New appointments have been announced in the Sun Newspapers with the Daily Editor, Onuoha Ukeh named as the new Managing Director (MD)/Editor-in-Chief (EIC) with effect from August 9, 2019.
He replaces Mr Eric Osagie who resigned his appointment at the expiration of his four-year tenure as MD/EIC and nine years in the Executive Directorate of the company.
The Board of Directors of The Sun Publishing Limited in a statement also approved the appointments of Mr. Iheanacho Nwosu, Bureau Chief, Nation’s Capital, as new Editor, Daily Sun; Adetutu Folashade-Koyi, News Editor, as Editor, Nation’s Capital and the North; Beifoh Osewele, Deputy Editor, News and Willy Eya, Politics Editor.
Ukeh is the fourth MD/EIC of the company incorporated on March 29, 2001 and started production as a weekly on January 18, 2003, and as a daily on June 16, 2003.
His predecessors are Mike Awoyinfa, Tony Onyima and Femi Adesina.
The new MD holds a Master’s degree in Communication Studies from the Lagos State University (LASU) and a Post-graduate Diploma (PGD) in Communications Studies from the same university.
He also holds a Higher National Diploma (HND) (Upper Credit) in Book Publishing from the Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, and Diploma in Journalism from the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Ogba, Lagos.
Ukeh had held senior editorial positions in several publications, including Editor, Saturday Sun; Deputy Editor, Daily Sun; Associate Editor, The Sun; Assistant Editor, The Sun; Daily Editor, The Post Express; Chief Sub-Editor, The Post Express; Metro Editor, The Post Express; Senior Production Editor, Champion Newspaper and Chief Sub-Editor, Sentinel Magazine, among others.
He attended a Senior Management Programme (SMP) at the Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University (former Pan-African University), Lagos and is a member of the Lagos Business School Alumni Association (LBSAA); member, Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE); and member, Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ).
The new MD is co-author, Inside the Newsroom, God’s Field Marshals and Democracy of Our Land: The Story of Nigeria’s Fourth Republic.
