Mayeni Jones is a multilingual media personality serving as a West Africa Correspondent for BBC. She covers Nigerian and regional news for the BBC’s British and international outlets.
Prior to moving to Nigeria, she worked as a presenter, reporter, and producer for the BBC’s African affairs program, Focus on Africa, both on TV and radio.
Stories she has covered include the 2019 Nigerian Presidential Elections, the release of the kidnapped Dapchi schoolgirls in March 2018, the attack on the Palace of Westminster in March 2017, as well as the French and Angolan presidential elections of the same year.
In 2004, Mayeni joined the University of Oxford and graduated in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts in Modern Languages (Spanish and Portuguese). She also earned a Master of Arts in International Studies and Diplomacy from SOAS University of London in 2010.
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