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BBC Hausa was the first African-language service operated by the BBC and is one of the five African languages it broadcasts. The service was launched on 13 March 1957 at 09:30 GMT with a 15-minute programme by the BBC World Service presented by Aminu Abdullahi Malumfashi: a translated version was later read by Abubakar Tunau in the programme West Africa in the News.
Founded in 2014, AREWA24 is a Nigerian media corporation that includes a television network, a Hausa production studio and a global Subscription video on demand service. [3] It is the world's largest Hausa satellite TV station with, as of September 2024, a reported global viewership of 40 million.
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Hausa Day (Hausa: Ranar Hausa), formally known #RanarHausa, is an annual cultural celebration observed on 26 August by the Hausa people, an ethnic group of West Africa. [1] The day celebrates Hausa cultural heritage, traditions, language, and art. [ 1 ]
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Media Trust is a privately held Nigerian newspaper publishing company based in Abuja that publishes the English-language Daily Trust, Weekly Trust, Sunday Trust and the Hausa-language Aminiya newspapers, as well as a new pan-African magazine, Kilimanjaro. It is one of the leading media companies in Nigeria. [1]
Boko Haram operates primarily in Borno State, and the historical context of the state, which is the central fragment of the old Kanem-Bornu empire of the Kanuri people, has effects today. Bornu, led by Shaikh al-Kanemi , had a history of resistance against the Sokoto jihad and actively opposed the encroachment and ideology of the caliphate.
Hausa (/ ˈ h aʊ s ə /; [2] Harshen / Halshen Hausa listen ⓘ; Ajami: هَرْشٜىٰن هَوْسَا) is a Chadic language that is spoken by the Hausa people in the northern parts of Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Benin and Togo, and the southern parts of Niger, and Chad, with significant minorities in Ivory Coast. A small number of speakers ...