On June 13, 1936, he was born in Otua, a town in Edo State, Nigeria’s Owan East local government area.
The legendary music critic and broadcaster is most known for being the original band manager of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and a founding member of Radio Nigeria 2, which was established in 1977 and is currently known as Metro FM.
In addition, he is the director and grandpa of Burna Boy, a Nigerian reggae-dancehall performer, Damini Ogulu. One could want to connect this to the fact that Burna Boy’s songs contain elements of Fela’s musical styles, at least one.
Before beginning his job as an engineering assistant at the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation (now Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria) in 1957, Idonije worked on a number of jazz-related columns for numerous newspapers in 1953.
Benson Idonije advanced into mainstream radio later in 1960, hosting and presenting hit shows including Stereo Jazz Club and The Big Beat.
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After completing his secondary schooling at Holy Trinity Grammar School in Sabongida Ora, Benson Idonije enrolled at Yaba College of Technology to pursue a degree in communications engineering.
The Wole Soyinka Center for Investigative Journalism presented him with the Life Time Award for Journalism Excellence in 2012.
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