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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

4811 articles published since 17 May 2024

Author's articles

Alleged N2.5bn Case: NNPP speaks against EFCC's move to investigate Kwankwaso: "It's waste of time"

Alleged N2.5bn Case: NNPP speaks against EFCC's move to investigate Kwankwaso: "It's waste of time"

Nigeria

2 years ago

Rivers crisis: Fresh twist as court transfers Amaewhule’s defection case

Rivers crisis: Fresh twist as court transfers Amaewhule’s defection case

Politics

2 years ago

Fubara's new Rivers LGA caretaker chairman appoints 600 aides Amid Rivers crisis

Fubara's new Rivers LGA caretaker chairman appoints 600 aides Amid Rivers crisis

Nigeria

2 years ago

Hajj 2024: Chief Imam Ayilara replies Soun of Ogbomoso: "You lack power to query me"

Hajj 2024: Chief Imam Ayilara replies Soun of Ogbomoso: "You lack power to query me"

Nigeria

2 years ago

Tragedy as Nigerian woman pregnant with triplets die in UK, family seeks support

Tragedy as Nigerian woman pregnant with triplets die in UK, family seeks support

Nigeria

2 years ago

Rivers crisis: Fear of defection as Fubara says PDP has failed him

Rivers crisis: Fear of defection as Fubara says PDP has failed him

Politics

2 years ago

"Desist from such behavior", Soun queries chief Imam for performing 2024 Hajj without approval

"Desist from such behavior", Soun queries chief Imam for performing 2024 Hajj without approval

Nigeria

2 years ago

The Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye, has queried the Chief Imam of Ogbomoso, Sheikh Taliat Yunus Olusina Ayilara, for performing hajj without approval.

Emirate Bill: Court stops Sokoto governor from removing 2 district heads, details emerge

Emirate Bill: Court stops Sokoto governor from removing 2 district heads, details emerge

Nigeria

2 years ago

Sokoto state High Court has issued an order preventing Governor Ahmed Aliyu from dismissing two of the 15 District Heads that were recently sacked.

Just In: Police shoot 5 IPOB members dead in Ebonyi

Just In: Police shoot 5 IPOB members dead in Ebonyi

Nigeria

2 years ago

About five members of the Indigenous IPOB in Ebonyi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State have lost their lives in a gunfire exchange with state police.

Rivers crisis: Why man wanted to blow up presidential hotel in Port Harcourt, Fubara opens up

Rivers crisis: Why man wanted to blow up presidential hotel in Port Harcourt, Fubara opens up

Nigeria

2 years ago

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers state has opened up on the unsuccessful attempt to detonate an explosive device at the Hotel Presidential in Port Harcourt.

Popular cleric sends crucial message to politicians: "You'll become story someday"

Popular cleric sends crucial message to politicians: "You'll become story someday"

Nigeria

2 years ago

Prominent Nigerian Islamic cleric, Sheikh Muhydeen Bello, on Tuesday, June 25, urged politicians to be conscious of their actions while in office because of history.

Tragedy as 6 JSS 3 students drown in Kaduna river after writing junior WAEC

Tragedy as 6 JSS 3 students drown in Kaduna river after writing junior WAEC

Nigeria

2 years ago

Six teenagers drowned in the Mbang River on Tuesday in Ribang (Mbang) village, Kauru Local Government Area, Kaduna State while returning from school.

"Senate didn't approve It": Akpabio speaks on alleged move to purchase new presidential jets

"Senate didn't approve It": Akpabio speaks on alleged move to purchase new presidential jets

Nigeria

2 years ago

Senate President Godswill Akpabio stated that the Senate has not authorised the purchase of new presidential jets for President Bola Tinubu and his vice, Shettima.

Tragedy as seven wedding guests die in horrific auto crash

Tragedy as seven wedding guests die in horrific auto crash

Nigeria

2 years ago

No fewer than seven individuals returning from a wedding lost their lives in a car accident on the Aba-Ikot Ekpene Expresswa and concerned authorities have reacted.

Minimum wage: Labour finally mentions actual amount Tinubu should approve

Minimum wage: Labour finally mentions actual amount Tinubu should approve

Nigeria

2 years ago

President Bola Tinubu has been urged by organised labour to demonstrate his support for Nigerian workers by approving their demand for a N250,000 minimum wage.

Ezra Ukanwa