Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Mrs.Ibim Semenitari: The Most Powerful Commissioner in Rivers State




The authoritative information reaching The Gist Plus Magazine has it Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, the commissioner for Information in Governor Amaechi’s cabinet, is this woman is Amaechi’s “anchorman” and she is so powerful that men in Rivers State government fear her more than the governor. No wonder she was mandated by the Gov. Amaechi to see to organization of All Progressive People (APC) mega rally held at Adokiye Ameisima stadium of Greater Port Harcourt City on the October 25, 2014.

In case you don’t know her, Ibim Semenitari nee Toby, is an award winning investigative journalist, editor and publisher who has worked for 20 years with some of Nigeria’s and  America’s leading titles. She has also worked as Journalism Trainer/Editor with the BBC World Service Trust.
She was the first Nigerian female journalist to win the CNN African Journalist of the Year Awards. She won 2nd place, print journalism in the CNN African Journalist Award in 1997 for her reports in the Nigerian print media. She is a two time winner of the Nigerian Media Merit Award and a three time winner of the Diamond Award for Media Excellence amongst several others. Besides being an award winner herself, Ibim is a mentor to several award winning journalists.

She took a degree in English at the University of Benin, Benin City, and then plunged straight into journalism. Her career has taken her from the Daily Times newspaper, through Newswatch magazine, Sunray Group of Newspapers to the Tell group where she launched a weekly business magazine, The Broad Street Journal, in 2005.  After leaving TELL, Ibim worked as a Journalism Trainer/ Editor with the BBC World Service Trust before launching her own publication, The Business Eye, an investigative weekly business newsmagazine.

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