Adesuwa Onyenokwe (born August 8, 1963, in Ibadan) is a Nigerian television personality. She was a former presenter at NTA before becoming an editor for the magazine "Todays Woman". She is a talk show host of the program "Seriously Speaking" which came on air in 2014. She is a motivational speaker and elocution trainer, living in Lagos Nigeria. Early life and education Onyenokwe was born on August 8, 1963, in Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria to a family of 11 children. She is the 5th child. She attended Emotan Preparatory School, and Idia College, both in Benin City, Edo State. She then proceeded to study drama at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. After her first degree at OAU, she went further to obtain a master's degree in Language Arts at the University of Ibadan. Whilst at her first degree programme, she was one of the lucky ones to have been tutored by Professor Wole Soyinka, a Nobel Laureate. She married Ikechukwu Onyenokwe an engineer and management consultant from Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State in 1988. The couple have 6 children. Career Her father wanted her to be a lawyer but Adesuwa had always dreamed of the big screen from childhood. Adesuwa Onyenokwe first contact with broadcasting was when she was posted by the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) to serve in Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) station in Sokoto State in 1983. The head of Presentation Unit of the station at that time, Mr. Danladi Bako, selected her to present the kiddies programme on television. That was her first appearance as a presenter in television. When she finished the National Service in 1984, she left Sokoto State and accepted employment as a teacher at Akenzua II Grammar School, Benin, Edo State. In 1985, she moved back to broadcasting when she accepted employment at the then Bendel Broadcasting Service which was later changed to be called Edo Broadcasting Service (EBS). When she married in 1988, she left Benin City to join her husband who was living in Lagos. She then resigned from Edo Broadcasting Service and joined Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) in Lagos She presented many programmes in NTA. She was the presenter NTA magazine show called Newsline. The programme was aired every Sunday by 9pm in place of the daily Network news. One of her most memorable assignments in NTA was when she was