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Amid intense heat and overwhelming emotions, Sheikh Dr. Saleh bin Abdullah bin Humaid delivered the 2025 Arafat Day sermon on Thursday, June 5, 2025 (9 Dhul Hijjah 1446 AH), to a sea of white-clad ...
Over the past two decades, the global entertainment landscape has witnessed a remarkable shift. What was once dominated by Western media giants is now increasingly defined by the vibrant pulse of ...
Traders say the trend mirrors a broader shift in demand patterns, especially in overseas retail chains and among Indian ...
As a proud Nigerian of Fulani descent, I treasure the richness of languages that shape our identities. Being fluent in Hausa ...
CBS host Gayle King responded to the backlash over the Blue Origin space flight on Tuesday and suggested the all-female crew was being held to a different standard than men who've been to space.
In a move to further distance itself from its colonial past, the government of Niger has officially adopted the Hausa language as the nation’s national language. In a new charter released last ...
Listeners of the popular Voice Of America (VOA) Hausa radio service in Northern Nigeria and other neighbouring countries have turned to other stations for their news updates after the radio ...
But if mangoes were influencers, the Alphonso mango would undoubtedly have the most followers. Let’s start with the king of mangoes. The Alphonso is actually named after Afonso de Albuquerque, a ...
The Hausa Kanuri, Nupe, Igalla ... constrained by councils of notables who were most times independent of the king’s power as ‘kingmakers’ and tribunes of the people. There is evidence ...
Since the Oyo were the sub-group the Hausa came most frequently in contact with ... when Europeans insisted on its use and referred to the Alaafin as the King of the Yoruba, that even the Oyo (to whom ...
‘Hausa’ also has the connotations of ‘left ... That was how the lineage of Kishi kings came from them, and instead of referring to the king as Oba, he is called Iba. So we have Iba of ...