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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.

101 articles published since 24 Mar 2025

Author's articles

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 day 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 day 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

8 days ago

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

15 days ago

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

16 days ago

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

20 days ago

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

21 days 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

30 days 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

30 days 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

a month 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

a month 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.

Fire guts popular general hospital in Kano, residents recount chaos

Fire guts popular general hospital in Kano, residents recount chaos

Nigeria

a month ago

A fire in the female ward of Kano’s Rogo General Hospital destroyed key sections, wards, and medical supplies. Locals recount frantic efforts to rescue patients.

Court sentences tomato seller to death after bodies of long-missing people found in his home

Court sentences tomato seller to death after bodies of long-missing people found in his home

Nigeria

a month ago

A Kano High Court, presided over by Justice Aisha Mahmoud, delivers a death sentence to a tomato seller after the bodies of missing persons were found in his house.

Kano residents fume as police arrest riders carrying relatives, seize bikes amid bandit attacks

Kano residents fume as police arrest riders carrying relatives, seize bikes amid bandit attacks

Nigeria

2 months ago

Public fume in Kano state as police and KAROTA target private motorcycle rides, confiscate bikes, amid bandit attacks. Legit.ng reports firsthand accounts.

"We left everything to save our lives": Kano mother of six recalls horrifying bandit attack

"We left everything to save our lives": Kano mother of six recalls horrifying bandit attack

Nigeria

2 months ago

A mother of six, Hajara Ibrahim has shared her harrowing story of midnight escape from bandit kidnappings in Shanono Local Government Area, Kano state.

Usman Bello Balarabe