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, where he brings his expertise to provide incisive, impactful coverage of national events. 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

2807 articles published since 17 May 2024

Author's articles

NAHCON initiates reforms amid controversy over ₦90 billion subsidy mismanagement

NAHCON initiates reforms amid controversy over ₦90 billion subsidy mismanagement

Nigeria

8 months ago

Top PDP chieftain reacts as Tinubu claims Nigeria's experiencing better days

Top PDP chieftain reacts as Tinubu claims Nigeria's experiencing better days

Nigeria

8 months ago

Atiku's aide slams Tinubu as Nigerians hustle hard to survive in 2025: "Weapon fashioned against us"

Atiku's aide slams Tinubu as Nigerians hustle hard to survive in 2025: "Weapon fashioned against us"

Nigeria

8 months ago

Atiku's aide mentions reason for PDP's prolonged crisis

Atiku's aide mentions reason for PDP's prolonged crisis

Nigeria

8 months ago

Development expert mentions party responsible for driving the best policies in Nigeria's history

Development expert mentions party responsible for driving the best policies in Nigeria's history

Politics

8 months ago

BREAKING: 5 dead, several banks destroyed in Delta tanker fire disaster

BREAKING: 5 dead, several banks destroyed in Delta tanker fire disaster

Nigeria

8 months ago

"He saved Nigeria's democracy": Tinubu hails Nnamani for quashing Obasanjo's third term bid

"He saved Nigeria's democracy": Tinubu hails Nnamani for quashing Obasanjo's third term bid

Nigeria

8 months ago

President Tinubu praises ex-Senate President Ken Nnamani for his key role in stopping former President Obasanjo’s controversial bid for a third term in office.

President Tinubu to jet out of Nigeria to Ghana, reason, date, other details emerge

President Tinubu to jet out of Nigeria to Ghana, reason, date, other details emerge

Nigeria

8 months ago

President Bola Tinubu will travel to Accra, Ghana, on January 6 to attend the inauguration of newly President-elect John Dramani Mahama on January 7.

BREAKING: Nigerian governor’s aide narrowly escapes assassination, details emerge

BREAKING: Nigerian governor’s aide narrowly escapes assassination, details emerge

Nigeria

8 months ago

Hon. Rachael Averik, the Special Assistant on Political Affairs to the Kaduna Governor, narrowly escaped an assassination attempt on Thursday, January 2, 2025.

Popular bishop stabbed to death while mediating between fighting couple in Osun state, Police react

Popular bishop stabbed to death while mediating between fighting couple in Osun state, Police react

Nigeria

8 months ago

Bishop Shina Olaribigbe of Rapture Empowerment International, was fatally stabbed on January 2 while mediating a couple's domestic dispute in Osogbo, Osun State.

Did El-Rufai defect from APC? Former Kaduna governor clears air

Did El-Rufai defect from APC? Former Kaduna governor clears air

Politics

8 months ago

Ex-Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai has denied rumors of defecting from the ruling APC to the opposition PDP, calling the claims baseless and emphasizing his loyalty.

Gunmen kidnap Kogi University lecturer, make N10m demand for his release

Gunmen kidnap Kogi University lecturer, make N10m demand for his release

Nigeria

8 months ago

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted Professor John Ebeh, a senior lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at Prince Abubakar Audu University Kogi.

JUST IN: Police rescue kidnapped hostages, arrest 17 for killing woman accused of witchcraft in Ebonyi

JUST IN: Police rescue kidnapped hostages, arrest 17 for killing woman accused of witchcraft in Ebonyi

Nigeria

8 months ago

In a daring operation on January 4, 2025, Imo State police rescued four kidnapped hostages in Umuokanne, Ohaji LGA, showcasing swift action and bravery.

New Year: Lord's Chosen Muoka releases 'strange' prophecies about Nigeria in 2025

New Year: Lord's Chosen Muoka releases 'strange' prophecies about Nigeria in 2025

Nigeria

8 months ago

Pastor Lazarus Muoka, General Overseer of the Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Movement, has proclaimed 2025 as a year of divine restoration for Nigeria.

New Year disaster: One dead, groom hospitalized as bride allegedly poisons Jigawa wedding guests

New Year disaster: One dead, groom hospitalized as bride allegedly poisons Jigawa wedding guests

Nigeria

8 months ago

A joyous event turned tragic, Jigawa State, as a bride allegedly poisoned food at her wedding reception, leaving one guest dead and the groom critically ill.

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