Year(Radio) at the Sports Business and Media Awards.
* Nominee, Presenter of the Year, Nigeria Pitch Awards(backed by the Nigeria Football Federation), 2013, 2014, 2015.
Personal life
Raji is the third of five children and the only male child born to Engineer Anthony Abiodun Raji and Mary Chinye Raji.
He married Tiyeyosi Femi-Raji in 2010, in Lagos, Nigeria. She works at a Nigerian bank.
On April 8, 2016, in the U.S. state of Georgia, at the University of America, their first child, Babara, was born.
Affiliations
* Member, Sports Writers' Association of Nigeria(SWAN)
* Green Member, World Boxing Council (WBC)
* Member, International Sports Press Association (AIPS)

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