Background
Oduba was born in London, to Nigerian parents.
Oduba was born in London, to Nigerian parents.
He was educated at Dumpton School, then Canford School, a co-educational independent school for both boarding and day pupils, in the village of Canford Magna, near to the market town of Wimborne Minster in Dorset, in South West England, followed by Loughborough University, where he studied Sports Science and Social Science.
He is best known for presenting the British Broadcasting Corporation children"s news programme Newsround from 2008 until 2014. He is a lifelong supporter of Manchester United. Oduba had always aimed for a career in sports broadcasting, and initially joined The Network, an Edinburgh television festival scheme.
Oduba joined Newsround in August 2008, following the departure of Lizo Mzimba and Laura Jones.
His first role on the programme was as a reporter and breakfast bulletin presenter. He was quickly promoted to deputy presenter in 2009, filling in for main presenter Sonali Shah in her absence.
In 2010 he joined Shah to begin presenting the main Newsround bulletin double-headed. This continued until Shah"s departure in November 2011.
He has since been joined by reporters Leah Gooding and Hayley Cutts.
As part of his role he also presented spin-off show Sportsround. He became the main presenter in October 2008 when the show relaunched. He presented until its cancellation in 2010.
The show was replaced by Match of the Day Kickabout which Oduba also presents.
Oduba left Newsround in 2014. Oduba presents sport bulletins for and British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 5 Live.
He has also presented and reported on British Olympic Dreams along with former Newsround co-presenter Sonali Shah. Oduba regularly appeared on CBBC studio presentation following his Newsround shift.
He has also been a guest on CBBC shows including Sam & Mark"s TMi Friday, Hacker Time and All Over the Place.
In the lead up to the 2012 Summer Olympics Oduba presented a programme called Ultimate Sports Day for CBBC. On 2 March 2013, Oduba and Sonali Shah appeared on the British Broadcasting Corporation"s Let"s Dance for Comic Relief, dancing to Hey Ya! by Outkast. They were eliminated, and did not get through to the final. He also plays the role of Nathan in Hacker Time on CBBC and in 2015, he guest presented an episode of The One Show alongside Alex Jones for British Broadcasting Corporation One.
Since 2015, he has been a presenter on The National Lottery Draws on Saturday evenings and he presented the 2015 New Year Live programme on British Broadcasting Corporation One.
From 7 March 2016, Oduba took part in a challenge for Sport Relief, called "Hell on High Seas", in which he sailed 1,000 miles from Belfast to London with 5 other celebrities including Alex Jones and Suzi Perry. In 2016 he also presented Sport Relief: Clash of the Titans with Dan Walker.