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Biography of Mohammed Idris, career, family, politics and awards

Mohammed Idris is the CEO of Blueprint newspaper and the present Minister of Information and National Orientation as appointed by president Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

ENigeria Newspapers archives a brief profile of Mohammed Idris Malagi for your reading pleasure.

Profile summary

Name: Mohammed Idris Malagi

Date of Birth: 2nd May, 1966

State of origin: Niger, Nigeria

Education: Usman Dan Fodiyo University

Relationship status: Married

Religion: Islam

Occupation: Publisher, Politician

 

Family

Mohammed Idris is an indigene of Gbako LGA of Niger State. He is a devout Muslim and was born on 2nd May, 1966.
He is married to his spouse and they have children.

 

Education

He began schooling at Kontagora between 1971 and 1977 before obtaining his High school certificate at GSS Rijau in 1982.

He graduated with a degree in English from the Usman Dan Fodiyo University In 1987 and a Master’s in English in from the Bayero University in 1995.

Career

Idris Malagi began his career as a publisher, founding the Blueprint newspaper to his name in 2011.

He also chaired and founded the Bifocal Group after which he took over ownership of Kings Broadcasting Network, owners of WE 106.5 FM Abuja.

He was nominated as general secretary of Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria in December 2020.

 

Politics

Mohammed Idris was the Niger state governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2023 Nigerian general election.

He lost to the House of Representatives member Umar Bago who pulled 386 votes against his 154 votes.

He was the director of strategic communications for the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Presidential Campaign Council (PCC).

 

Awards and titles

In recognition of his philanthropy and giant strides in the media and public relations sphere, the Etsu Nupe, Yahaya Abubakkar conferred on Mohammed Idris Malagi the traditional title of Kakaaki Nupe.

In December 2022, the Nigeria Union of Journalists honored him as the Miestone Recognition Media Icons in Nigeria.

In August 2023, he was appointed Minister of Information and National Orientation by president Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

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