Magnus Eze joins Ojukwu’s team as Special Assistant on Communication, New Media
Amah Samuel-Ugbor Nnachi, South-East Bureau Chief
South-East Bureau Chief of The Sun Newspaper, Nze Magnus Eze has been appointed as the Special Assistant on Communications and New Media to the Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs (State), Iyom Bianca Ojukwu.
A letter conveying his appointment, dated January 8, 2025, was signed by Amb. Bello Kazaure Husseini, Director, Administration, at the ministry.
Eze, a seasoned journalist, brings his vast contacts and experience in media practice to the new assignment.
He is expected to play a very prominent role in pushing the strategic communication components of the foreign policy of President Bola AhmedTinubu’su’s administration, which focuses on democracy, development, demography,y, and diaspora, otherwise known as 4-Ds.
Eze hails from Mgbom N’Achara in Okposi, in the Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
Born June 25, 1969, he began his basic education at Ikwuano Primary School, Mgbom Okposi.
He later went to Eziokposi High School as one of the pioneers of the community secondary school and wrote his terminal examination in 1987.
He proceeded to the University of Uyo in 1988, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Arts in 1992.
Eze, who is also a doctoral student at Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), holds a Master’s degree in Mass Communication from the same institution.
He observed the mandatory National Youths Service at the Mass Communication Department of Ogun State Polytechnic (Now Moshood Abiola Polytechnic), Abeokuta in Ogun State,e and, on completion, joined Newswatch Magazine.
He has had a flourishing career in media practice spanning about three decades.
A one-time Editor of Newsday Newspaper, Abuja (2004-2006), Deputy Editor of Newsworld Magazine, and Regional Correspondent of South Africa-based AU Media, Eze is currently Assistant Editor/Southeast Bureau Chief of The Sun Newspaper.
He is married to Anenechi with whom they have five children.
As part of his community development effort, in 2014, he founded The Mezie Okposi Organization warehousing Mezie Okposi Multipurpose Cooperative Society, Mezie Okposi Charitie, and Okposi Geriatric Project.
The organization has impacted positively on the youth and the old people in areas of leadership, value orientation, culture preservation, capacity building, and community service.
Nze Magnus, as he is popularly called, is a good man.
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