BBC Hausa

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has dismissed the report implying that he intends to abandon his presidential ambition for another presidential aspirant. Atiku was reported to have declared his willingness to step down for a…
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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has suspended the Hausa Service Editor, Aliyu Tanko, for three months over bullying allegations by a former staff of the news corporation, Halima Umar Saleh. The giant global media organization…
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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) News Hausa, has introduced Hikayata, women contest to encourage women to share their stories and giving them a voice in society. The BBC News Hausa Editor, Mr Aliyu Tanko in a statement to the…
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The publisher of Daily Nigerian, Mr Jaafar Jaafar, has fled his house and gone into hiding after receiving several security threats, in recent times. A close media associate of the investigative reporter told PRNigeria that unknown…
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Maryam Umar, a 20-year-old student of Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto has won the BBC Hausa women’s short story writing competition for 2020. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Umar in her story titled, “Rai da Cuta” (Life…
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A 29 year-old secondary school teacher Safiyya Jibril, has won this year’s BBC Hausa Story Writing Contest for Women. Her story’Ya Mace or ‘The Girl-Child’ was adjudged the best among a host of other entries, that included Sunanmu Daya or…
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