Bilkisu Yusuf

Bilkisu Yusuf, also known as Hajiya Bilkisu Yusuf, (2 December 1952 – 24 September 2015), was a Nigerian journalist, columnist and editor for prominent newspapers in Abuja, Kano and Kaduna, Nigeria. She is known in Nigeria for being the first woman to direct a national newspaper operation and served as editor for two more.

Quotes

 * For you to be able to inform others and to educate them, you have to be informed yourself and be educated yourself.
 * Journalism (8 July 2010)


 * If northern Nigeria were its own country, it would have the world’s worst maternal mortality rate.
 * Talking about how Northern Nigeria is in terms of health and education (2010)


 * Advocacy succeeds through two things: consistency and tenacity. You have to be patient and keep working.
 * As quoted in