Lola Ogunnaike fitacciyar yar Najeriya ce kuma yar jaridar nishadi da fitattun abubuwa. Lola an haife ta ne a ranar 13 ga watan Satumba, shekarar 1975 a New York City ga iyaye yan Najeriya . Ta yi karatun sakandare a JEB Stuart High School a Fairfax, Virginia. Ta sami digiri na biyu a fannin fasaha a fannin aikin jarida daga Jami'ar New York da digiri ta farko a fannin adabin Ingilishi daga Jami'ar Virginia . Ogunnaike ta fara aikinta ne a aikin jarida a shekarar 1999 wanda ya shafi labarai na nishadi da al'adun jama'a. Ta kasance mai ba da rahoto ga New York Times kuma tana jagorantar ɗaukar nauyin nishaɗarta, tana mai da hankali kan mashahuri irin su Jennifer Lopez, Ozwald Boateng, Oprah Winfrey da rubuta Sting don sashen "Arts and Leisure". Ta kasance marubuciya don mujallar Vibe, tana ba da gudummawa ga kayan kidan na wata-wata da kuma rufe labaru. An kuma buga aikinta a cikin Rolling Stone, New York, Glamour, Cikakkun labarai (mujallu), Nylon, New York Observer da V Magazine. Ta kuma raka tare da yin hira da Michelle Obama yayin wata ziyarar aiki zuwa Afirka ta Kudu .