{"id":13845,"date":"2017-03-03T18:00:16","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T17:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&p=13845"},"modified":"2017-11-01T15:24:12","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T14:24:12","slug":"igwe-dimgba","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/igwe-dimgba\/","title":{"rendered":"IGWE, Dimgba(Late)"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Date of Birth: Wednesday (Orie) 16′” May, 1956 State of Origin: Abia Local Government Area: Bende *v^ Dimgba Igwe is one ofthe most respected journalists in Nigeria today. His pungent pen and articulate mind have made journalism a very dependable and honourable profession which it had always been. He is a living proof ofthe common adage that the Pen is Mightier than the Sword. Mr Igwe is the Deputy Editor in Chief\/Group Deputy Managing Director ofSun Publishing Ltd. He was born on Wednesday (Orie) May 16″‘. 1956 at Igbere in Bende Local Government Area ofAbia State. Education and Training \u2022 G.CE. O-Level in 1977 \u2022 GCEA-Level 1979 Nigerian Institute of Journalism for Diploma in Mass Communication 1983 International School ol”Ministries. Diploma in Theology Work Experience \u2022 Store Keeper. Federal Ministry ol*Steel. Mine and Power. 1977 Store Officer. 1981. Federal Ministry of”Steel Mines and Power. \u2022 Left Civil Service for the Media \u2022 Staff Writer, Sunday Concord 1984 1986 \u2022 Senior Stall” Writer. 1986 \u2022 African Regional Correspondent. NewAfrican Magazine London. African Business Magazine and African Confidential Deputy Editor of* Week End Concord 1989 \u2022 Deputy Editor\/Deputy General Manager, Weekend Concord 1996 \u2022 General Director of Mc Dee Communications Ltd 2002 \u2022 Currently in Sun Publishing Ltd as above stated. Special Works by Dimgba He has written many feature articles and stimulating articles. Among his outstanding publications are: \u2022 The Art of Feature Writing (for Newspapers and Magazines) 200 pages.. 1990 \u2022 50 Nigeria’s Corporate Strategists, 816 pages, 2000 \u2022 Orji Kalu: Leadership Lessons from a Master Strategists, 292 pages. 2002 Other Responsibilities in Society \u2022 Board Member ol’Sun Publishing Ltd \u2022 Board Member ofMc Dee Communications Ltd since 1992 \u2022 Board Member\/Trustee. Evangel Pentecostal Church, since 1995 \u2022 Board Member Institute of Biblical Ministries Nigeria since 2002 \u2022 Trustee. Eclectic Movement ofNigeria since 2004 \u2022 Ilas sponsored people to University Education, and contributed lo dev elopment projects. Dimgba is a fearless man ol’God who writes creative, objective and informativeanalytical articles. He does not add sensationalism to his work. He is a highly respected writer who is also prophetic in his pungentanalysisof contemporary issues. He looks up to St Paul the Apostle as his role model for his brilliant, bold and celebrated honesty. He is happily married and has a lovely family. Dimgba’s advice to the Youths is “get the education even ifyou want to remain in business. Secondly, join thebandwagon ofthose buying shares in quoted companies nomatter how small your income. Finally Read andRead”. To the Igbo leadership. Dimgba says. ‘Be focused onyour goalsand unite toachieve them ‘<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,452],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-13845","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/13845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/13845\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13845"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=13845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}