Opinion

Goodbye to the second Elizabethan era

By Furera Bagel, PhD In many years to come, if I’m Lucky to attain longevity, some young ones may ask, “what were you doing when...

Meaningful connectivity

By Y. Z. Ya’u, CITAD When I used to be active in the social media, I often had the impulse to respond to any “absurd”...

Explaining evolutionary biology I

By Abdulrazak Ibrahim A few years ago, we had a long discussion around evolution on this street. One of the lessons I came out of...

Notes on Safara’u’s BBC interview

By Aliyu Jalal 1) Safara'u knows she's a social deviant: Yes. She knows. She narrated how she was treated after the leaking of her nude video....

Hausa language, job opportunities, the importance of bilingualism

By Furera Bagel, PhD. Sometimes in May last year, I received a call from a lady who said she was calling from Lagos and had...

Dr. Sule Lamido: A polymath @ 74

By Samaila Yandaki, PhD. People who know Sule Lamido from a distance see him as a fearless politician who believes in the courage of his...

The village in us

By Furera Bagel, PhD I recently read an article by Dr. Hauwa Muhammad Sani on Kauyawa Day that made me re-examine the word kauyawa, which...

A Journey of rediscovery: The chronicles of a Kashim Ibrahim Fellow (I)

By Muhammad Kabara It was in January 2015 that I read an interview in the Daily Trust newspaper with Bello, one of the sons of...

Residents decry deplorable conditions of Kano roads

By Ismail Auwal Motorists plying Kano roads and residents across the state have expressed concerns over the deplorable state of the roads. The road users, in...

Driving digital transformation of Nigeria

By Y. Z. Ya’u The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITAD) is a federal government agency with a mandate to regulate information technology and to...

Five takes on Akurkura and alternative medicines

By Hashim Muhammad Suleiman, Ph.D. Well, apart from the akurkura herbal drug currently raging like fire among the poor people in Northern Nigeria, this...

Arewa women and the quest for financial independence

By Zahra Y. Z After a string of scenarios and events, I'm feeling a little unsettled. I find myself pondering whether being successful and financially...

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