Nigeria, March 13 -- In March 2011, I stood in front of a television camera for the very first time.

Until then, my journalism career had largely been behind the scenes. I had started at the BBC in London, mostly in radio, working as a producer. I had spent a short time attached to television, producing some content, but I had deliberately never fronted a show. Television brings a level of visibility that exacts a price, and I had always been quite comfortable doing the work without being the face of it.

By 2011, I was back in Nigeria, serving as Editor of NEXT, widely regarded as one of the country's strongest investigative newspapers.

Then the call came.

My former BBC colleague and dear friend, Uduak Amimo, had moved to NN24, the ne...