Abdul Karim Disu’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro Nigerian journalist
Is Journalist
From Nigeria
Type Journalism
Gender male
Birth

10 October 1912

Star sign Libra
Education
Harvard Law School
King’s College, Lagos
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

Abdul Karim Disu (October 10, 1912 – 2000) was a Nigerian journalist, and the first Nigerian to earn a post-graduate degree in journalism when he attended Columbia University in 1944. Disu originated from Isale-Eko, Lagos and was a close friend of Nnamdi Azikiwe, the first President of Nigeria. He died in 2000 and his wife, Rose Asomugha, died in 2003.

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