Jimmy Enyeh Bags National Media Community Award

The publisher of National Waves Newspaper and Magazine, Mr. Jimmy Enyeh, was last Saturday honoured with the National Media Community Award as “Icon of Media Excellence in Print Journalism” at the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Ogba, Lagos.

A letter sent to the media practitioner by the organiser of the event and signed by the Chairman Advisory Board Governing Council, Nigeria Media Network in conjunction with Daily Pride Communications, Dr. Agnes NyumahBokai and others, stated that the award was conferred on Enyeh on account of his untainted years of experience and for great achievements vis a viz rising to the zenith of the journalism profession through dint of hard work and doggedness.

Enyeh, a creative writer and an expert in disseminating authentic information to the public was born in Lagos to Mr & Mrs James Jimmy Enyeh, who hails from Boboroku Jesse in Ethope West Local Government Area of Delta State.

He started his educational career with St Isaac Nursery school, Surulere, Lagos State in 1971 and proceeded to Tinu Primary School, Surulere Lagos State in 1973. For his secondary education, well-groomed Victory attended Metropolitan College, Isolo Lagos State from 1979-1984 and proceeded to the prestigious University of Lagos where he bagged a Diploma in Mass Communication in 1992, but not done with his quest to acquire knowledge, the likable bloke proceeded to study Public Administration at the Ambrose Alli University where he bagged a degree in 2007.

Enyeh, a devout Christian and a creative thinker who thinks out of the box is a journalist with over 27 years in active practice.

The versatile writer started his career as a society writer with the Goodtime Magazine, Lagos in 1995 and later joined Fame Magazine as a staff writer in 1997 and resigned his appointment to work for The Marvel Magazine as a Deputy Editor in 1999.

Enyeh again resigned his appointment at Marvel Weekly and join City People Magazine as a correspondent in the Abuja office in the year 2000 and rose to the position of Abuja Bureau Chief of City People and once again resigned in 2008 to set up NATIONAL WAVES Newspaper and Magazine with an online version, www.nationalwaves-ng.com, domiciled in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.

His knowledge of other advanced countries such as United Kingdom, United States, Republic of Ireland, United Arab Emirates (Dubai), Morocco and Ethiopia made him genuinely cosmopolitan.

This urbane gentleman is an advocate of peace, who is so in love with peace that the Universal Peace Federation (UPF) bestowed him with an award of International Ambassador For Peace on September 2, 2010 in Abuja.

According to the award letter signed by Chief (Amb.) Segun Olusola, who was the Chairman Board of Trustee UN-UPF/IIFWP Nigeria and Ambassador (Dr.) Olaleye Alao, Secretary General UN-UPF/IIFWP Nigeria, he was honoured in recognition of his past efforts at promoting peace, but more importantly, a new global commissioning of UPF world- wide Peace Building Programmes, which are designed to complement the mission of the United Nations.

Enyeh is married to Olubisi Enyeh and they are blessed with lovely children.