Minister of Foreign Affairs
(state) Iyom Bianca Ojukwu. has appointed the South East Bureau Chief of The Sun Newspaper, Nze Magnus Eze , the Special Assistant on Communications and New Media
This was contained in a letter conveying his appointment, dated January 8, 2025, and 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.
Pix: Nze Magnus Eze , South East Bureau Chief, The Sun Newspaper
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 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 of Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), holds a Masters degree in Mass Communication from 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.
Eze in December last year won the Nigerian Media Merit Award (NMMA) as Education Reporter of the Year 2023.
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 Organization warehousing Mezie Okposi Multipurpose Cooperative Society, Mezie Okposi Charities 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.