Kabiru Muhammad Gwangwazo

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Kabiru Muhammad Gwangwazo is an activist, journalist and a Nigerian politician from Kano state, Nigeria

Early life[]

Kabiru Muhammad was born on 13 April 1959 at Kachako of Takai Local Government Area of Kano State the first male son, and third child, of late Hajiya Goggo Hauwa (died. 4 August 2006) and his late father Malam Muhammadu Misau (died. 10 October 2002) an Islamic Scholar had been posted as Sanitary Inspector by the Kano Native Authority after he had trained at , Kano. The family left Kano city, for Kachako in the late 1950s. They returned to Kano City after Kabiru was born in 1959; and moved to Gwangwazo quarters of Kano Municipal Local Government Area of Kano State where he grow-up

Education[]

Gwangwazo hold a master in Journalism from University of Wales, Cardiff

Politics[]

Gwangwazo was the running of Salihu Sagir Takai of People's Redemption Party in the 2019 Nigerian general election after he stepdown for Salihu Sagir Takai in 2018.^[1] he was the Nominee of Social Democratic Party SDP 2015 Nigerian general election where he loosed to incumbent Governor of Kano State Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, in 2010 after the creation of Buhari's Party Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) he also contest for Governor where he stepdown for General before the primary election^[2] He also contested for Governorship in 2003 along with , Late Engineer Magaji Abdullahi, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, on 5 March 2003 he became the Acting chairman All Nigeria Peoples Party ANPP^[3] Caretaker Committee being that the chairman of the Party Ibrahim Al-Amin Little decided to contest for Governor of Kano State in 2002 but violate the constitution by asking his campaign Director Abdullahi Abbas to act as the Chairman of the Party^[4] other contestants wrote a petition to party National chairman Caretaker Committee of the Party Attahir Bafarawa^[5] where the elder nominated Ibrahim Shakarau as the flag bearer and Magaji Abdullahi as running mate in where Ibrahim Shekarau emerge the Governor of Kano state while Kabiru Gwangwazo was the Acting chairman of the Party and he was succeeded by in 2004 Gwangwazo was elected Chairman of Kano Municipal Local Government Area of Kano State with his running mate Kyauta Adamu on zero party bases, under the Military Administration of Colonel Dominic Oneya while General Sani Abacha was the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria after dissolution of all the political parties by Abacha in 1993 during the 1996 Local Government Election in Nigeria the representatives of the candidates stand while the voters queued behind the representative of the candidate of their choice and the electoral office counted, recorded and determined the winner thereafter, that is how Gwangwazo emerged as the Chairman of Kano Municipal in 1996.

Journalism[]

Gwangwazo started his career as journalist in the 1981 at Radio Kano, between 1982 and 1985 he worked with City Television (CTV) now Abubakar Rimi Television (ARTV) and he also worked with BBC Hausa Section.

Gwangwazo also worked with Kano State News Paper Company Triumph (Nigeria) between 1985 and 1993, after he left Triumph, he established his owned news paper Company called Pyramid, in 2016 he started publishing pyramid news online. in 2011 Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso appointed him as the managing director/Editor Triumph (Nigeria) News Paper Company.^[6] Being Activist and Journalist many dailies gave a space for his Column news as an on paper and online^[7][8]

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