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Usman Bello Balarabe

Education: First-class Honors Bachelor’s Degree, Mass Communication, Bayero University, Kano. Master’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communication, Mewar University, India.

Experience: Investigative journalist, Daily Trust; Researcher, Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism; Investigative reporter, Economic Confidential Magazine; staff writer, PR Nigeria Center, Abuja.

Kano's regional correspondent, Usman Bello Balarabe is a journalist, media strategist, and university lecturer in the state. He worked as an investigative journalist with Daily Trust Newspaper Nigeria. His career is passionately geared towards stimulating social justice, exposing corruption, ensuring good governance and accountability. In his over 7 years of journalism practice, he has authored investigations and numerous special and beat reports at the intersection of environment, health, education, agriculture, public spending, security, and politics.

105 articles published since 24 Mar 2025

Author's articles

Sallah: Kano women in tears as tailors 'disappear' with fabrics

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Sallah: Kano women in tears as tailors 'disappear' with fabrics

Nigeria

18 days ago

Friend recalls final moments with Kano teenagers who drowned while trying to escape phone snatchers

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Friend recalls final moments with Kano teenagers who drowned while trying to escape phone snatchers

Nigeria

25 days ago

Kano Hisbah rolls out new seating directive for female riders, tricycle drivers, people react

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Kano Hisbah rolls out new seating directive for female riders, tricycle drivers, people react

Nigeria

a month ago

Kwankwaso's camp faces fresh crisis in Kano as prominent ally appears with APC power brokers

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Kwankwaso's camp faces fresh crisis in Kano as prominent ally appears with APC power brokers

Politics

a month ago

Tragedy as man drowns inside well after entering to retrieve burning cylinder

Tragedy as man drowns inside well after entering to retrieve burning cylinder

Nigeria

a month ago

Emir Sanusi quits attending physical lectures after going viral, goes for alternative

Emir Sanusi quits attending physical lectures after going viral, goes for alternative

Nigeria

a month ago

Fire razes popular market in Kano at dawn, traders count losses as victims struggle to salvage goods

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Fire razes popular market in Kano at dawn, traders count losses as victims struggle to salvage goods

Nigeria

2 months ago

A fierce early morning fire at Singa Market in Kano State razed shops and shattered lives, leaving traders in despair over colossal losses worth millions of Naira.

Emir Sanusi Gives Actual Reason He Enrolled as an Undergraduate to Study Law at Public Varsity

Emir Sanusi Gives Actual Reason He Enrolled as an Undergraduate to Study Law at Public Varsity

Nigeria

2 months ago

The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has explained his decision to study law at a public university and how it supports justice and his royal duties.

Kano blackout: Fish vendors, bakeries count losses as KEDCO strike halts businesses

Kano blackout: Fish vendors, bakeries count losses as KEDCO strike halts businesses

Nigeria

2 months ago

Kano faces total blackout due to KEDCO unions' strike, crippling businesses as fish spoil and bakeries halt production, leaving many in despair and economic turmoil.

Kano tailors work "day and night" as rush for APC attire surges ahead of Governor Yusuf’s move

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Kano tailors work "day and night" as rush for APC attire surges ahead of Governor Yusuf’s move

Politics

2 months ago

Kano's tailors and textile traders experience a surge in demand for APC-themed attire as anticipation builds for Governor Yusuf's potential party switch.

Hoodlums burn Kano corn facility, loot homes; residents react, “This is the third time this week”

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Hoodlums burn Kano corn facility, loot homes; residents react, “This is the third time this week”

Nigeria

2 months ago

Rijiya Biyu community in Kano state faces repeated attacks by hoodlums. Locals have urged authorities to intervene before more destruction occurs.

Eight Months After Edo Massacre, Families of Slain 16 Kano Hunters Threaten Major Protest

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Eight Months After Edo Massacre, Families of Slain 16 Kano Hunters Threaten Major Protest

Nigeria

2 months ago

Kano hunters’ relatives tell Legit.ng life is extremely hard as government delays promised Edo massacre compensation eight months after. They've threatened a protest

Kano court sentences man to death by hanging over murder of his newborn child

Kano court sentences man to death by hanging over murder of his newborn child

Nigeria

2 months ago

Man accused of killing his newborn, Abubakar Sabo, receives death sentence from Kano High Court with three-year jail for disturbing public peace.

Shekarau’s comment on Abba Yusuf triggers fresh tension in Kano NNPP, APC reacts: "A homecoming"

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Shekarau’s comment on Abba Yusuf triggers fresh tension in Kano NNPP, APC reacts: "A homecoming"

Politics

2 months ago

Tension rises in Kano politics after former governor Shekarau comments on Abba Yusuf’s reported move to APC, described as “a homecoming” by party allies.

Residents grieve “very kind” imam brutally slain after Fajr prayer in Kano

Residents grieve “very kind” imam brutally slain after Fajr prayer in Kano

Nigeria

3 months ago

Kano Imam Ladan Zubairu is remembered as a moral anchor and peaceful leader by neighbours after his brutal early morning killing in Kano's Maraba community.

Usman Bello Balarabe