Shehu ABUI

Biographical record

Title

Mr

Surname

ABUI

First Name

Shehu

Gender

Male

Source of Publication

NIBC Who's Who (3rd Edition)

Date of Birth

Tuesday, May 21, 1946

Status

Alive

Place of Birth

Manchok, Kaura LGA, Kaduna State;

Father's Status

N/A

Mother's Status

N/A

Marital Status

Married

Name of Spouse

Jennifer Asabe, 1982

Number of Children (Male)

2

Number of Children ( Female)

1

Profession

Journalist, Administrator,

Education Level

Tertiary

Schools Attended with Dates

Native Authority Primary School, Manchok, Kaura LGA, Kaduna State, 1954-57; St. Bartholomew's Primary School, Wusasa 1958-60; St. Paul's College, Kufena, Zaria, 1961-65; Boy's High School, Gindiri, Plateau State, 1966-67; University of Lagos, 1972-73.

Previous Appointments

Staff Writer, New Nigerian newspaper, 1972; Special Assistant, (Editorial) to Managing Director, 1973; Features Editor, 1974; Regional Editor, (North-East), 1975; Information Officer, North Central State, 1976; snr. Information Officer, Kaduna, 1978; Zonal Editor, News Agency of Nigeria, 1981; Eastern Europe Correspondent, News Agency of Nigeria, (Belgrade),' 1984; Western Europe Correspondent, (London), News Agency of Nigeria, 1985-86; Southern African Correspondent, (Harare), News Agency of Nigeria, 1986-89; Deputy Editor-in-Chief, 1994; Editor-in- Chief, since 2001; ag. ch: Board of Governors, Nigeria Institute of. Journalists, February, 1998.

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Hobbies

Reading, Biography and Autobiography.

Phone Number

09-2341189, 09-5239054

Residential Address

pha: Manchok Town, Kaura lga. or House Number 7, Benue Crescent, Area One, Abuja.

Official Address

News Agency of Nigeria, Abuja