The Governor of Sokoto State, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has approved the appointment of Muhammad Ahmad Bello as his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity.
Bello, a 1994 Sociology graduate from Bayero University, Kano also holds a Masters degree in Conflict, Peace and Strategic Studies from Nile University of Nigeria, Abuja.
Before his appointment, Bello, a journalist of over 20 years, was an editor of LEADERSHIP Friday and LEADERSHIP Weekend newspapers.
Prior to joining LEADERSHIP, he was a Deputy Editor of The Authority newspaper.
He started his career in journalism at the Kano State Government-owned Triumph newspapers, where he rose through the ranks to become an Assistant Editor, Sunday Triumph.
Thereafter, he joined The News, TEMPO (now rested) and PM News as North-West correspondent based in Kano.
He was also a District Correspondent with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Funtua, Katsina State.
Bello, who was the Regional Editor of THISDAY newspapers in the South-South, also covered the House of Representatives and the Presidential Villa, Abuja for the paper between 2012 and 2015.
From being a stringer for the Hausa Service of the Voice of America in Port Harcourt, Bello held forte there for the Daily Trust as its Bureau Chief.
He also had a brief stint with Xinhua, the official Chinese news agency, and The Will, an online news platform, as a freelance writer.
Bello is 51 years old married with one wife and four children.
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