{"id":2325,"date":"2023-03-18T20:57:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T19:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reportwomen.org\/experts\/?post_type=rwexperts&#038;p=2325"},"modified":"2024-02-28T15:31:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T14:31:17","slug":"meet-eugenia-abu","status":"publish","type":"rwexperts","link":"https:\/\/reportwomen.org\/experts\/rwexperts\/meet-eugenia-abu\/","title":{"rendered":"Eugenia Abu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Career &amp; Expertise<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eugenia Abu is considered one of Nigeria&#8217;s finest broadcasters and comperes. She anchored the 9:00 PM news on NTA for 17 years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abu established the Eugenia Abu Media Centre, a reading and mentorship hub for young Nigerian creatives, in 2018. The centre hosts annual creative and literary boot camps for children between the ages of 7\u201315 years. In 2008, her book, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the Blink of an Eye<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, received the ANA\/NDDC Flora Nwapa Prize for best female writing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abu studied English at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where she graduated in 1981. She obtained a master&#8217;s degree in Communication Policy Studies from the City University of London in 1992, graduating with distinction. 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