Victor EzejaMinister of State for Foreign Affairs, Iyom Bianca Ojukwu has appointed South-east Bureau Chief of The Sun Newspaper, Nze Magnus Eze, as Special Assistant on Communications and New Media.
This was confirmed in a letter of appointment dated 8 January 2025, signed by Amb. Bello Kazaure Husseini, Director, Administration, at the ministry.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelEze, who is 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 the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration, which focuses on Democracy, Development, Demography and Diaspora, otherwise known as 4-Ds.
Eze hails from Mgbom N’Achara in Okposi, Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
Born 25 June 1969, Eze 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 holds a Master’s degree in Mass Communication from the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), and is currently running a PhD pregame in the same institution.
He observed the mandatory national service at the Mass Communication Department of Ogun State Polytechnic (Now Moshood Abiola Polytechnic), Abeokuta in Ogun State and on completion, joined Newswatch Magazine.
He has had a flourishing career in media practice spanning about three decades.
A onetime Editor of Newsday Newspaper, Abuja (2004-2006), Deputy Editor, Newsworld Magazine, Regional Correspondent of South Africa-based AU Media, Eze is currently Assistant Editor/South East Bureau Chief, The Sun Newspaper.
He is married to Anenechi with whom they have five children.
As part of his community development effort, he, in 2014, founded The Mezie Okposi Organisation warehousing Mezie Okposi Multipurpose Cooperative Society, Mezie Okposi Charities and Okposi Geriatric Project.
The organisation has impacted positively on the youth and the old people in areas of leadership, value orientation, culture preservation, capacity building, and community service.
Victor Ezeja is a passionate journalist with six years of experience writing on economy, politics and energy. He holds a Masters degree in Mass Communication.
