{"id":8638,"date":"2017-01-24T12:24:03","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T11:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&p=8638"},"modified":"2017-04-20T02:02:48","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T01:02:48","slug":"ekpo-udeme-eyo","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ekpo-udeme-eyo\/","title":{"rendered":"EKPO, Udeme Eyo"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jour nalist, Energy Specialist, Head, Energy Desk, Busi ness Times, Daily Times of Nigeria, Lagos: Winner Nigeria Media Merit Award for Enefl,’Y W riling, 19 95 LGA: Uyo; Born: Aug. 28, 1961; Pa: Obong Eyo Ekpo (d) and Mrs. Alice E . Ekpo; Education: Secondary Commercial Sch, Ndon EbOlil , Uyo, 1976-81, GCE; School of Basic Studies, ‘A’ Level; Univ. of Cross River State, 1986-89, BA Communication Arts; Yaba Co llege of-Technology, 1992-95, Diploma in Export and Petroleum Management.; Career and ‘Work Sistory: Freelance Writer, Nigerian Chronicle and Pioneer, 1987-89; Associate Editor, NYSC Editorial Board Newsletter and Eko KOPA, . Lagos, 1989-90; Reporter\/ Researcher, African Guardian. Lagos, 1989 -91 ; Energy Correspondent, DailyMail, Lagos, 1991-92; \u00b7Energy Correspondent, Business Times, Daily Times of Nigeria PLC, Lagos, 1992-95; Head, Energy Desk, Business Tim es, Lagos, 1995-present; Career Related Activities and Responsibilities: Director of Organisation and Publicity, National Asscn. of Energy Correspo ndents, 1992-94; Sectetary General, National Assoc: of Energy Correspo ndents, 1994-96; Cons ultant, Deve lopment of Uyo Capital City (Campaign for the Development of Uyo Capital City); Covered many fo reign assignments including conferences of the African Petroleum Producers Assoc.; Me m. , Nige ri an Delegation to Ministerial Conference, Cotonou, Republic of Benin, 1996; Special Work Related Achievements: Nigeria Media Merit Awa rd Wirmer for Energy Writing, 1994-95, the highest ‘national award on media exce llence in Nigeria; Winner, Daily Times Chairman’s Award, 1993; Publications: A book; Research Works, several articles in journals, newspapers and magazines; Awards: Special NYSC Commendation for ‘Editorial Contributions, 1990; Daily T im es Chairman ‘s award to Willlling TeamMember. , 1993: Professional Memberships: Mem., Nigerian Union of Journalists; Mem ., National Assoc. of Energy Correspo ndent s; Me\u00a31., Nigerian In stitute of Public Relations; Listed in Who ‘s Who in th e. Nigerian nil Induslly, 2nd Edition; NIPR Directo\/y, New Edition; Religious Affiliation: Methodist; Hobbies: Reading, Writing, Meet ing people, Photography, Long Distance Race, Debates, Public Speaking; Office: Daily Times of Nigeria, Lateef Jakande Road, Agidingbi, !keja, Lagos, Lagos State. Tel.: (0 I) 4977280 – 3; Fax (0 I) 4977284; Home: 6A Sanya Street, Ag uda, SUnilere, Lagos. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[452],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8638","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8638","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\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8638"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}