Saxone Akhaine joined the Guardian Newspapers in February 1991 and served as Northern Bureau Chief, covering all states in the north until retirement in 2014. Since then, he has continued to work as a freelance journalist, covering Kaduna and other Northern states. Areas of coverage: news dissemination; political reports; security coverage; business reports; socio-economic reports; agriculture; education; and other areas, including Northern regional issues. Education background - Secondary School Attended: News State High School, Mushing, Lagos - WASCE; Federal School of Arts and Science (FSAS), V I, Lagos - HSC; University of Lagos - BSc Political Science (1986); MSc Political Science (1988). Kaduna Polytechnic - PGD Mass Communication (2009) NDA, Kaduna - Master's in International Affairs and Strategic Studies (MIASS) - 2010.

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