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Jude Ossai
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Editor, Daily News Nigeria
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Jude Ossai (JP) a veteran journalist is a National Diploma holder in Mass Communication from Ogwashi-Uku Polytechnic Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State. He also studied at Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Enugu and Imo State University, Owerri for his first and second degrees in Mass Communication, respectively. He writes extensively on politics, crime, corruption, climate change, healthcare, human rights, social justice, among others. He began his journalism career in The Republic Newspaper, Lagos in 1987 as a Special Correspondent in Benin City, Edo State. In 1990, he was posted from Lagos to old Anambra State as a State Correspondent in Enugu. In 1994, he joined the African Newspapers of Nigeria (ANN) Plc, Ibadan, Oyo State, Publisher of Nigerian Tribune Newspapers where he rose to the rank of Southeast Bureau Chief. Retiring from the mainstream traditional media in 2019, he began another journey in online newspaper publication. He was the Overall Best Reporter in 2015, an award bestowed on him by Correspondents' Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Enugu State. He has attended several workshops/seminars organised by multi-nationals, government institutions, local and international media including BBC. He is also a unionist and had held top positions as Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalists of Enugu Correspondents' Chapel and State Council of NUJ, respectively. He was also a one-time Enugu State Secretary of Sports Writers' Association of Nigeria (SWAN).
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Daily News Nigeria