Now, once more fully working as a journalist, Kadaria is a recipient of grants in support of her work in accountability journalism from leading donor agencies including the Ford Foundation, PLAC and MacArthur Foundation. She is the Executive Director of Daria Media, a content company with a focus on public service journalism. She is also the Managing Director of Radio Now 95.3 FM, a radio station broadcasting out of Lagos. Radio Now exists to provide factual, unbiased and Nigeria-focused media products that empower citizens to hold power accountable, build social consciousness, and promote nation building.

Kadaria’s passion for public service journalism is driven by a creed to confront inequality, injustice, the pitfalls of identity politics and promote good governance and citizen engagement in nation building. As a result, she has created, produced and anchored significant programmes including critically acclaimed documentaries, through which she has set the agenda for national conversations, and at times, influenced policy. She is recognized as the leading broadcast interviewer in the country and anchor for Presidential town halls and

debates. She has interviewed leading political, business, and civil society leaders in Nigeria. Her interviews regularly trend and are a research resource, training material for journalists and provide a contemporary historical record of significant events in the country.

Kadaria also writes and has been published in national and international newspapers including the Daily Trust, The Guardian, The Cable, Premium Times, and the Financial Times of London. She has also edited respected publications. These include “Nigeria the Good News”, a compendium of articles by entrepreneurs, civil society activists, captains of industry and policymakers on the positive things taking place in Nigeria; and “Lagos – A Climate Resilient Megacity” a collection of articles by experts working in various fields on the impact of climate change in Lagos state. Kadaria sits on the Board of Mutual Assurance Benefits Plc. She is a member of the Nigerian Guild of Editors and the Nigerian Institute of Directors. Kadaria started her career at the BBC in London where she spent 13 years working on diverse programmes and carrying out journalistic assignments in Eritrea, South Africa and the United Nations among many other places. She was also part of a select team that provided briefings to UK members of parliament and members of the House of Lords about the African continent. Kadaria was the Editor of NEXT, a leading investigative newspaper that caused a significant shift in Nigeria’s media landscape.

She has M.A in Television from Goldsmiths College, University of London, and a Bachelor's degree in Mass Communication from Bayero University Kano. She is a Chevening Scholar.