Senator Iroegbu

SENATOR IROEGBU: BA- History/International Studies; MSC-Political Economy & Development Studies (In View). 1. PUBLISHER: Senator Iroegbu is the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Global Sentinel, an online medium dedicated to the effective coverage of defence, security, conflicts and crime related issues. 2. JOURNALIST: A former Senior Editorial Staff/Defence Editor with THISDAY Newspaper for 12 years; currently Editor-at-Large with PRNigeria and Influencer/Content Creator, Opera News 3. CONSULTANT: MEDIA/COMMUNICATIONS/PUBLIC RELATIONS: Iroegbu is also the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CanaG Communications Ltd-a media, communications and consultancy firm with a vision to enhance the image of agencies, individuals and corporate organisations towards a better relationship with their clients, customers and target audience. He consults for many agencies on Media issues including the Office of National Security Adviser (ONSA), Presidential Committee on Small Arms and Light Weapons (PRESCOM), Club de Madrid, West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), Peace and Security Network (PSN), Forum on Farmers and Herders Relations in Nigeria (FFARN), British Council Nigeria, as well as international consultant for ORB International, USA, etc. 4. DEVELOPMENT FACILITATOR: Iroegbu has vast experience as a development knowledge facilitator with the World Bank Institute/British Council Nigeria on a pilot project in community development where he trained over 40 Non-Governmental Organisations on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) using the Debate To Action (DTA) module. He also participated as a Master Trainer with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme on training the Youth Corps Members on community development under the sponsorship of Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on MDGs (OSSAP-MDGs) of Nigeria. 5. PUBLIC AFFAIRS ANALYST: Iroegbu is well sought after by many media platforms because of his depth of knowledge and incisive analysis on issues of local, national and international importance. He is a regular guest in Radio and Television Stations in Nigeria including: NTA, AIT, ITV, Channels TV, WAZOBIAMAX TV, WE FM, Radio Nigeria, Kapital FM, Kiss FM, Cool FM, NigeriaInfo, and WAZOBIA FM amongst others. 6. HUMANITARIAN: Iroegbu is the Executive Director (Media), African Economic Merit Awards (AEMA), which aims to recognise the works, talents and efforts of the less privileged with an award. AEMA also aims at boosting economic growth in African communities by uniting the successful business entrepreneurs with the latent talents. Enriching the soil and giving hope to Africans with Agricultural, Educational, Technology and Business initiatives. 7. MY FAITH, MY HOBBY: Mr. Iroegbu is a devote Christian, loves travelling, reading, researching, writing, multi-tasking, meeting different people, sharing ideas and positively touching lives. Profile: Senator Iroegbu, is a seasoned journalist, who was a Senior Reporter and chief Defence Correspondent with THISDAY Newspaper for 12 years. He is a renowned media consultant to reputable organisations and individuals. He has published a number of articles in various media platforms with interest in security, intelligence, politics and development issues. Iroegbu started his journalism career in 2006 with a stint as an Advert Executive and within two years, he was appointed the Head of Debt Recovery Unit in Abuja Bureau. However, within those two years his writing skills and passion was evident as in-depth weekly contributions to the Features and Development pages made him outstanding. Accordingly, in 2008 he was formerly transferred to the Editorial section of the Newspaper by the Publisher and Editor-In-Chief of THISDAY Media Group, Chief Nduka Obaigbena. He was immediately deployed to various beats starting with Energy and Power, Transport and Works, Trade, Commerce, Agriculture and Water Resources. Afterwards he was assigned to cover the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), especially during the hotly contested and violent-marred 2009 Ekiti gubernatorial rerun election between the then Governor Segun Oni of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Kayode Fayemi of Action Congress (AC). At same period, Iroegbu effectively covered tourism beat with tremendous passion and incisive reportage that help advertise the country's tourism potentials. It was however in the Defence and Security beat that Iroegbu has made the most mark after being deployed to cover the Ministry, Department and Agencies (MDA) under the sector including Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), Ministry of Interior, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Office of Head of Service, and Office Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF) in 2010. Iroegbu is today an authority in the Defence and Security issues, where apart from much exclusive and authoritative reportage; he has been active as a resource person and public commentator. He has been a guest to some radio and television stations on defence, security and other topical issues, and as well as resource persons to both the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Directorate of Public Relations and Information (DOPRI) and Presidential Committee on Small Arms and Light Weapons (PRESSCOM) events. The seasoned journalist has made his mark with extensive coverage of Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Insurgency (CT COIN) operations with frequent but dangerous travels to the North East, the epicentre of Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT). He is a survivor, who has braved many hazardous and life threatening encounters including a narrow escape from death during the Boko Haram attack at the THISDAY Office Regional Office, Abuja in 2012. As a result, Iroegbu is today an authority in the Defence and Security issues, and was duly recognized and celebrated by a rival newspaper-The Authority (http://www.authorityngr.com/2016/03/---ON-THE-BEAT/ ). Iroegbu also gained promotion and several recognition including a letter of commendation from the Ministry of Defence, and as well as receiving on behalf of THISDAY Award for Media Excellence in 2014. In 2017, he was deployed to bring vibrancy to the Health beat after which he was brought back in 2018 as the Head of Defence and Security Desk for THISDAY as well as the sister Arise TV International to ensure effective coverage towards the 2019 election. He however, parted ways with THISDAY in August 2018, after 12 years of resourceful journalism experience in order to focus on his online medium and media consulting firm. The senior journalists is a member of Nigerian Union of Journalist (NUJ), FCT Press Correspondents, Ministry of Interior Correspondents, Tourism Correspondents and have participated in the leadership of other media related bodies including the President, Association of OSGF Correspondents, Secretary, Defence Correspondents Association, WASH Media Network, and Journalists Against Poverty. Iroegbu has also attended many professional courses and fellowships both home and abroad including studies in Political, Investigative and Financial Journalism with International Institute of Journalism (IIJ), Berlin; Peace Journalism with American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola; African Integration and Trade with United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), headquarters in Switzerland; National Security by Centre for Strategic Studies, Galilee Israel in collaboration with Defence Intelligence School (DIS), Abuja; and Basic Peace Support Operations Course by the Nigerian Army Peace Keeping Centre (NAPKC), Jaji, amongst others. Determined to make more impact in the area of peace and conflict resolution, Senator Iroegbu is helping to shape an online medium dedicated to defence, security, conflicts and crime reportage with a touch of judiciary, foreign affairs and cultural diplomacy. He is the publisher and editor-in-chief of Global Sentinel (www.globalsentinelng.com ). Also, Iroegbu is one of the fast rising public relations and media managers in Nigeria. He is the Chief Executive Officer of CanaG Communications Ltd, which is a media, communications and consultancy firm with a vision to enhance the image of agencies, individuals and corporate organisations towards a better relationship with their clients, customers and target audience. In addition, Iroegbu has vast experience as a development knowledge facilitator with the World Bank Institute/British Council, Nigeria, pilot project on community development where he trained over 40 Non-Governmental Organisations on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) using the Debate To Action (DTA) module. He also participated as a Master Trainer with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme on training the Youth Corps Members on community development under the sponsorship of Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on MDGs (OSSAP-MDGs) of Nigeria. Mr. Iroegbu is a devote Christian, loves travelling, reading, meeting different people, sharing ideas and positively touching lives.