Hadiza Abdullahi Maikano

By Maimuna Muhammad Babangida

‘I dared them’ 

Our reporter had a one on one interview with Hadiza Abdullahi Maikano, a versatile female media broadcaster, who dared the authority and went on with a LIVE TV program after she was ordered to stop. She is also a champion of the “Drug Free Arewa Movement” an NGO she sets up to fight drug abuse in Nigeria.

This story is part of the African Women in Media (AWiM) Peace and Security Journalism Programme in partnership with UNESCO, through the IPDC framework.

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