It has been four months since Nigerian university students were barred from attending classes by the Academic Staff Union. While not the lengthiest closure enforced by the union, it is among the most severe. I ponder this amidst numerous challenges facing the country: security issues, economic woes, a political climate in turmoil, and more. Yet, […]
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It is 8:30 in the morning, fast metro-train swift sounds, buzzing car sounds, with police sirens, it is just a bustling modern Kano city, Salim was rushing to reach the new Alga station. His phone rang and it is his friend Amin, “Hello Amin” he answered quickly while taking his clothes from the double decked […]
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Facebook is a great place to connect with friends and family, with a whopping 1 billion users, it is hard to become lonely on this platform. But Facebook have its own downsides as well. Privacy! There are thousands of apps out there whose main purpose is to post unwanted items, either by advertising their own […]
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In contemplating the external forces that seem to hinder our progress, we might overlook that these very forces are often the wings we’ve spread beyond our sight. In Nigeria, there are children from extremely low-income families scattered across major cities. These children aren’t orphans or disabled; they are healthy and capable of competing with any […]
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I used to be a fervent Nigerian patriot, proudly displaying Nigerian colors as a muffler, donning the green-white-green badge on my suit, and even placing the Nigerian flag on my car dashboard. It saddened me deeply to hear negative news about Nigeria, but I always maintained optimism, assuring friends that our country would overcome its […]
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Scientists today are able to observe the formation of stars from a hot gas cloud. Formation from a warm mass of gas also applies to the creation of the universe. The creation of the universe as described in the Qur’an confirms this scientific discovery in the following verse: He placed firmly embedded mountains on it, […]
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Scientists say that when the mass of the universe has reached a sufficient level, its expansion will come to an end because of gravity, causing the universe to collapse in on itself. It is also believed that the contracting universe will end in a fierce heat and contraction known as the “Big Crunch.” This would […]
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In the Qur’an, which was revealed fourteen centuries ago at a time when the science of astronomy was still primitive, the expansion of the universe was described in the following terms: And it is We Who have constructed the heaven with might, and verily, it is We Who are steadily expanding it. (Qur’an, 51:47) The […]
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Until the mid-20th century, the prevalent view across the world was that the universe was infinite, had existed forever and that it will continue to do so for all time. According to this view, known as the “static universe model,” the universe had no end or beginning. In maintaining that the universe is a collection […]
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I have finally put on some effort to my domain “Hausaland.com“. It has been on and off for some time since I registered the domain in 2011. I wasn’t so sure whether to make it a Forum or just an Information website with resources about the Hausa community. But after doing some little research on the present […]
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