User:Oanikwe

Oanikwe (real names Ogbuagu Anikwe) is a trained public policy analyst and media specialist with over three decades of hands-on experience. He has had a well-rounded experience as a reporter, copy editor, editor, general manager and editor-in-chief of influential national newspapers in Nigeria. Over the past 20 years, Oanikwe held consulting positions as a communications specialist with the State House Abuja, World Bank/Federal Inland Revenue Service, the Nigeria Police, and the Presidential Task Force on Power where he was technical adviser/head of media, and from where he doubled as media adviser/spokesperson to the then Minister of Power, Prof. Bart Nnaji. He was appointed in July 2017 as member of Cabinet and Commissioner of Information in the Enugu State Government in Nigeria. Oanikwe has master degrees in public administration (specializing in public policy analysis) and media and communication (specializing in media management), obtained from the University of Lagos and the Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos Nigeria, respectively. He is currently pursuing a PhD in media and communication at the Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos.