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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.

102 articles published since 24 Mar 2025

Author's articles

"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

Kano reimposes okada ban as banditry fears rise, residents panic over surge in riders

Kano reimposes okada ban as banditry fears rise, residents panic over surge in riders

Nigeria

2 months ago

Trump's threat: Islamic scholars call for special days of prayer to ease tension across Nigeria

Trump's threat: Islamic scholars call for special days of prayer to ease tension across Nigeria

Nigeria

2 months ago

Top NNPP chieftains react as 5 bigwigs join APC: “It's no longer a defection, it’s a serious threat”

Top NNPP chieftains react as 5 bigwigs join APC: “It's no longer a defection, it’s a serious threat”

Politics

3 months ago

Son of popular cleric declares 2027 guber bid in viral video: “Prophet Muhammad granted me approval”

Son of popular cleric declares 2027 guber bid in viral video: “Prophet Muhammad granted me approval”

Nigeria

3 months ago

Potential massacre thwarted in Kano, 19 bandits killed, soldiers pay price: "We owe them our lives"

Potential massacre thwarted in Kano, 19 bandits killed, soldiers pay price: "We owe them our lives"

Nigeria

3 months ago

Kano High Court finally hands death sentence to two in varsity lecturer murder case

Kano High Court finally hands death sentence to two in varsity lecturer murder case

Nigeria

3 months ago

Two men found guilty of killing lecturer Buhari Imam of Northwest University lecturer in Kano have been sentenced to death by hanging by Justice Fatima Adamu.

Maryam Sanda pardon: 9 facts Nigerians don’t know about Bilyaminu Bello’s father’s forgiveness

Maryam Sanda pardon: 9 facts Nigerians don’t know about Bilyaminu Bello’s father’s forgiveness

Nigeria

4 months ago

After Maryam Sanda’s presidential pardon, Lawyer Audu Bukarti shared claims by Bilyaminu Bello’s family alleging a staged forgiveness by his biological father.

Fear grips parents as Kano football coach gets jail term for defiling young player

Fear grips parents as Kano football coach gets jail term for defiling young player

Nigeria

4 months ago

Kano parents have reacted with fear after Justice Musa Dahuru Muhammad sentenced coach Hayatu Muhammad to 8 years for defiling his minor football player.

Alleged killers of popular cleric known for praying against kidnappers face court action

Alleged killers of popular cleric known for praying against kidnappers face court action

Nigeria

4 months ago

Suspects who allegedly paid N800,000 to assassinate a cleric known for praying against kidnappers have been remanded by a Kano court ahead of November 13 hearing.

Brave Kano victim escapes kidnappers after brutal beating, exposes hideout in Kaduna

Brave Kano victim escapes kidnappers after brutal beating, exposes hideout in Kaduna

Nigeria

4 months ago

Kano police has confirmed that AbdulHamid Bello, who was abducted and beaten by kidnappers, escaped and led operatives to their hideout in Kaduna State for a rescue.

Kano mass wedding: Drama as married men beg Gov Yusuf for inclusion in state-sponsored couple scheme

Kano mass wedding: Drama as married men beg Gov Yusuf for inclusion in state-sponsored couple scheme

Nigeria

4 months ago

Married men in Kano have appealed to Governor Abba Yusuf for inclusion in the upcoming 2,000-couple mass wedding, Legit.ng correspondent confirms.

Kano youths protest shisha ban by Shariah Commission, vendors react: "This is my livelihood"

Kano youths protest shisha ban by Shariah Commission, vendors react: "This is my livelihood"

Nigeria

4 months ago

The Kano state Shariah Commission has banned shisha smoking, but angry youths and vendors told Legit.ng the move threatens jobs and freedom across the city.

Prominent Kano cleric mentions major sin most Muslims overlook online

Prominent Kano cleric mentions major sin most Muslims overlook online

Nigeria

4 months ago

Kano Ulama chairman Sheikh Ibrahim Khalil has warned that fake news is a sin in Islam, urging clerics and the public to verify information before sharing.

Famous Nigerian TikTok influencer sentenced to prison over controversial post

Famous Nigerian TikTok influencer sentenced to prison over controversial post

Nigeria

4 months ago

A Kano court has sentenced a popular content creator on TikTok to prison over what authorities termed as "indecent" skit he made and posted online.

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