Kabiru Muhammad was born on 13 April 1959 at Kachako of Takai Local Government Area of Kano State the first male son, and third child, of late Hajiya Goggo Hauwa (died. 4 August 2006) and his late father Malam Muhammadu Misau (died. 10 October 2002) an Islamic Scholar had been posted as Sanitary Inspector by the Kano Native Authority after he had trained at School of Hygiene, Kano. The family left Kano city, for Kachako in the late 1950s. They returned to Kano City after Kabiru was born in 1959; and moved to Gwangwazo quarters of Kano Municipal Local Government Area of Kano State where he was raised.

Gwangwazo holds a master in Journalism from University of Wales, Cardiff.