Abdul-Karim AL-BASHIR,

Biographical record

Surname

AL-BASHIR,

First Name

Abdul-Karim

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

December 15, 1947

Name of Spouse

Mairo 1976

Number of Children (Male)

3

Number of Children ( Female)

3

Profession

journalist,

Schools Attended with Dates

Roman Catholic Mission Primary School, Bazza, 1955-61, Teachers' College, Mubi, 1962-66, Ahmadu Bello University, Kano Campus, 1969-73, Administrative Staff College of Nigeria, Badagry, 1980;

Educational Qualification

BA,

Previous Appointments

Appointed Classroom teacher, Primary School, Sorou, 1967-68; Headmaster, Dem onstration School, Mubi, 1969; Editor, Fed eral Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, Kaduna, 1974-75; Editor 1, FRCN, Kaduna, 1975-77; Senior Editor, FRCN, Kaduna, 1977-78; Executive Editor, FRCN, Kaduna, 1978-80; Controller, Current Affairs, FRCN, Kaduna, 1980-82; General Manager, FRCN, Yola, 1982-84; Manager, News and Current Affairs, FRCN, Yola, 1984-86; Managing Director, old Gongola Press Limited, Yola, 1986-88; Editor, The Democrat, Kaduna, September, 1988-89; appointed Editor-in- Chief, The Democrat, August 1989; ap pointed Chaicrhan, Gongola Press Limited, now Adamawa Press Limited, publisher of Weekly Scope, 1989;

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Hobbies

reading, animal breeding, discussion, writing;

Phone Number

062-212467; 01-243578; 01-213400.

Official Address

New Africa Holdings Lim ited, 9,.Ahmed Talib Avenue, PO Box 4457, Kaduna South, Kaduna State.