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Ezra Ukanwa

Education: Bachelor of Science (BSc), Mass Communication, Anchor University, Ayobo, Lagos. MSc, Development Communication, Bingham University, Nasarawa state. Nigerian Institute of Management (2022). Google Digital Skills from Google News Initiative (2024)

Experience: Editor-in-Chief, Current Times Newspapers (2020); Anchor Sentinel (Deputy Editor-in-Chief, 2021); Vanguard Newspapers, (2024)

Awards: Best Campus Journalist (Anchor University Communications Award, 2019), Best Student in Journalism (Anchor University Convocation Award, 2021)

Ezra Ukanwa is a Reuters-certified journalist with over 5 years of professional experience. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mass Communication from Anchor University, Lagos. Currently, he is the Politics and Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng. He previously worked as a senior correspondent at Vanguard Newspapers. Ezra was recognized as Best Campus Journalist at the Anchor University Communications Awards in 2019 and is also a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM). Contact him at: ezra.ukanwa@corp.legit.ng or +2349036989944

4786 articles published since 17 May 2024

Author's articles

Popular bishop stabbed to death while mediating between fighting couple in Osun state, Police react

Popular bishop stabbed to death while mediating between fighting couple in Osun state, Police react

Nigeria

a year ago

Did El-Rufai defect from APC? Former Kaduna governor clears air

Did El-Rufai defect from APC? Former Kaduna governor clears air

Politics

a year ago

Gunmen kidnap Kogi University lecturer, make N10m demand for his release

Gunmen kidnap Kogi University lecturer, make N10m demand for his release

Nigeria

a year ago

JUST IN: Police rescue kidnapped hostages, arrest 17 for killing woman accused of witchcraft in Ebonyi

JUST IN: Police rescue kidnapped hostages, arrest 17 for killing woman accused of witchcraft in Ebonyi

Nigeria

a year ago

New Year: Lord's Chosen Muoka releases 'strange' prophecies about Nigeria in 2025

New Year: Lord's Chosen Muoka releases 'strange' prophecies about Nigeria in 2025

Nigeria

a year ago

New Year disaster: One dead, groom hospitalized as bride allegedly poisons Jigawa wedding guests

New Year disaster: One dead, groom hospitalized as bride allegedly poisons Jigawa wedding guests

Nigeria

a year ago

APC fires back at Obi over "Nigeria is reversing, declining" New Year's message to Nigerians

APC fires back at Obi over "Nigeria is reversing, declining" New Year's message to Nigerians

Nigeria

a year ago

The APC has strongly responded to Peter Obi’s gloomy New Year message, claiming Nigeria's political, economic, and security situations are worsening.

DSS launches major operations in Southeast, North, kills scores of IPOB/ESN members, bandits

DSS launches major operations in Southeast, North, kills scores of IPOB/ESN members, bandits

Nigeria

a year ago

DSS operatives have killed several IPOB/ESN members and bandits in Niger State as part of a major crackdown on armed groups destabilizing various regions in Nigeria.

BREAKING: Nigerian governor bans street hawking, reasons emerge

BREAKING: Nigerian governor bans street hawking, reasons emerge

Nigeria

a year ago

The BSUPDB has banned street hawking and other unauthorized activities in Maiduguri, aiming to create a cleaner, safer, and more organized urban environment.

Simon Ekpa: Nigerian Army provides major update on move to extradite Biafra separatist leader

Simon Ekpa: Nigerian Army provides major update on move to extradite Biafra separatist leader

Nigeria

a year ago

The Nigerian Army has said all needed document for the extradition of Biafra separatist Simon Ekpa has been duly completed and awaiting legal actions.

Nationalists movement back Obasanjo on Port Harcourt refinery, reasons emerge

Nationalists movement back Obasanjo on Port Harcourt refinery, reasons emerge

Nigeria

a year ago

Nationalists Movement has backed ex-President Obasanjo’s criticism of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited over mismanaging the nation’s refineries.

Alleged fraud: El-Rufai goes silent after visiting ex-chief of staff in prison

Alleged fraud: El-Rufai goes silent after visiting ex-chief of staff in prison

Nigeria

a year ago

Former Kaduna Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, quietly visited the Kaduna Correctional Facility on January 2 to see his former Chief of Staff, Bashir Saidu.

JUST IN: Senator narrowly escapes assassination plot

JUST IN: Senator narrowly escapes assassination plot

Nigeria

a year ago

Kaduna Central Senator Lawal Usman reportedly escaped an assassination attempt on January 1, 2025, while visiting his constituency for a New Year celebration.

Tinubu told to immediately rethink the appointment of Ogunjimi as acting AGF, reasons emerge

Tinubu told to immediately rethink the appointment of Ogunjimi as acting AGF, reasons emerge

Nigeria

a year ago

The National Accountability Crusade Vanguard (NACV) has urged President Bola Tinubu to reconsider Dr. Shamseldeen Babatunde Ogunjimi's appointment as Acting AGF.

Fuel prices, forex: 5 key issues Tinubu addressed in New Year 2025 message to Nigerians

Fuel prices, forex: 5 key issues Tinubu addressed in New Year 2025 message to Nigerians

Nigeria

a year ago

On Tuesday January 1, President Bola Tinubu addressed the public, discussing the onset of the year 2025 and assuring Nigerians that his reformation agenda is intact.

Ezra Ukanwa