October 24, 2025

RAY EKPU @ 76

RAY EKPU @ 76

By Inemesit Ebu

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A GREAT JOURNALIST

Mr. Ray Ekpu is 76 today. I’m always grateful to God for passing through his tutelage as a young girl aiming high in media practice.

I must count myself a lucky person to have profiled a personality such as Mr. Ray Ekpu the erudite journalist on his 70th birthday . It was a great celebration and he made my young magazine then , the official magazine of the day.

The day I went to seek his permission to profile and feature him on the cover of my magazine on his 70th birthday, he said to me โ€œInemesit, whatever my name and my image can do to promote your magazine, Iโ€™ll encourage you to go aheadโ€. That made my day. On the day, 6th August, 2018, almost everyone who was at the event bought w copy. Great job!

Writing about a man who knows the tenet of the media profession can be tasking. So, I struggled with my brain on where to start such an important package. First, I needed to prove to him that what he taught me to do as a little girl then in Newswatch, that I had become an expert now.

While putting everything together, so many thoughts came to my mind; I remembered that he is a man who is very particular about thoroughness and a man of standard judging from his articles in Newswatch and in other media platforms.

At last, I was able to come up with a package on him. He called to congratulate me for a job well done.

Mr. Ray Ekpu has risen to the peak in the journalism ladder and he is worthy to be celebrated. He is my role model. I use this medium to thank him for being an inspiration to me and others in the media world.

Friends, please join me to celebrate my boss and a great man. Happy birthday Sir. Mร y God continue to strengthen you in good health, Amen. ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‚๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿพ๐ŸŽŠ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿช˜๐ŸŽท๐Ÿฅ‚๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‚๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽˆ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿช˜๐ŸŽŠ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿฅ‚๐ŸŽท

Courtesy: Management of Great Achievers World magazine