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Abstract                           Language is a tool for conveying man‘s social veracity. Politics is one of the fields of social life in which language plays a considerable role. Politicians engage in different rhetorical uses of…

Abstrac                  Linguistic imperialism is the worst colonial policy in the human world. In Africa, its brutality penetrates beyond linguistic boundary, deep into the culture, religion, and educational policy. The Hausa…

Abstract                 This paper ‘Language Use in Politics: A Case of Hausa Metaphorical Expressions’ tries to posit that politicians use electronic media in their electioneering campaigns to persuade and canvass for votes.…

The Sokoto Caliphate was an Islamic state that was established in the 19th century in the northern area of modern Nigeria. One of the outstanding achievements of the Sokoto Caliphate was recorded in the area of intellectual activities. The…

Abstract  THE CASE WITH ARABIC DAYS OF THE WEEK            Time is often measured in minutes, hours, days, years etc. The measurement usually starts with a unit of time called second. Next to second is the minute is a period of sixty…

Abstract             Scholars studying early Nigerian history have had recourse to oral source material as the only available and reliable source of writing History, neglecting a large pool of written source material in Arabic language.…