About Chima

                                                                                                                                                                     

Name: Chima Lawrence Nwankwo anipr

E-mail:chimanwankwo@ymail.com

Career Statement: Telling the story behind the story.

  

Bio Data

 

Name: Chima Lawrence Nwankwo anipr

Address:39 Suez Crescent, Abacha Estate

(Behind Abuja Sheraton Hotel),    

Zone 4,Wuse, Abuja,

Nigeria

Sex:    Male

Tel: +234 806 668 6769

       +234 809 464 7180

                                                                                                           

Date of Birth:                   June 26, 1973

Place of Birth:                   Lagos, Nigeria                              

Nationality:                      Nigerian

  

 

         Professional Qualification

·      Associate Member ,Nigerian Institute of Public Relations

·      Member, Nigerian Union of Journalists

                              

Work Experience

          October,2011  to Present

Freelance Correspondent

         

           China Central TV Africa,

           Abuja, Nigeria

                         

          2010 to 2011

          Head of News/Marketing Partner                       

        

          Africa Business Channel

         Abuja, Nigeria

                                 

         

          2008-Present

                                  

          Freelance Correspondent

Reuters TV, A 24 Media, West Africa Democracy Radio, Dakar

        

        

          April 2008-April 2009

News Editor/Snr. Anchor

Business Television, Lagos                       

                 

        July 1^st, 2007 to February, 2008

        

        Deputy Head of News/Senior Anchor     

       

        Superscreen Television, Lagos

         

          Deliverables:

Pioneered the establishment of the Abuja Bureau, performed  Editorial,       Administrative, Marketing and HR functions. Turned an ill-focused tv station into a news tv station, capturing a niche market in the process.

Dec 2006 – June 2007

 Senior Correspondent/Anchor,

Vision FM, Abuja

Deliverables:

Introduced Investigative Reporting.

April 2002 – Dec., 2006

Senior Correspondent/Anchor

Channels TV, Lagos

Led a team which gathered and packaged breaking sports and political news.

January 1996 – November 2000

Acting Deputy Editor

Citywatch   Magazine,

Jos, Nigeria          

Deliverables: Managed the production process from newsgathering to production and finally distribution and marketing of magazine.

1992

Anchor/Producer

Radio Plateau 2 (90.5 FM)

Jos,

Nigeria

Institutions attended with Qualifications obtained

 

·      Nigerian Institute of Journalism                   1999 – 2000

Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing (PGDM)

                     

·      University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria                         1988 – 1992

BA (HONS) French                

·      College of Saint Joseph, Vom , Nigeria          1982 – 1987

General Certificate of Education (GCE)

                                            

·      Fatima Private School, Jos , Nigeria                        1977 – 1982

                                            

Referees

 

Available on request