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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

Just In: Bauchi Governor Bala sacks Alkaleri LGA chairman, deputy

Just In: Bauchi Governor Bala sacks Alkaleri LGA chairman, deputy

Nigeria

2 years ago

Afenifere applauds Tinubu for naming FCT highway after Soyinka: "It's better late than never"

Afenifere applauds Tinubu for naming FCT highway after Soyinka: "It's better late than never"

Nigeria

2 years ago

Over 78% of northern girls marry before 18 years, NGO report says

Over 78% of northern girls marry before 18 years, NGO report says

Nigeria

2 years ago

Minimum Wage: NLC, TUC share fresh details: "FG yet to present anything"

Minimum Wage: NLC, TUC share fresh details: "FG yet to present anything"

Nigeria

2 years ago

Labour Party changes 'obidient directorate' after backlash from Peter Obi

Labour Party changes 'obidient directorate' after backlash from Peter Obi

Politics

2 years ago

Abuja school suspends student over father's attack on teacher

Abuja school suspends student over father's attack on teacher

Education

2 years ago

JUST IN: Ondo 2024: Edema dumps APC, emerges NNPP guber candidate

JUST IN: Ondo 2024: Edema dumps APC, emerges NNPP guber candidate

Politics

2 years ago

A prominent contender within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ranks, Barrister Olugbenga Edema, has on Wednesday, June 5, defected from the party for NNPP.

Court sentences 54-year-old man 14 years imprisonment for sexual assault

Court sentences 54-year-old man 14 years imprisonment for sexual assault

Nigeria

2 years ago

Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja sentenced 54-year-old Monday John to 14 years in prison for sexual assult.

Lawmaker makes fresh allegations against El-Rufai's gov't: "60% fully funded projects abandoned"

Lawmaker makes fresh allegations against El-Rufai's gov't: "60% fully funded projects abandoned"

Nigeria

2 years ago

A lawmaker in the national assembly, Henry Marah, has alleged that the previous administration abandoned 60 percent of fully funded projects in the state.

25 Ajayi Crowther varsity students arraigned for beating fellow student to death

25 Ajayi Crowther varsity students arraigned for beating fellow student to death

Nigeria

2 years ago

About 25 students of Ajayi Crowther University have been arraigned before a magistrate court over the murder of a fellow student, Alex Timileyin.

Reps advise Tinubu on way out of economic hardship, say: "fix living wage, not minimum wage"

Reps advise Tinubu on way out of economic hardship, say: "fix living wage, not minimum wage"

Nigeria

2 years ago

House of representative members have called on president Bola Tinubu to takle the current economic hardship by fixing living wage and not minimum wage.

Human rights lawyer, Giwa opens up on 5-hour detention by FCT police: "I didn't violate court order"

Human rights lawyer, Giwa opens up on 5-hour detention by FCT police: "I didn't violate court order"

Nigeria

2 years ago

A human rights lawyer and activist Victor Giwa has debunked news making round that he was detained for disobedience to court order of the court of appeal.

CSOs pass vote of no confidence in Zamfara gov, Lawal, demand publication of IGR, federal allocation, others

CSOs pass vote of no confidence in Zamfara gov, Lawal, demand publication of IGR, federal allocation, others

Politics

2 years ago

A CSO Zamfara Initiative for Good Governance after examining Governor Dauda Lawal's administration in Zamfara state, passed a vote of no confidence in the governor.

Jonathan speaks on why politicians approach court after election, says: "Judiciary not upright"

Jonathan speaks on why politicians approach court after election, says: "Judiciary not upright"

Politics

2 years ago

Former president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has said that a failed judicial system is the real reason for constant post-election legal battles as seen in Nigeria.

Obasanjo recounts why he rejected gift from late Emir Lamido during his days in Yola prison

Obasanjo recounts why he rejected gift from late Emir Lamido during his days in Yola prison

Nigeria

2 years ago

Former Nigerian president. Olusegun Obasanjo, has recounted his relationship with the late emir, Lamido, when he was serving at a prison in Yola, Adamawa state.

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