Wednesday, 28th January, 2026 | 11:00am.
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Special Public Reading & Formal Presentation of
The WOMAN I
the woman I
Know
An Authorized biography of
Hajiya B.A. Bashir, OON
“…an administrative icon and the engine room of the Nigeria Judiciary.”
Hon. Justice Walter Onoghen, GCON (former) Chief Justice of Nigeria
Meet the
Authors
Patrick Tagbo Oguejiofor is a former chairman of the Association of Nigerian Authors, Abuja Chapter: His stage play, Nemesis won the NYSC Director-General Prize for Drama in 1996. He has written numerous plays for the Radio Nigeria Play of the Week programme. Two of his collections of poems Maiduguri Requiems (2017) and Blood Drops (2018) were shortlisted for ANA/Cadbury Prize in 2017 and 2018, respectively. He has published many books for children and young adults including the bestselling thrillers: Haunted House, The Secret Place, and Cobwebs in the
Sky.
His short stories and essays have been published within and outside Nigeria and his poems have appeared in Okike Literary Journal. He has worked with Cotton and Agricultural Processors Limited Gusau, Zamfara State. He also worked briefly with the Federal Training Centre, Maiduguri, and the Federal Polytechnic, Damaturu. He is presently with the Federal Judicial Service Commission, Abuja. He is the Secretary-General of the Christopher Okigbo Foundation, in Nigeria. He was educated at the Federal Polytechnic, Idah Kogi State, as well as the Federal College of Education (Technical) Potiskum in Yobe state. Born in 1967, he hails from Enugwu-Ukwu in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State in southeast Nigeria. He is married and blessed with children.
Iheakolam Obasi Igwenyi attended Obi-Oha Primary School, Okposi in Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. He had his secondary education at Boys' High School, Ihube, Okigwe, Imo state. He studied Political and Administrative Studies at the University of Port- Harcourt, Rivers State. He also attended the Abia State University, Uturu where he studied Law. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2001. After his NYSC he worked briefly as a Contract staff with the Shell Petroleum Development Company Ltd, Warri in Delta State.
He joined the Federal Judicial Service
Commission in 2004 where he is currently an Assistant Director and acting Head of the Department of Legal Services. He has attended numerous local and international courses in he United States, the United Kingdom, South Africa, and so on. He hails from Okposi town in haozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi. He is happily married and blessed with
Honourable Musa Ahmad Azare was a Senior Legislative Aide to Rt.
Hon. Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of Nigeria's House of Representatives (2017-2019). He attended Comprehensive Day Secondary School, Azare, Bauchi state, after passing out from the Day Primary School, Azare. He obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism from the International Institute of Journalism, Abuja, and a Higher National Diploma in Business Administration and Management from Kano
State Polytechnic, Kano. He is a staff of the Federal Judicial Service Commission, Abuja, currently on leave of absence.
After serving as Special Adviser to the Governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, CON (Kauran Bauchi), he was appointed Caretaker Chairman of Katagum Local Government, Bauchi State.
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Patrick Tagbo Oguejiofor -
Iheakolam Obasi Igwenyi -
Hon. Musa Ahmad Azare
An Authorized biography of
Hajiya B.A. Bashir, OON
“…an administrative icon and the engine room of the Nigeria Judiciary.”
Hon. Justice Walter Onoghen, GCON (former) Chief Justice of Nigeria
What you’re
Saying
“ I think I have done a lot for the government and the government has done a lot for me.”
Bilkisu Abdulmalik Bashir
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“I have found her competent since I started working with her. She is ever willing to serve. Above all, she is efficient with her job and in carrying out instructions. On many occasions, she has educated me on some administrative requirements of the operations of the system in the Commission. Above all, she is prudent in managing funds.”
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“If you were bereaved, the first person to rush to for succor was Bilkisu. If your marriage was in trouble, the one person to see was Hajiya Bilkisu. If your supervisor or unit head had become a crucifier, the person to give you a listening ear was Bilkisu. If you have transgressed the law, the one person to avoid was Bilkisu.”
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“Anytime I run to her with my tears, she will ask me to stop crying. She will wipe my tears and replace them with tears. Bilkisu is good not only outsiders but also to us, members of her immediate family because all her life she tries to please people and she is never afraid to give out her whole salary to the family and she would tell you that Allah would provide.”
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“…the bullying of junior officers by their senior counterparts was unacceptable. The problem was tabled before the Secretary of the Commission. A meeting was called by the Secretary to look into the complaints…the Secretary, who was thoroughly shocked by the development, waded in by reprimanding the senior staff for their callousness. The situation changed after that meeting…the people that abused us then are now our best friends as a result of the intervention of Hajia Bilkisu.”
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“She is instrumental to the unity of the family. And because of the so much kindness we have received from her, a total of eleven children including my eldest daughter were named after her in appreciation. We have no regrets whatsoever that she came into this family. It is really impossible to state the total number of persons from the family who have benefited from her kindness directly or indirectly. We do not have anything to pay her back other than to pray for her so that she will find kindness and respect throughout her life.”
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“…in collaboration with the Abuja Chapter of the Association of Nigerian Authors, Bilkisu set up the Engineer Mohammed Bashir Karaye Prize for Hausa Literature. The Prize sought to recognize excellence in indigenous writing and encourage writers to preserve in writing their own mother tongue….over the years, Bilkisu has become a major patron of the arts through her numerous contributions by supporting writers financially and morally and by attending book launches.”
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“I think I have done a lot for the government and the government has done a lot for me.”
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“I have found her competent since I started working with her. She is ever willing to serve. Above all, she is efficient with her job and in carrying out instructions. On many occasions, she has educated me on some administrative requirements of the operations of the system in the Commission. Above all, she is prudent in managing funds.”
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“If you were bereaved, the first person to rush to for succor was Bilkisu. If your marriage was in trouble, the one person to see was Hajiya Bilkisu. If your supervisor or unit head had become a crucifier, the person to give you a listening ear was Bilkisu. If you have transgressed the law, the one person to avoid was Bilkisu.”
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“Anytime I run to her with my tears, she will ask me to stop crying. She will wipe my tears and replace them with tears. Bilkisu is good not only outsiders but also to us, members of her immediate family because all her life she tries to please people and she is never afraid to give out her whole salary to the family and she would tell you that Allah would provide.”
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“…the bullying of junior officers by their senior counterparts was unacceptable. The problem was tabled before the Secretary of the Commission. A meeting was called by the Secretary to look into the complaints…the Secretary, who was thoroughly shocked by the development, waded in by reprimanding the senior staff for their callousness. The situation changed after that meeting…the people that abused us then are now our best friends as a result of the intervention of Hajia Bilkisu.”
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“She is instrumental to the unity of the family. And because of the so much kindness we have received from her, a total of eleven children including my eldest daughter were named after her in appreciation. We have no regrets whatsoever that she came into this family. It is really impossible to state the total number of persons from the family who have benefited from her kindness directly or indirectly. We do not have anything to pay her back other than to pray for her so that she will find kindness and respect throughout her life.”
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“…in collaboration with the Abuja Chapter of the Association of Nigerian Authors, Bilkisu set up the Engineer Mohammed Bashir Karaye Prize for Hausa Literature. The Prize sought to recognize excellence in indigenous writing and encourage writers to preserve in writing their own mother tongue….over the years, Bilkisu has become a major patron of the arts through her numerous contributions by supporting writers financially and morally and by attending book launches.”
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“I think I have done a lot for the government and the government has done a lot for me.”
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“I have found her competent since I started working with her. She is ever willing to serve. Above all, she is efficient with her job and in carrying out instructions. On many occasions, she has educated me on some administrative requirements of the operations of the system in the Commission. Above all, she is prudent in managing funds.”
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“If you were bereaved, the first person to rush to for succor was Bilkisu. If your marriage was in trouble, the one person to see was Hajiya Bilkisu. If your supervisor or unit head had become a crucifier, the person to give you a listening ear was Bilkisu. If you have transgressed the law, the one person to avoid was Bilkisu.”
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“Anytime I run to her with my tears, she will ask me to stop crying. She will wipe my tears and replace them with tears. Bilkisu is good not only outsiders but also to us, members of her immediate family because all her life she tries to please people and she is never afraid to give out her whole salary to the family and she would tell you that Allah would provide.”
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“…the bullying of junior officers by their senior counterparts was unacceptable. The problem was tabled before the Secretary of the Commission. A meeting was called by the Secretary to look into the complaints…the Secretary, who was thoroughly shocked by the development, waded in by reprimanding the senior staff for their callousness. The situation changed after that meeting…the people that abused us then are now our best friends as a result of the intervention of Hajia Bilkisu.”
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“She is instrumental to the unity of the family. And because of the so much kindness we have received from her, a total of eleven children including my eldest daughter were named after her in appreciation. We have no regrets whatsoever that she came into this family. It is really impossible to state the total number of persons from the family who have benefited from her kindness directly or indirectly. We do not have anything to pay her back other than to pray for her so that she will find kindness and respect throughout her life.”
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“…in collaboration with the Abuja Chapter of the Association of Nigerian Authors, Bilkisu set up the Engineer Mohammed Bashir Karaye Prize for Hausa Literature. The Prize sought to recognize excellence in indigenous writing and encourage writers to preserve in writing their own mother tongue….over the years, Bilkisu has become a major patron of the arts through her numerous contributions by supporting writers financially and morally and by attending book launches.”
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“I think I have done a lot for the government and the government has done a lot for me.”
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“I have found her competent since I started working with her. She is ever willing to serve. Above all, she is efficient with her job and in carrying out instructions. On many occasions, she has educated me on some administrative requirements of the operations of the system in the Commission. Above all, she is prudent in managing funds.”
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“If you were bereaved, the first person to rush to for succor was Bilkisu. If your marriage was in trouble, the one person to see was Hajiya Bilkisu. If your supervisor or unit head had become a crucifier, the person to give you a listening ear was Bilkisu. If you have transgressed the law, the one person to avoid was Bilkisu.”
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“Anytime I run to her with my tears, she will ask me to stop crying. She will wipe my tears and replace them with tears. Bilkisu is good not only outsiders but also to us, members of her immediate family because all her life she tries to please people and she is never afraid to give out her whole salary to the family and she would tell you that Allah would provide.”
-
“…the bullying of junior officers by their senior counterparts was unacceptable. The problem was tabled before the Secretary of the Commission. A meeting was called by the Secretary to look into the complaints…the Secretary, who was thoroughly shocked by the development, waded in by reprimanding the senior staff for their callousness. The situation changed after that meeting…the people that abused us then are now our best friends as a result of the intervention of Hajia Bilkisu.”
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“She is instrumental to the unity of the family. And because of the so much kindness we have received from her, a total of eleven children including my eldest daughter were named after her in appreciation. We have no regrets whatsoever that she came into this family. It is really impossible to state the total number of persons from the family who have benefited from her kindness directly or indirectly. We do not have anything to pay her back other than to pray for her so that she will find kindness and respect throughout her life.”
-
“…in collaboration with the Abuja Chapter of the Association of Nigerian Authors, Bilkisu set up the Engineer Mohammed Bashir Karaye Prize for Hausa Literature. The Prize sought to recognize excellence in indigenous writing and encourage writers to preserve in writing their own mother tongue….over the years, Bilkisu has become a major patron of the arts through her numerous contributions by supporting writers financially and morally and by attending book launches.”
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“I think I have done a lot for the government and the government has done a lot for me.”