Kaduna scholar breaks new ground as Nigeria’s first astronaut candidate Story by Mercy Adaje Fauziya Muhammad Auwal, a postgraduate Physics student at Kaduna State University (KASU), is quietly making history. Selected as Nigeria’s first astronaut candidate at Titan Space Industries, the young astrophysicist is emerging as a symbol of possibility in a field long considered out of reach for Africans. In an interview, Auwal traced her journey into space science, describing how a childhood fascination with the stars evolved into a disciplined academic pursuit. Though astronomy remains a relatively unfamiliar discipline in...