JOHN MOMOH, OON – The Zik Prize

John Momoh is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Channels Television. He is a renowned broadcast journalist with a vast experience spanning over three and half decades

A graduate of the University of Lagos with a B.Sc (with honours) in Mass Communication and a Masters degree in International Law and Diplomacy, John also received Diplomas from the Thomson Foundation, Cardiff and the University of Manchester, both in the UK.

He is an alumnus of the prestigious Harvard Business School, Lagos Business School and a Senior Fellow of The Nigerian Leadership Initiative.

Before founding Channels Television, John worked variously as News Anchor, Senior Reporter and Senior Producer for Nigeria’s National Radio and Television Stations, (Radio Nigeria and Nigerian Television Authority) winning many laurels which attest to his venerated professional status. These include, “News Anchor of the Year”, “Newscaster of the Year”, Constituency for Africa Award, Planet Africa Award, Canada and African Achievers Award.

A Fellow of many institutions including The International Visitor Programme; an initiative of the United States Information Agency and “Chevening” an initiative of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the British Government , John Momoh was former General Secretary of the Independent Broadcasters Association of Nigeria, and former Chairman of the League of Nigerian Broadcasters.

He was conferred with the National Honour of “Officer of the Order of the Niger” (OON), by the Nigerian Government in 2005 and a year later in 2006, he was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award, by the Nigerian Information Society. In 2008 he was crowned ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ by the Fate Foundation and in June of 2013, John Momoh received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Lagos Business School. In December 2015 he was conferred with an award for Entrepreneurship by the Institute of Directors, Nigeria.

John Momoh is a member of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences based in New York. He serves as a JUROR for the annual International Emmy Awards and The Association for International Broadcasting.

John has built Channels Television into a powerhouse. Among many other first’s it has achieved, Channels TV is the only Nigerian and indeed African Broadcaster to have won the “Television Station of the Year” Award, a record Nine times, five of them consecutively.

It is also the first Nigerian media organization to stream its news and programs live, interface with followers via Twitter, First Nigerian TV Station to have completed its mobile Apps on various platforms (Android, Apple, Microsoft, Nokia store, Blackberry). The Channels TV Android App has featured on Top Free Apps on the Android Play Store with almost 300,000 downloads in 2013.

Channels TV App has been ranked Best App (Apple Store, Nigeria) in all categories and is the First and only Television Company in Nigeria with over 1,000,000 (one million) followers, fans, and subscribers on social media. It is the First point of reference and confirmation of breaking news stories in Nigeria, by Nigerians, and Africans in diaspora.

John Momoh is a humanitarian and devotes his time to the promotion of humanitarian ideals. He is an ambassador of the Red Cross and sits on the board of such organisations like