Toke was announced as one of the hosts of 3LiveChicks, an entertainment program which was initially launched for the web community alone but was later extended to terrestrial TV stations in late 2012. Many Nigerian celebrities such as Tiwa Savage, Tonto Dikeh and Bez have been on the show. Makinwa did not renew her contract with Flytime TV for season 2, and was subsequently replaced by her radio colleague Omalicha.

In January 2014, Hip Hop World Magazine announced Makinwa as the host for its latest show Trending which debuted on Valentine’s Day. She has interviewed many celebrities, including Chiwetel Ejiofor, Eva Alordiah, Femi Kuti, OC Ukeje and Chidinma.
On 21 May 2014, it was reported that Makinwa will be joining the Moments with Mo team as a guest host. She has since featured in many episodes on the EbonyLife TV Network. In 2010, she hosted the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria beauty pageant.

In 2016, she authored her autobiography which has become a bestseller, ‘On Becoming’ and has been highly recognized in and outside Nigeria. In 2012, she was nominated as On Air Personality Of The Year (Radio) by the Future Awards. In 2013, she won Nigerian Broadcasters’ Award for Outstanding Female Presenter Of The Year and was also nominated for Radio OAP Of The Year by Nigerian Entertainment Awards.
In 2014, Makinwa was nominated by Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards in the category of Favorite Nigerian On Air Personality. She was nominated Entertainment Personality Of The Year & OAP of the year by Nigerian Entertainment Awards. Toke Makinwa was also nominated TV presenter of the year by ELOY Awards.
In 2013, Makinwa became an ambassador of the United Africa Company of Nigeria alongside Osas Ighodaro, Dare Art Alade and Dan Foster. She also signed a multi-million naira contract with Nestlé Nigeria to become the new face of Maggi. In 2016 she became the brand ambassador and face of Mecran Cosmetics.

On 15 January 2014, Makinwa had a private wedding ceremony with her lover of eight years, Maje Ayida. They separated in 2015.She separated from her husband whom she married in 2014, following a scandal revealing he had impregnated his ex-girlfriend.
In 2016, Toke Makinwa wrote an autobiography bothering on her not-too happy relationship with estranged husband, Maje Ayida where she revealed a lot of secrets regarding her relationship with Maje Ayida. The book was titled ‘On Becoming’. In 2017, her estranged husband, Maje Ayida hired Nigerian & UK lawyers to sue Toke Makinwa for tarnishing his image in her autobiography which he claimed is ‘fabricated’.

Toke Makinwa seemingly had issues with celebrity blogger, Linda Ikeji.Toke Makinwa who works as a radio presenter on popular urban radio station Rhythm 93.7 dropped her comments on air while she was co-anchoring ‘The Morning Drive’ recently.
‘I don’t think Linda Ikeji is a role model. She’s a gossiper, She sells gossip’, Makinwa said on the show
‘I’m appealing to the younger generation not to take Perez Hilton or Linda Ikeji as a role model’, Makinwa said.
We wish Toke a a birthdayfilled with good memorie!