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AUN brings Washington Post editor to Nigeria Oct 13

October 12, 2015 4:17 PM

Washington Post Deputy Digital Editor, Karen Attiah, is scheduled to speak at the Distinguished Journalists’ Lecture Series of the American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola.

Karen Attiah

Washington Post Deputy Digital Editor, Karen Attiah, is scheduled to speak at the Distinguished Journalists’ Lecture Series of the American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola.

Attiah, a one-time World Bank consultant, will be speaking on the topic “Nigeria after Boko Haram.”

Student Pulse gathered that the former Fulbright scholar will meet with the officials of the AUN/U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

READ: Atiku's AUN launches N1bn fund for displaced persons

She will also appear as a guest lecturer at some of the university's journalism class as well as participate in the community activities of the AUN, especially food distribution at the internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Yola.

AUN President Dr. Margie Ensign recently launched a N1bn naira appeal fund in partnership with the Adamawa Peace Initiative for persons displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency.