Arukaino Umukoro

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Arukaino Thomas Umukoro
Born
Arukaino Umukoro
EducationDelta State University
Pan-Atlantic University
OccupationJournalist
Public Servant

Arukaino Umukoro is a Nigerian Journalist notable for winning the CNN/MultiChoice Africa Journalist Award in the year 2015.[1]

Education[]

Umukoro studied Industrial Chemistry at the Delta State University and thereafter proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism for graduate studies in Journalism. In 2016, Umukoro concluded a Master's programme in Media and Communication at the Pan-African University.[2]

Career[]

Umukoro's career in Journalism commenced when he was recruited as a reporter by the National Standard news magazine in 2007. He earned the National Standard’s ‘Writer of the Year’ award in 2007. He thereafter made a career move when he joined the stables of Tell Magazine. He subsequently joined The Punch where he rose to be a senior correspondent. Umukoro won the Nigeria Media Merit Award for the first time in 2013 and again in 2017.[3] In 2015, Arukaino was named as the CNN/MultiChoice Africa Journalist in the Sports Category.[4] He also won the S.O. Idowu Prize for Sports reporting in which he was the second runner-up, in 2017.[5] In 2017, he was appointed into the Nigerian Government as an Aide on Communication Projects to the Nigerian Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "CNN MULTICHOICE AFRICAN JOURNALIST 2015 FINALISTS ANNOUNCED". cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  2. ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/arukaino-umukoro-73506b18/
  3. ^ "PUNCH wins Newspaper of the Year, Aboderin honoured at NMMA". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  4. ^ International, CNN (2018-01-04). "2015". africa.cnnjournalistaward.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-21. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  5. ^ "PUNCH wins Newspaper, Editor of the Year awards at DAME". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  6. ^ "President Buhari, Others Have 101 Presidential Aides". Sahara Reporters. 2017-11-13. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
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