Azubuike Ishiekwene of Nigeria becomes new WEF board member

Posted by Evan Fell on November 21, 2007 at 1:37 PM

Azubuike Ishiekwene has become a board member of the World Editors Forum. Ishiekwene is the executive director of Punch Nigeria, a private family-owned newspaper publishing company.

Ishiekwene was elected by WEF Board members through an online process.

Since joining Punch in 1989 he has at various times been staff reporter, investigative reporter, features writer, senior features writer, deputy features editor, features editor, and deputy editor of Toplife magazine (a PUNCH publication). He was also a member of the PUNCH editorial board, and Editor of Saturday PUNCH between 1996 and 2001. He was Editor of the company’s flagship paper and daily title, THE PUNCH, between 2002 and 2006.

He has won many awards including the Babatunde Jose Prize for journalism 1988, the Dame Award for Informed Commentary 1993, 2001, 2004 and again in 2006; and Editor of the year, NMMA 2006.