By John Ikani
The managing director of Arise TV, Ijeoma Nwogwugwu, has resigned after four years of steering the ship of the television station to become one of the most sought-after broadcast stations in Nigeria.
The veteran journalist said to have put in her resignation on Wednesday, November 2, 2022, did not state any reason for her resignation.
Nwogwugwu was appointed as the pioneer MD of the television station In June 2018 by Nduka Obaigbena, the chairman of ARISE TV and THISDAY Newspapers after she at various times, served as the editor of the three titles under THISDAY stable.
She holds the record for editing the three titles for the longest unbroken period of 11 years and is the second woman in the history of Nigerian journalism to be appointed editor of a national newspaper after Dr Doyinsola Abiola, of defunct Concord Newspaper.
In 2020, she was named one of the 25 most powerful women in journalism by Women in Journalism Africa, WiJAfrica.
Nwogwugwu also has extensive experience and expertise in the private sector, having worked with Merchant Bank for Africa and the Bureau of Public Enterprises.
