Rotary International has named the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Naija Times and Lagos Post, Ehi Braimah, among five new Assistant Rotary Public Image Coordinators (ARPIC) for the 2025-2026 Rotary year in Africa’s Region 27.

This region comprises nine Rotary districts across Anglophone West Africa and Egypt. According to a statement signed by the Assistant Rotary Public Image Coordinator (RI Districts 9111, 9112 & 9126), Michael Effiong James, the announcement came via an official communication by the Rotary Public Image Coordinator (2023-2026), Tamunoibim Semenitari, congratulating the incoming ARPICs, while urging them to attend the upcoming Regional Team Learning Seminar (RTLS) scheduled for May 7–11, 2025, in Accra, Ghana.

Africa Zone 22, where Region 27 is situated, is one of Rotary International’s 34 global zones, and it is divided into three regions: 26, 27, and 28. Other appointees include Bassey Ekpenyong Bassey (Rotary Club of Uyo Urban), Olubisi Abosede Yomi-Layinka (Rotary Club of Ibadan Jericho Metro), Kwesi Nyan Kittoe (Rotary Club of Winneba, Ghana) and Marwan Montasser (Rotary Club of Alexandria New Era, Egypt).

Braimah brings decades of strategic communications experience to the role. A former President of the Rotary Club of Lagos (2018–2019) and current Assistant Governor in District 9112, he has held several public image-related roles, including Chair of the District Public Image Committee (2024–2025).

He also served as District Secretary in 2021–2022 and has chaired numerous district-level committees. He is the Managing Director/CEO of Neo Media & Marketing, a public relations and marketing management company; Deputy National President of the Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce, and a respected public affairs commentator, who was honoured with the distinguished Chancellor’s Alumni Award by the University of Roehampton, London, in 2024.