Jaafar Jaafar is a

Nigerian Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jour ...

journalist from

Kano state Kano State (Hausa: ''Jihar Kano''جىِهَر كَنوُ) (Fula: Leydi Kano 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤢𞤲𞤮𞥅 ) is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the northern region of the country. According to the national census done in ...

and the founder of ''

Daily Nigerian Daily Nigerian is a Nigerian newspaper publishing company based in Abuja that publishes in English-language and Hausa-language History The ''Daily Nigerian'' was established on 6 March 2016. The Company became popular after publishing controv ...

'', an online publication company which published a controversial video clip showing a

Kano State Kano State (Hausa: ''Jihar Kano''جىِهَر كَنوُ) (Fula: Leydi Kano 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤢𞤲𞤮𞥅 ) is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the northern region of the country. According to the national census done in ...

Governor,

Abdullahi Umar Ganduje Abdullahi Umar Ganduje OFR (born 25 December 1949) is a Nigerian politician who is currently serving as the Governor of Kano State. He took over office in 2015. He previously served as Rabiu Kwankwaso's deputy governor twice, between 1999 to ...

receiving $5 million bribe in October 2018.

Early life and education

Jaafar was born on 12 March 1978 in

Fagge Fagge is a Local Government Area in Kano State, Nigeria, within the state metropolitan . Its headquarters are in the suburb of Waje. It has an area of 21 km and a population of 198,828 at the 2006 census. The postal code A postal cod ...

Local Government Area of

. Jaafar holds a Master's Degree in Communication Studies (

Bayero University The Bayero University Kano (BUK) is a university situated in Kano, Kano State, Nigeria. It was founded in 1975, when it was renamed from Bayero University College and upgraded from University College to University. It is the first university in ...

, Kano) Bachelor's Degree in Mass Communication (

Kano), a diploma in Public Relations Strategy (London School of Public Relations).

Journalism

He started his journalism career at ''

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'' newspapers in 2007 and left the newsroom after his appointment as Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations to Kano State Governor

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between 2011 and 2015. He joined ''

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'' as Assistant Editor in 2015 and left a year after to establish Daily Nigerian, one of the fastest growing online publications in Nigeria. He was a one time columnist with '' Peoples Daily'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' newspapers. In October 2018 Jaafar published number of video clips showing Kano State Governor,

receiving $5 million bribe, although the governor denied the allegation. and also drag Jaafar to court. Jaafar was invited by

Kano State House of Assembly Kano State House of Assembly is the state legislature of Kano State, Nigeria. The Kano State House of Assembly is one of the arms of Kano State Government which comprises the Executives, Judiciary and the legislatives, House of Assembly are the legi ...

to prove that the video clip was real which attracted the attention of

Nigerians Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jour ...

whether the House can be able to impeached the governor which they couldn't. Jaafar endanger himself by releasing the video clip according to him on

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Hausa Radio News. an article was written on Amnesty International website. Senator

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seeks Nigerian Senate intervention on allege character assassination by Jaafar according to the Senator.

References

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