This is Eugenia Abu

Born Eugenia Jummai Amodu on 19 October 1962 in Kaduna, popularly known as Eugenia Abu, is a Nigerian broadcast Journalist, Writer, Poet and Media Consultant, best known as a former News Anchor and Correspondent for the Nigerian Television Authority NTA.

Eugenia Abu is considered one of Nigeria’s finest broadcasters and commères. She anchored the 9:00 pm news on NTA for seventeen years.

Hails from kogi state, Born in Kaduna “The Centre of Learning” Abu started writing at the age of 7. She describes her parents as one of the greatest influences in her life.

She attended ABU Staff School, Zaria and Queen Amina College, Kaduna for her primary and secondary schools respectively. Eugenia Abu studied English at the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, where she graduated in 1981.

Eugenia obtained a Master’s Degree in Communication Policy Studies from the City, University of London in 1992, graduating with a distinction.

While a student in ABU, she was the acting editor of the English literary magazine, Kuka, in 1982.

She is an alumna of the Chevening Scholarship and a USIS fellow.

In 2018, Eugenia Abu established the Eugenia Abu Media Center, a reading and mentorship hub for young Nigeria Creatives. The center hosts an annual creative and literary boot camps for children between the ages of 7–15 years.

As a Writer and Poet, Her book: “In the Blink of an Eye” won the ANA/NDDC Flora Nwapa Prize for best female writing in 2008. She is also the Author of “Don’t look at me like that” a Poetry Collection.