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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

Minimum wage: Fresh updates as 36 governors convene emergency meeting in Abuja

Minimum wage: Fresh updates as 36 governors convene emergency meeting in Abuja

Nigeria

2 years ago

Former CBN governor Emefiele appeals court to allow him travel abroad, gives reason

Former CBN governor Emefiele appeals court to allow him travel abroad, gives reason

Nigeria

2 years ago

Apply Now: Governor Makinde opens portal to employ 7,000 new teachers in Oyo

Apply Now: Governor Makinde opens portal to employ 7,000 new teachers in Oyo

Education

2 years ago

324 professors owed 30-month allowances as UNIPORT lecturers stage protest, make demands

324 professors owed 30-month allowances as UNIPORT lecturers stage protest, make demands

Education

2 years ago

"Setting new standards": Tinubu's minister Utsev commended for achievements in water sector

"Setting new standards": Tinubu's minister Utsev commended for achievements in water sector

Nigeria

2 years ago

Sanwo-Olu celebrates new age, makes fresh promises to Lagos residents

Sanwo-Olu celebrates new age, makes fresh promises to Lagos residents

Nigeria

2 years ago

Minimum Wage: NLC speaks on challenges of implementation

Minimum Wage: NLC speaks on challenges of implementation

Nigeria

2 years ago

The inability of the federal government state Houses of Assembly and the Labour Congress (NLC) to pursue legal recourse threatens the compliance of the new wage.

Rivers crisis worsens as community women barricade airport, passengers stranded, video trends

Rivers crisis worsens as community women barricade airport, passengers stranded, video trends

Nigeria

2 years ago

Some women from the Ipo community took to the street to demand their rights, which has led to the obstruction access of the Port Harcourt airport entrance.

Police arrest man suspected ritualist found with human skull in Ogun State

Police arrest man suspected ritualist found with human skull in Ogun State

Nigeria

2 years ago

The Ogun state Police Command have apprehended a man accused of exhuming and beheading a corpse for ritualistic purposes in the Car Wash area of the state.

Student Loan: FG to begin payment of N35 billion to 70,000 successful applicants, details surface

Student Loan: FG to begin payment of N35 billion to 70,000 successful applicants, details surface

Education

2 years ago

Nigerian Education Loan Fund has finalized arrangements to disburse N35 billion tuition fees and monthly upkeep allowances to 70,000 Nigerian applicants.

Tragedy as Air Force school student punished to death by senior colleagues, NAF takes action

Tragedy as Air Force school student punished to death by senior colleagues, NAF takes action

Education

2 years ago

An orphan student at Air Force School in Kaduna has been brutally murdered by some senior students at the school for an unknown reason, and an investigation is on.

Yoruba Council sends message to Nigerians over economic hardship: "Peter Obi would've done worse"

Yoruba Council sends message to Nigerians over economic hardship: "Peter Obi would've done worse"

Politics

2 years ago

The Yoruba Council Worldwide has said that Peter Obi, the former Labour Party candidate, would have been an inadequate choice for leadership if elected as president.

Peter Obi says exit of multinationals cost Nigeria N95 trillion in 5 years

Peter Obi says exit of multinationals cost Nigeria N95 trillion in 5 years

Nigeria

2 years ago

The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said the departure of major companies from Nigeria has cost Nigeria N95 trn over the past five years.

Photo emerges as troops capture female gun runner supplying terrorists in Katsina state

Photo emerges as troops capture female gun runner supplying terrorists in Katsina state

Nigeria

2 years ago

A female suspect, Aisha Abubakar, was intercepted by security personnel in Katsina state while carrying ammunition from Nasarawa state intended for terrorists.

BREAKING: Court gives verdict on Bayelsa senator Konbowei's certificate forgery case, details emerge

BREAKING: Court gives verdict on Bayelsa senator Konbowei's certificate forgery case, details emerge

Nigeria

2 years ago

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Apo has acquitted Senator Benson Friday Konbowei (Bayelsa Central) of certificate forgery charges.

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