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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

4802 articles published since 17 May 2024

Author's articles

VIDEO: Navy cracks down on illegal refinery producing 200 million litres of fuel daily

VIDEO: Navy cracks down on illegal refinery producing 200 million litres of fuel daily

Nigeria

a year ago

War against insurgency gets tough as NAF airstrike takes down 5 Boko Haram commanders in Borno

War against insurgency gets tough as NAF airstrike takes down 5 Boko Haram commanders in Borno

Nigeria

a year ago

Breaking: "I'll remain in PDP to fight battles": Wike replies Edwin Clark, others over exit of PDP

Breaking: "I'll remain in PDP to fight battles": Wike replies Edwin Clark, others over exit of PDP

Politics

a year ago

"Deeply disturbing": President Tinubu breaks silence over brutal killing of Sokoto emir by bandits

"Deeply disturbing": President Tinubu breaks silence over brutal killing of Sokoto emir by bandits

Nigeria

a year ago

NAFDAC intercepts 3 fuel tankers used to transport vegetable oil in Lagos, video trends

NAFDAC intercepts 3 fuel tankers used to transport vegetable oil in Lagos, video trends

Nigeria

a year ago

JUST IN: PDP Chair vows not to resign from party amid internal wranglings, gives reasons

JUST IN: PDP Chair vows not to resign from party amid internal wranglings, gives reasons

Nigeria

a year ago

Just In: Tinubu speaks on reviewing Nigeria’s constitution, details emerge

Just In: Tinubu speaks on reviewing Nigeria’s constitution, details emerge

Nigeria

a year ago

President Bola Tinubu has pledged to consider the proposal for a new constitution presented by a distinguished group called ‘The Patriots' during a visit to Abuja.

Tinubu's govt hails IPAC’s movie project on 'Nigeria’s 25 yrs of unbroken democracy: "It's historic"

Tinubu's govt hails IPAC’s movie project on 'Nigeria’s 25 yrs of unbroken democracy: "It's historic"

Nigeria

a year ago

The Federal Government has endorsed IPAC’s documentary, Unbroken: Two and a Half Decades, showcasing Nigeria's 25 years of uninterrupted democracy.

Cost of governance: Tinubu slashes funding for COP29 delegation, details emerge

Cost of governance: Tinubu slashes funding for COP29 delegation, details emerge

Nigeria

a year ago

The federal government has announced plans to cut costs and save ₦10 billion for Nigeria’s participation in COP29 in November in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Edwin Clark spits fire, sends urgent message to PDP against FCT minister Wike, details emerge

Edwin Clark spits fire, sends urgent message to PDP against FCT minister Wike, details emerge

Politics

a year ago

Chief Edwin Clark, has urged PDP's acting national chairman, Ambassador Umar Damagum, to expel FCT Minister Nyesom Wike to secure the party's survival.

Widespread fear as food poisoning death toll reaches 43 in 2 weeks, details emerge

Widespread fear as food poisoning death toll reaches 43 in 2 weeks, details emerge

Nigeria

a year ago

Recent incidents of suspected food poisoning in various states have sparked widespread concern among the public as over 40 children, adults die in many states.

Ondo 2024: Political shakeup as 12,000 PDP members defect to APC, details emerge

Ondo 2024: Political shakeup as 12,000 PDP members defect to APC, details emerge

Politics

a year ago

In the buildup to 2024 Ondo state gubernatorial election, a major political drama happened where about 12,000 members of the ruling party APC, dumped party for PDP.

Boost for Lagos sports as businessman donates cutting-edge boxing gym, details emerge

Boost for Lagos sports as businessman donates cutting-edge boxing gym, details emerge

Nigeria

a year ago

Lagos businessman Omonlei Imadu has pledged to donate an ultra-modern boxing gym to the Lagos State government to promote sports excellence and youth development.

Nigerian man arrested in US for alleged $10 million pandemic unemployment assistance fraud

Nigerian man arrested in US for alleged $10 million pandemic unemployment assistance fraud

Nigeria

a year ago

Yomi Jones Olayeye, a 40-year-old Nigerian from Lagos, was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City for alleged 10 million COVID-19 fraud.

JUST IN: World's oldest living person dies at 117, details emerge

JUST IN: World's oldest living person dies at 117, details emerge

Europe

a year ago

Maria Branyas Morera, the world's oldest living person, born in the U.S. and survivor of two world wars, the Spanish Civil War, and two pandemics, has died at 117.

Ezra Ukanwa