The Editorial Board of TheCitizen Newspaper, Publishers of TheCitizen Online, has approved the appointment of Mr. Ezra Ikpeama as the new Editor-in-Chief.
Ikpeama’s appointment takes effect immediately, the board stated in a press release on Tuesday.
He replaces Malachy Agbo, who was recently appointed as the chairman of the Caretaker Committee of Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State.
Ikpeama has been the editor of The Citizen Newspaper since it commenced operations in 2012.
The new editor-in-chief has garnered over 22 years’ experience working in various print and electronic media.
Ikpeama had also worked in corporate affairs roles in the financial industry.
He was at different times responsible for brand management in Guardian Express Bank Plc and was in charge of media relations in Savannah Bank Plc.
Meanwhile, the erstwhile publisher/editor-in-chief, Malachy Agbo, who was a senior editor at ThisDay Newspaper, was sworn-in last Thursday by the Enugu State governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, at the Government House in Enugu.
Speaking with newsmen after his inauguration, Agbo described his current mandate as “a responsibility to contribute to democracy, especially in the grassroots, which is fundamental to national development.”
