Baz Bamigboye (born 17 September 1957) is a British
gossip column
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ist and entertainments writer for the ''
Daily Mail'' group of newspapers.
Life
Born in
Surrey, and raised in Richmond Upon Thames, Bamigboye is
Nigerian British
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. His father, Bamidele Bamigboye, was installed as the
Oba - under the
regnal name
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Bamigboye II - of Iresi, Nigeria, in 1983.
He began his career in journalism working on a local newspaper in
Kingston-upon-Thames
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,
Surrey. He has been mentioned in other British publications (e.g., ''
The Guardian
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'', ''
The Daily Telegraph
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It was f ...
'', and the
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). He received the Showbusiness Reporter of the Year award at the
in 2003.
In February 2022, Bamigboye announced that he would be leaving the ''
, and appearances on US TV.