Ijeoma Nwogwugwu is a Nigerian journalist. She was the pioneer managing director of Arise TV, a Nigerian news outlet. She was one of the directors of Thisday Newspaper. She is also an editor at

THISDAY ''This Day'' is a Nigerian national newspaper. It is the flagship newspaper of Leaders & Company Ltd and was first published on 22 January 1995. It has its headquarters in Apapa, Lagos State. Founded by Nduka Obaigbena, the Chairman & Editor-i ...

newspaper. She is the second woman in Nigerian journalism’s history to be appointed editor of a national newspaper, the first being

Doyin Abiola Dr. Doyin Abiola, Doyinsola Hamidat Abiola (Nee Aboaba) was the Managing Director and Publisher of National Concord Newspaper She is the first Nigerian woman to be an editor of a Nigerian daily newspaper. Education and career Dr. Doyin Abi ...

Early life and career

Born 14 December 1966, in 2012, Nwogwugwu became the editor of THISDAY newspapers as the previous editor

Simon Kolawole Simon Kolawole is a Nigerian journalist, public speaker and media entrepreneur. He is the founder and chief executive officer of Cable Newspaper Limited., publisher of TheCable, Nigeria's Independent online newspaper In 2012, the World Economic F ...

, was made the editorial director. This led to Kolawole's resignation as a protest. In 2018, she was appointed to lead the Arise News Channel. She ranked the first among twenty-five most powerful women in Journalism according to WijAfrican (Women in Journalism Afric

In 2020, she was listed as one of the Top 25 Most Powerful Women In Nigerian Media. Till date Nwogwugwu is the only editor at This Day, to have edited the Saturday edition, the Sunday edition the daily title. In Nigeria, she is the second woman to be appointed editor of a national newspaper, the first being Doyin Abiola. Education: Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, UNILAG Nigeria

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