Ijeoma Nwogwugwu has resigned from ARISE TV after four years of leading the TV station.

The veteran journalist sent in her resignation letter on Wednesday morning, after managing the television station to become one of the most sought-after broadcast stations in Nigeria, THEWILL reports.

The broadcaster, however, did not state exactly her reason for resigning when THEWILL contacted her on phone.

In June 2018, Nduka Obaigbena, the chairman of ARISE TV and THISDAY Newspapers, appointed Ijeoma as the pioneer MD of the television station, after she at various times, served as the editor of the three titles under THISDAY stable.

She holds the record for editing the three titles for the longest unbroken period of 11 years and is the second woman in the history of Nigerian journalism to be appointed editor of a national newspaper after Dr Doyinsola Abiola, of defunct Concord Newspaper.

In 2020, she was named one of the 25 most powerful women in journalism by Women in Journalism Africa, WiJAfrica.

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