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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

4794 articles published since 17 May 2024

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Equatorial Guinea govt arrests official with over 400 sextapes involving VIPs’ wives, sisters, others

Equatorial Guinea govt arrests official with over 400 sextapes involving VIPs’ wives, sisters, others

Nigeria

a year ago

Tension as APC group tells Tinubu to take action against Defence minister Badaru, details emerge

Tension as APC group tells Tinubu to take action against Defence minister Badaru, details emerge

Nigeria

a year ago

Nasarawa LG Poll: APC sweeps 13 chairmanship seats, most councillorship positions

Nasarawa LG Poll: APC sweeps 13 chairmanship seats, most councillorship positions

Politics

a year ago

Trump vs Kamala Harris: Can Nigerians in the US vote?

Trump vs Kamala Harris: Can Nigerians in the US vote?

US

a year ago

US election 2024 updates: Top lawyer gives 4 reasons Nigerian-Americans should reject Trump, details emerge

US election 2024 updates: Top lawyer gives 4 reasons Nigerian-Americans should reject Trump, details emerge

US

a year ago

Angry woman bites off neighbour’s tongue during fight over bucket in Lagos

Angry woman bites off neighbour’s tongue during fight over bucket in Lagos

Nigeria

a year ago

Popular SAN reacts as court stops financial allocation to Rivers state, details emerge

Popular SAN reacts as court stops financial allocation to Rivers state, details emerge

Politics

a year ago

Senior Advocate of Nigeria Mohammed Ndarani said the High Court's ruling to halt allocations to Rivers state underscores it's “living on borrowed time” financially.

Rivers’ allocation: Timi Frank accuses Tinubu of plot to remove governor Fubara, gives reasons

Rivers’ allocation: Timi Frank accuses Tinubu of plot to remove governor Fubara, gives reasons

Politics

a year ago

Former APC Deputy Publicity Secretary, Timi Frank, has accused President Bola Tinubu of planning to remove Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara from office.

EndBadGovernance protesters: Amnesty Int'l fumes, tells Tinubu to free all detained minors without delay

EndBadGovernance protesters: Amnesty Int'l fumes, tells Tinubu to free all detained minors without delay

Nigeria

a year ago

Amnesty International has sharply condemned the Bola Tinubu administration's detention of minors following the August 2024 end hardship protests.

Judicial turmoil: CJN told to immediately halt Wike's alleged power play in Rivers state crisis

Judicial turmoil: CJN told to immediately halt Wike's alleged power play in Rivers state crisis

Nigeria

a year ago

The National Democratic Front urgently calls on Chief Judge of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, to intervene in the ongoing judicial crisis in Rivers State.

List of 10 countries operating with unwritten constitution

List of 10 countries operating with unwritten constitution

Nigeria

a year ago

While some countries practice a constitutional government, some are in the practice of relying solely on tradition and unwritten rules to ensure governance

PDP bigwig reacts over mass defection of key leaders to APC, says: "We're unbothered"

PDP bigwig reacts over mass defection of key leaders to APC, says: "We're unbothered"

Politics

a year ago

As mass defection hits PDP, its chieftain, David Itopa, declared the party "unbothered" and assured that it remains closely connected to the majority of Nigerians.

Wike restricts keke, bikes, to begin profiling Abuja taxi drivers, commencement date, other details emerge

Wike restricts keke, bikes, to begin profiling Abuja taxi drivers, commencement date, other details emerge

Nigeria

a year ago

Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike has announced plans to ban keke, bike men, to begin profiling all taxi drivers operating in Abuja

After gruesome death of school child, Ogun govt sends fresh directives to schools, details emerge

After gruesome death of school child, Ogun govt sends fresh directives to schools, details emerge

Nigeria

a year ago

The Ogun State Government has reinforced its ban on corporal punishment in schools following the tragic death of Obada Grammar School student Monday Arijo.

Alcohol, caffeine and nicotine are gateways to drug abuse, NDLEA warns youths

Alcohol, caffeine and nicotine are gateways to drug abuse, NDLEA warns youths

Nigeria

a year ago

Ugochukwu Emeka, a chief superintendent of narcotics at the NDLEA, spoke in Abuja on Tuesday at an event organised by the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) and Mathias Aliu, councillor representing Wuse ward. Emeka said the aforementioned substances are socially accepta

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