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The Remarkable Legacy of Dr...

Abdul Hamid Saka Tinubu is widely known...

Ọba Sanusi Olusi: The reputable...

Ọba Sanusi Olusi was reputed to be...

The Remarkable Legacy of Dr Abdul-Hamid Saka: Nigeria’s first Western-trained Muslim medical doctor

Abdul Hamid Saka Tinubu is widely known to be the first Muslim medical doctor in Nigeria. He was born in February 1901, his father Alfa Saka Tinubu was a wealthy and influential Lagos businessman, community leader and philanthropist, based at 51 Kakawa Street, Lagos. At 22, he was already at the University of Glasgow where he graduated before his 28th birthday. He returned to Lagos for full medical practice. He was also a prominent Lagos sportsman known for his strict daily regimen of aerobic exercise and 10-mile walks, which he...
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Opinion

The Kano Gambit:...

The Kano Gambit: A perilous shortcut, by Engr. Bello Gwarzo Abdullahi, FNSE Political defections are not new in Nigeria. From the First Republic to today, politicians...
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Brake failure tanker...

Brake failure tanker crash claims lives in Jos No fewer than six people were killed and several others injured on Sunday night after a tanker...
Maryam Umar -
Columns

Whither the Nigerian...

Whither the Nigerian University System? III, by Prof MK Othman As I was concluding this article last week, news broke of a significant milestone in...
Maryam Umar -
Opinion

Security Cooperation and...

Security Cooperation and Pragmatic Peacebuilding: Reflections on the U.S.–Nigeria air strike, by Love Obiani Arugu This piece of article represents my personal scholarly reflection, intended...
Maryam Umar -
Opinion

The North We...

The North We Once Knew: Lessons in managed diversity, by Engr. Bello Gwarzo Abdullahi, FNSE The thought-provoking piece by Samuel Aruwan, “Christmas Reflections and Northern...
Maryam Umar -
News

Creating Boko Haram,...

Creating Boko Haram, Banditry, and the Politics of Violence in Nigeria: Facts, victims, and shared humanity, by Ahmad Shuaibu Isa 1. Origins, Radicalisation, and...
Maryam Umar -
Columns

What’s the cost...

What’s the cost of a Merry Christmas?, Azu Ishiekwene I intended to write about something else, but changed my mind halfway through. Apart from making...
Maryam Umar -
Opinion

Kano is the...

Kano is the experiment, Nigeria is the target, by Engr. Bello Gwarzo Abdullahi, FNSE His Excellency Engr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso’s recent address at the launch...
Maryam Umar -
News

Court orders police...

Court orders police to pay #EndSARS protesters ₦10m for rights violation The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the Inspector-General of Police and the...
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