Bilikisu Labaran
Bilkisu Labaran | |
|---|---|
| Born | Bilkisu Labaran[1] Kano[1] |
| Citizenship | Nigerian |
| Occupation | Journalist/Academic |
| Employer | Reuters |
| Known for | Journalism |
Bilkisu Labaran is a Nigerian journalist, editor and former head of Africa News & Current affairs at BBC World Service.[2][3] She helped establish BBC pidgin[4][5] and was the first Nigerian BBC editor.
Labaran is currently a journalist and editor at the Reuters News Agency.[6]
Career
[edit]Labaran was a lecturer at Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria. She was the Nigeria Country Director for the BBC World Service Trust.[7][8]. In 2020 she was ranked number five of 25 Most Powerful Women in Nigerian journalism, compiled by Women in Journalism Africa.[9]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Network Africa". BBC World Service. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ↑ "BBC's six decades of Focus on Africa". The Guardian. Lagos, Nigeria. 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
- ↑ "Network Africa | BBC World Service". BBC World Service. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
- ↑ "How BBC's Focus deepens understanding of Africa". The Guardian. Lagos, Nigeria. 2020-09-01. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
- ↑ Onwuegbu, Toby (2017-08-21). "BBC launches pidgin service". TODAY. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
- ↑ ResponseSource. "Bilkisu Labaran joins Reuters as Output Editor (London)". ResponseSource. Retrieved 2026-10-03.
- ↑ "Bilkisu Labaran". African Development Bank - Annual Meetings 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-11-29. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
- ↑ "Bio – Bilkisu Labaran". Archived from the original on 2021-12-04. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
- ↑ "Ijeoma Nwogwugwu, Stella Din, Kadaria Ahmed named among 25 most powerful Nigerian female journalists". TheCable. 2021-10-02. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
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