Jamilah Tangaza

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]

Jamilah Tangaza
Born (1971-05-23) 23 May 1971
Kano, Kano State, Nigeria.
NationalityNigerian
Alma materLondon School of Economics
Bayero University
OccupationJournalist and broadcaster
WebsiteOfficial website

Early life

Tangaza was born in the Kano, Northern NIgeria.[3] She was appointed as the Head of Abuja Information Management Systems, AGIS in 2013.[1]

Journalism career

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]

References
  1. "Unveiling the new Abuja (AGIS) Director, Jamila". newsexpressngr.com. News Express. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  2. "Jamila Tangazah". Reuters Institute. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  3. "Bala Mohammed appoints Tangaza AGIS boss". vanguardngr.com. Vanguard. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  4. "Jamila Tangaza -Fellow Reuters". Jamila Tangaza. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  5. "Hajiya Jamilah Tangaza: A peep into the world of Abuja's 'Landlady'". peoplesdailyng.com. The Peoples Daily. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
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