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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

5293 articles published since 17 May 2024

Author's articles

Nigerians react as man accused of witchcraft is burnt to death in Ebonyi

Nigerians react as man accused of witchcraft is burnt to death in Ebonyi

Nigeria

a year ago

INEC reacts to alleged plans to destroy over 6 million uncollected PVCs

INEC reacts to alleged plans to destroy over 6 million uncollected PVCs

Nigeria

a year ago

How President Tinubu scattered many 'romantic' relationships in Nigeria, Atiku's aide explains

How President Tinubu scattered many 'romantic' relationships in Nigeria, Atiku's aide explains

Nigeria

a year ago

NAHCON initiates reforms amid controversy over ₦90 billion subsidy mismanagement

NAHCON initiates reforms amid controversy over ₦90 billion subsidy mismanagement

Nigeria

a year ago

Top PDP chieftain reacts as Tinubu claims Nigeria's experiencing better days

Top PDP chieftain reacts as Tinubu claims Nigeria's experiencing better days

Nigeria

a year ago

Atiku's aide slams Tinubu as Nigerians hustle hard to survive in 2025: "Weapon fashioned against us"

Atiku's aide slams Tinubu as Nigerians hustle hard to survive in 2025: "Weapon fashioned against us"

Nigeria

a year ago

Atiku's aide mentions reason for PDP's prolonged crisis

Atiku's aide mentions reason for PDP's prolonged crisis

Nigeria

a year ago

Atiku’s aide, Daramola Olarewaju, attributes the PDP’s prolonged crisis to internal sabotage, urging members to prioritize unity and resolve their differences.

Development expert mentions party responsible for driving the best policies in Nigeria's history

Development expert mentions party responsible for driving the best policies in Nigeria's history

Politics

a year ago

Devt expert Dokun Ojomo credits the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) with implementing Nigeria’s most impactful policies, emphasizing their transformative impact.

BREAKING: 5 dead, several banks destroyed in Delta tanker fire disaster

BREAKING: 5 dead, several banks destroyed in Delta tanker fire disaster

Nigeria

a year ago

At least 5 people died, and several properties, including two banks, were destroyed in a petrol tanker explosion in Agbor, Ika South LGA, Delta State.

"He saved Nigeria's democracy": Tinubu hails Nnamani for quashing Obasanjo's third term bid

"He saved Nigeria's democracy": Tinubu hails Nnamani for quashing Obasanjo's third term bid

Nigeria

a year ago

President Tinubu praises ex-Senate President Ken Nnamani for his key role in stopping former President Obasanjo’s controversial bid for a third term in office.

President Tinubu to jet out of Nigeria to Ghana, reason, date, other details emerge

President Tinubu to jet out of Nigeria to Ghana, reason, date, other details emerge

Nigeria

a year ago

President Bola Tinubu will travel to Accra, Ghana, on January 6 to attend the inauguration of newly President-elect John Dramani Mahama on January 7.

BREAKING: Nigerian governor’s aide narrowly escapes assassination, details emerge

BREAKING: Nigerian governor’s aide narrowly escapes assassination, details emerge

Nigeria

a year ago

Hon. Rachael Averik, the Special Assistant on Political Affairs to the Kaduna Governor, narrowly escaped an assassination attempt on Thursday, January 2, 2025.

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

Bishop Shina Olaribigbe of Rapture Empowerment International, was fatally stabbed on January 2 while mediating a couple's domestic dispute in Osogbo, Osun State.

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

Ex-Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai has denied rumors of defecting from the ruling APC to the opposition PDP, calling the claims baseless and emphasizing his loyalty.

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

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted Professor John Ebeh, a senior lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at Prince Abubakar Audu University Kogi.

Ezra Ukanwa