Tag: Veteran Journalist

Veteran Journalist, Ray Ekpu, Loses Wife

ADEOLA YUSUF

Veteran journalist and celebrated columnist, Ray Ekpu, has announced the death of his wife, Uyai Ekpu. Mrs Ekpu died at the age of 73 on April 21 after a brief illness, the journalist said on Wednesday. According to Ekpu, “Uyai was a senior staff of the Centre for Management Development (CMD) and retired in 2011 as an Acting Director, Management Education and Training Department. “Uyai obtained both a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and a Masters degree in Library Science from the University of Ibadan, Oyo State. She also…

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Veteran Journalist, Femi Abass, Wins Sir Ahmadu Bello Sardauna Award

Aliyu Aliyu

National Association Northern Nigerian Students (NANNS) writes Award Winner, fixes date for presentation Veteran Nigerian Journalist, Femi Abass, has won the Sir Ahmadu Bello Sardauna Award of Excellence. Platforms Africa reports that the National Association of Northern Nigerian Students (NANNS), organisers of the award, which announced this in a letter sent to Abass, maintained that the presentation of the coveted award has been fixed for 2nd of February, 2022. READ ALSO: Nigeria’ll Pay N3trn To NNPC As Fuel Subsidy In 2022 Teenagers Behead Girlfriend for Money Rituals Kwara Gov Signs…

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Business Times ex-Energy Editor, Mike Owhoko, bags PhD

Precious Ibekwe

  The former energy Editor of Business Times (Daily Times Group),  Michael Owhoko, has been awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Political Science by the Selinus University. He has over 30 years’ experience in media and communications, spanning the newsroom and corporate world, including the banking and, oil and gas industries. Owhoko, whose thesis was, according to a statement, entitled, “The Future of Nigeria,” was awarded the Ph.D after a successful defence of his dissertation. “Impressed by the intellectual depth and rigours of his work, his supervisor, Professor Salvatore…

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