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Bilkisu Yusuf

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Nigerian journalist (1952-2015)

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Bilkisu Yusuf was a Nigerian journalist, columnist and editor for prominent newspapers in Abuja, Kano and Kaduna, Nigeria. She is known in Nigeria for being the first woman to direct a national newspaper operation and served as editor for two more.

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Yusuf attended Ahmadu Bello University and founded the organization Women in Nigeria there in the early 1980s.Yusuf attended Ahmadu Bello University and founded the organization Women in Nigeria there in the early 1980s.

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Bilkisu Yusuf was a Nigerian journalist, columnist and editor for prominent newspapers in Abuja, Kano and Kaduna, Nigeria. She is known in Nigeria for being the first woman to direct a national newspaper operation and served as editor for two more. She was a Hausa, Muslim, feminist, of Yoruba descent and advocate for interfaith society, who was known for being an adviser to the Nigerian President on International Affairs and the founding of NGOs, such as Women In Nigeria (WIN) and the Federation of Muslim Women's Association (FOMWAN). Yusuf was killed in the 2015 Mina stampede while on Haj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

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Country
Nigeria
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
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deceased
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Lived 1952 to 2015 · aged 62
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