Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, has lost Professor Sandra Ladi Adamu of the institution’s department of Mass Communication.

A renowned and first Professor of Broadcast Journalism in Nigeria, Professor died this morning at National hospital Abuja after a protracted illness.

Professor Ladi Adamu was born on 17 July 1958 at Yaba, Lagos.

Her father, Adamu Pankshin, died as a soldier in the line of duty while she was still very young. Her father – the late Adamu Pankshin was better known to many old-time soldiers as Sgt Major Adamu Pankshin, and he had made history as the first Nigerian to become a Regimental Sergeant Major of the Nigerian Army Corps of Engineers in Kaduna.

Children’s School, Ribadu Cantonment, Kaduna.

She attended Queen Amina College, Kakuri, Kaduna. She proceeded to obtain her B.A. Mass Communication (specializing in radio and television) at Columbia College, Los Angeles, California (USA) and B.A. Journalism and Mass Communication, at City University, London, Credits transferred to Columbia College, Los Angeles (USA). The quest for intellectual acquisition took Prof.

Ladi obtained her MA (Communication Arts – Film), at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California (USA). To gain academic prowess, Professor Ladi Adamu went further to enrich herself with a PGD (Development Studies), from Mount Carmel Golda Meir Institute, Haifa (Israel), and finally settled down for Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor Ladi Adamu started her professional career as a PRO at Nigerian

Consulate, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, between 1982 and 1984; News Editor, NYSC, NTA Jos, from 1984 to 1985. She was also at Nigerian Television Authority, NTA Jos, between 1985 and 1987.

In what seemed like a final destination for the seasoned scholar, Professor Ladi Adamu finally settled down as Lecturer in the department of Mass Communication, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in 1999, where she has remained till date rising through the ranks to become the first professor of broadcasting in Northern Nigeria. (Zagazola, excluding headline)