Stephanie Coker (born Stephanie Omowunmi Eniafe Coker; 28 November 1988), is a Nigerian on-air personality and a television presenter for

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and

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She also featured as 'Feke' in the popular Nigerian TV series ''

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''. and a popular sitcom program ''Hustle'' as "Cindy".

Early life

Coker was born in

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, but moved to

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, in the UK at the age of 1. She attended St Mary’s Church of England Primary school in North London, a place she described as ''"a really small school where Christianity was taken very seriously"''. She later graduated from

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with a degree in Media and Communications. While at Brunel, she interned at MTV, Channel Four and Media Moguls PR.

Career

London

In 2010, Stephanie won the MTV Freederm Presenter Competition, which saw her starring in a TV advert. That same year (2010), she was commissioned by OHTV, (UK) for her documentary work on young Nigerians called ''Christmas in Lagos''. In 2011, Stephanie trained with Media Trust on their TV diversity programme

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, a

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, magazine-style news show, offered her a role as a presenter.

Nigeria

Stephanie Coker moved back to Nigeria in 2011 and got her first job with

as an anchor of the countdown show ''Street Request''. Since then, she has worked on various projects and shows such as

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Midday Oasis Show,

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Big Friday Show (with

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), ''

'' on

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. In 2013, alongside

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and Pearl, she co-hosted the Guinness Colourful World of more concert, an event earlier scheduled to be anchored by Bow Wow. In 2015, she was featured on the cover page of the ''Exquisite Magazine'''s "Love Edition". In 2016 she became the host for ''

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''.

Radio

On 6 December 2013, Baileys Nigeria announced Stephanie Coker and Veronica Ebie-Odeka as the hosts of the newradio show: ''Baileys Boutique''.

Awards and nominations

In 2014, Stephanie Coker was nominated for and later won the Exquisite Lady of the Year (ELOY)'s TV Presenter of the Year. She was also nominated for the 2014

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(NBMA) as the Nigerian Broadcaster of the year. The award was later won by

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Personal life

On August 12, 2017, Stephanie Coker married Olumide Aderinokun, on the Greek Island of

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. She gave birth to a daughter in November 2019. She started working with Arise TV in 2018 where she works as a host for Arise TV's ''The Morning Show'' where she discusses business, tech and entertainment with industry experts.

References

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