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. He played the role of Nathan in
Hacker Time on
CBBC. Since 2015, he has guest presented numerous episodes of
The One Show. From 2015 to 2016, he was a presenter on
The National Lottery Draws on Saturday evenings and he presented the 2015
New Year Live programme on BBC 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 five other celebrities including
Alex Jones and
Suzi Perry. In 2016, he also presented
Sport Relief: Clash of the Titans with
Dan Walker. He presented coverage of the
2016 Summer Olympics on
BBC Four throughout August 2016. Between October 2012 and May 2017 he presented the daytime BBC One insurance fraud documentary programme
Claimed and Shamed. In November 2016, Oduba guest-presented an episode of
This Morning with
Holly Willoughby on
ITV. He returned to present a second episode with Willoughby in March 2017 and a third with
Davina McCall in February 2018. In 2016 Oduba participated in the
fourteenth series of
Strictly Come Dancing, where he was partnered with
Joanne Clifton. The couple's
American Smooth to "
Singin' in the Rain" won praise from Patricia Ward, widow of
Gene Kelly. In the fourth week, the couple were awarded a score of 39 points out of 40 for their
jive to "
Runaway Baby" by
Bruno Mars. In the final, on 17 December, after the couple scored the maximum 40 points for their jive, they were announced as the winners. In 2017, Oduba sat in for
Claudia Winkleman and
Steve Wright, on their respective
BBC Radio 2 shows, on a number of occasions. Oduba made his musical theatre debut in 2019, playing the role of Teen Angel in the UK tour of
Grease. The following year, he was a contestant in
Channel 4's
Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins, making it to the final. In the same year, he joined the cast of the stage version of
The Rocky Horror Show. ==Personal life==