On May 21, 2007, a radio signal crackled to life out of the Voice of Nigeria newsroom in Lagos, carrying with it something ...

A traditional musical instrument, shantu, which is an important part of Hausa culture in Nigeria, has fallen into obscurity with the emergence of different musical instruments and genres. In its ...

In the autumn of Kannywood 39;s fourth decade, a French broadcaster is preparing to do what the Nigerian state has too often ...

Nigerians have a chance to hear a Voice of America Hausa-language service radio show. The 30-minute program, called “Tattauna” in the Hausa language (‘Dialogue’ in English), includes the latest news ...

Hausa language is a Chadic language, which is a branch of the Afroasiatic language family and is spoken as a first language by no fewer than 35 million people, and a second language by at least 41 ...

Saudi authorities announced that the 2026 Hajj Arafat sermon was translated into 35 languages, including Yoruba and Hausa, to ...

It is not that the Ndigbo, Efiks, Ijaws, Urhobos, Itsekiris, Tivs etc or the so-called minorities of Nigeria are at the mercies of the Yoruba or the Hausa-Fulani ethnic group or both. No please, it is ...

Lagos – Renowned Nigerian folklorist and author, Dr. Bukar Usman, has granted formal approval for the adaptation of his published Hausa folktales, known as Tatsuniyoyi, into video productions aimed at ...

The group, which made the allegation in a statement dated July 9 and signed by Kalthoom Alumbe Jitami, warned all Hausa youths across Nigeria against participating in the alleged planned protests, ...

Although found throughout the grassland belt of West Africa, the bulk of the Hausa/Fulani population is concentrated in Northern Nigeria. Although found throughout the grassland belt of West Africa, ...

An international multimedia bilingual journalist, Alhassan Bala, has launched a Hausa fact-checking platform called ‘Alkalanci’ (The Arbiter). The platform focuses primarily on fact-checking claims on ...

BBC Hausa has secured an exclusive phone-in with Nuhu Ribadu, Head of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission in Nigeria, for the BBC's Who Runs Your World? season of programming. The phone-in ...