{"id":18680,"date":"2017-03-31T02:47:19","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T01:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=18680"},"modified":"2017-05-30T11:59:16","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T10:59:16","slug":"yelwa-abdullahi-umaru","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/yelwa-abdullahi-umaru\/","title":{"rendered":"YELWA, Abdullahi Umaru"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc, M.Sc; journalist; b: February 2, 1956; p: Yelwa; so: Sokoto; m: Hadiza Abdullahi, 1985; nc: one d; ed: Wali Primary School, Yelwa, 1964-70; Government Secondary School, Birnin Kebbi, 1971-75; College of Education, Minna, 1975- 78; Television Training International, London, 1981; Indiana State University, Tere-Haute, Indiana, USA, 1982-85. cr: snr. Producer, NTA, Sokoto, 1979-81; Reporter\/Correspondent, Indiana Statesman (Campus Newspaper), Indiana State university, Tere-Haute, Indiana, USA, 1982; snr. Reporter, African Affairs, Terre-Haute Tribune Star, USA, 1984; Graduate asst Department of Political Science, Indiana State University, Terre-Haute, USA, 1984-85; snr. Correspondent, New Nigerian Newspapers Ltd., Kaduna, 1985-86; Deputy Editor, Trumpeter, Bauchi, 1986-87; Assoc. Editor, The Nigerian Economist, Lagos, 1987-88; editor. New Outlook Newspapers, 1988; mm: National United Nations Association, USA., 1982-85; International Affairs Association, Indiana State University, USA., 1982-85; American Political Science Association, 1982-85. award: Black Issues Research Organisations award, 1984. hob: reading, photography, travelling, sports, off: The New Outlook, Frontline Publishers Ltd., 5, Ikenga Street, City Layout, P.M.B 01164, Enugu, Enugu State, tel: 042- 335640, 255247, 334197.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[452],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-18680","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18680"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=18680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}