Shehu Usman ALIYU,

Journalist

journalist, born in 1940, Kaoje, Sokoto State; married Hawwa Shehu Kaoje 1957, two sons, four daughters; Education: Primary School, Kaoje, 1946-49, Middle School, Birnin Kebbi, 1950, Provincial Secondary School, (now Government Col lege), Sokoto, 1955-56, Government Secon dary School, Zaria, 1957-58, Africa/America Institute of Journalism, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra-Leone, 1964, Thomson Foundation Editorial College, Cardiff, 1965, Central Office of Information, London, 1970; Chief Information Officer, Sokoto State, 1978-79; Director of Information and Special Adviser, Sokoto State, 1979-83; appointed Commissioner for Home Affairs and Informa tion, Sokoto State, October-December, 1983; Chief Information Officer, Sokoto State, since 1986; \ Hobbies: reading, writing, debates, horse racing, travelling; Official Address: Ministry of Information, Home Affairs and Culture, Sokoto, Sokoto State; Telephone (060) 232200; Home: Sultan Abubakar Road, Sokoto. Sokoto State; Telephone: (060) 232171.