Bilkisu Yusuf

Bilkisu Yusuf, also known as Hajiya Bilkisu Yusuf, (2 December 1952 – 24 September 2015), was a Nigerian journalist, columnist and editor for prominent newspapers in Abuja, Kano and Kaduna, Nigeria. She is known in Nigeria for being the first woman to direct a national newspaper operation and served as editor for two more.

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"For you to be able to inform others and to educate them, you have to be informed yourself and be educated yourself."

- Bilkisu Yusuf

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"If northern Nigeria were its own country, it would have the world’s worst maternal mortality rate."

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"Advocacy succeeds through two things: consistency and tenacity. You have to be patient and keep working."

- Bilkisu Yusuf

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