
Death came calling unexpectedly last
night for the Head of Sports Channels Television Joe Ighile when he died while
presenting the 9’0clock Sports programme live.
Joe,who introduced the programme,on
suspecting some discomfort, asked for a break on television and requested to be
taken to the hospital immediately.
Few minutes after getting to the
hospital ,he was pronounced dead.
He attended Bendel Sate Univesity
University, now Edo State University Ekpoma. He studied English and
Literature.
During his National Youth Service Corp
period in Makurdi, Benue state, Joseph received the Chairman’s award at the end
of his service year owing to his outstanding contributions to the Orientation
Broadcasting Service (OBS) and also as a corps liaison officer at the NYSC
secretariat.
Ighile’s began his career in media from
the Edo Broadcasting Service (EBS) as a content staff where he was involved in
youth programmes in the early 80’s.
His versatility earned him a job with
disc engineering Ikeja, Lagos where he was made the manager of broadcast
in-charge of local contents before he joined Channels Television in 2003 as a
reporter/producer.
He is currently the head of sports desk
in-charge of all the sports programmes.
The widely travelled senior sports
reporter/presenter is a winner of multiple awards and a member of the Nigeria
Football Federation media and publicity committee as well as Sports Writers
Association of Nigeria (SWAN)
He was married and blessed with two
beautiful children
May his soul rest in peace.