Jamilah Tangaza | |
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Born |
Kano,
Kano State, Nigeria. | 23 May 1971
Nationality | Nigerian |
Alma mater |
London School of Economics Bayero University |
Occupation(s) | Journalist and broadcaster |
Website | Official website |
Jamilah Tangaza (alternately Jamila Tangaza) is a Nigerian journalist and technocrat. She is a former BBC journalist, where she worked in various capacities before becoming Head of Hausa Service. Tangaza is a Fellow of Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford and member of Chartered Management Institute of the United Kingdom [1] [2]
Tangaza was born in the Kano, Northern Nigeria. [3] She was appointed as the Head of Abuja Information Management Systems, AGIS in 2013. [1]
Tangaza started working with the BBC World Service as a producer in 1992 where she worked in production various programmes for the BBC Hausa Service. She became Senior producer in 1994, a position which entails overseeing production and reporters' output from the West African region. [4] [5] She worked with other BBC departments both in presenting and producing programmes such as Outlook as well as those focusing on Africa including Focus on Africa and Network Africa. [4]
Two years after establishing BBC Abuja office in 2004, Tangaza was deployed to Nigeria and appointed the BBC's Abuja editor, tasked with planning and co-ordinating BBC's coverage from Nigeria. [4] She became acting Head of BBC Hausa responsible for overseeing the Service's daily output as well as coordinating activities both in London and Abuja. [3]
Jamilah Tangaza | |
---|---|
Born |
Kano,
Kano State, Nigeria. | 23 May 1971
Nationality | Nigerian |
Alma mater |
London School of Economics Bayero University |
Occupation(s) | Journalist and broadcaster |
Website | Official website |
Jamilah Tangaza (alternately Jamila Tangaza) is a Nigerian journalist and technocrat. She is a former BBC journalist, where she worked in various capacities before becoming Head of Hausa Service. Tangaza is a Fellow of Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford and member of Chartered Management Institute of the United Kingdom [1] [2]
Tangaza was born in the Kano, Northern Nigeria. [3] She was appointed as the Head of Abuja Information Management Systems, AGIS in 2013. [1]
Tangaza started working with the BBC World Service as a producer in 1992 where she worked in production various programmes for the BBC Hausa Service. She became Senior producer in 1994, a position which entails overseeing production and reporters' output from the West African region. [4] [5] She worked with other BBC departments both in presenting and producing programmes such as Outlook as well as those focusing on Africa including Focus on Africa and Network Africa. [4]
Two years after establishing BBC Abuja office in 2004, Tangaza was deployed to Nigeria and appointed the BBC's Abuja editor, tasked with planning and co-ordinating BBC's coverage from Nigeria. [4] She became acting Head of BBC Hausa responsible for overseeing the Service's daily output as well as coordinating activities both in London and Abuja. [3]