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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

Confusion as woman collapses in FCT market after losing N275,000, details emerge

Confusion as woman collapses in FCT market after losing N275,000, details emerge

Nigeria

a year ago

N700bn: ICPC share fresh details of paid bribes in Nigeria in 2023

N700bn: ICPC share fresh details of paid bribes in Nigeria in 2023

Nigeria

a year ago

Tinubu's top Minister speaks on why Nigeria can't fast track dev't with $20bn budget

Tinubu's top Minister speaks on why Nigeria can't fast track dev't with $20bn budget

Nigeria

a year ago

Minimum wage: LGA chairman speaks on why LGs should not have difficulty paying N70,000

Minimum wage: LGA chairman speaks on why LGs should not have difficulty paying N70,000

Nigeria

a year ago

Atiku, Obi, Falana, others blow hot over security raid on NLC headquarters, details emerge

Atiku, Obi, Falana, others blow hot over security raid on NLC headquarters, details emerge

Nigeria

a year ago

JUST IN: SSS reacts to report of raiding NLC headquarters, details emerge

JUST IN: SSS reacts to report of raiding NLC headquarters, details emerge

Nigeria

a year ago

Edo guber: Group raises alarm over alleged Oshiomhole's tribal rhetorics, calls for caution

Edo guber: Group raises alarm over alleged Oshiomhole's tribal rhetorics, calls for caution

Politics

a year ago

A pro-democracy organization, Edo People For Good Governance, has demanded an end to alleged political manipulation by former Governor Adams Oshiomhole

Just in: Benue PDP suspends Gabriel Suswam, 12 others, gives reasons

Just in: Benue PDP suspends Gabriel Suswam, 12 others, gives reasons

Politics

a year ago

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue has suspended former Governor Gabriel Suswam, including 12 others due to allegation on insubordination.

Tinubu's govt announces release date of new secondary school curriculum, details emerge

Tinubu's govt announces release date of new secondary school curriculum, details emerge

Education

a year ago

The Federal Government has disclosed plans to launch a new curriculum for secondary schools both those under private and those under public in September.

Ndume to be reinstated as chief whip after apology, details emerge

Ndume to be reinstated as chief whip after apology, details emerge

Politics

a year ago

Nigerians react to the move by the All-Progressives Congress to reinstate former chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, Ali Ndume, after he apologized to the party.

Protests: Emir Sanusi recounts how rioters destroyed where his grandfather worked, shares details

Protests: Emir Sanusi recounts how rioters destroyed where his grandfather worked, shares details

Nigeria

a year ago

The 16th Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, has recounted potential destruction of workplace of his grandfather in Kano state during the hardship protests.

Protests: Late Abacha’s CSO Al-Mustapha cautions against calls for military rule, give reasons

Protests: Late Abacha’s CSO Al-Mustapha cautions against calls for military rule, give reasons

Nigeria

a year ago

Following the ongoing hardship crisis, Chief Security Officer to the late General Sani Abacha, Hamza Al-Mustapha, has advised Nigerians against military rule calls.

JUST IN: ECOWAS Defence chiefs converge in Abuja, details emerge

JUST IN: ECOWAS Defence chiefs converge in Abuja, details emerge

Nigeria

a year ago

The Chiefs of Defence Staff from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are convening a meeting at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja.

"For educational projects": Zamfara state govt denies claim of N19.3bn budget for kitchen equipment

"For educational projects": Zamfara state govt denies claim of N19.3bn budget for kitchen equipment

Nigeria

a year ago

The government of Zamfara state has recently rejected allegations that it budgeted ₦19.3bn for the purchase of kitchen and canteen equipment in its 2024 budget.

Hardship Protests: Father blames soldiers for son’s death in Samaru Zaria, Army reacts

Hardship Protests: Father blames soldiers for son’s death in Samaru Zaria, Army reacts

Nigeria

a year ago

The father of Ismail Mohammed, who was killed in Samaru Zaria on Tuesday, August 6, has claimed that soldiers were responsible for his son's death.

Ezra Ukanwa