Eugenia Abu

Eugenia Abu studied at Ahmadu Bello University and City, University of London. The recorded working language is English, Hausa and Nigerian Pidgin. The field of work recorded is presenter, writer and broadcasting. Residence is recorded at Nigeria. Works named in the authority record are In the Blink of an Eye.

• Name — Eugenia Abu • Birth Name — Eugenia Jummai Amodu • Born — 19 October 1962 • Birthplace — Zaria, Nigeria • Education — City, University of London Ahmadu Bello University • Years Active — 1979–present • Occupation — * Journalist • television host • Children — 6

Abu was born in Kaduna in 1962. She 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. She also possesses a Graduate Certificate in Education from A.B.U Zaria (1981). While a student in ABU, she was the acting editor of the English literary magazine, Kuka, in 1982, and she also ran for the post of the Vice President of the Students' Union Government (SUG). She is an alumna of the Chevening Scholarship and a USIS fellow. Eugenia Abu established the Eugenia Abu Media Center, a reading and mentorship hub for young Nigeria Creatives, in 2018. The center hosts an annual creative and literary boot camps for children between the ages of 7–15 years.

Abu is 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.