Category: DW Originals

Aisha’s bravery and keen hunting abilities have earned her the title of ‘Queen Hunter’ from the locals.

She is regarded as the first computer programmer because she was the first to recognize that Babbage’s machine had applications beyond pure calculation and published the first algorithm to be executed by this machine.

She is also the first and only woman (to date) to chair the Nigeria Joint Tax Board (JTB) between 2004 to 2012.

I was only concerned of what will be the aftermath for those to come if I were never called to the bar with my hijab.

I was only concerned of what will be the aftermath for those to come if I were never called to the bar with my hijab.

Maimuna Dada-Sare Abdullahi (1918-1984) was a Northern Nigerian writer, a nurse, a teacher and an administrator.

“I am the first female of northern extraction to be promoted to the rank of a General in the Nigerian Navy,” Malafa said

She believes that corruption must be eradicated and the battle must be fought, this she has said both in private spaces and public functions.

Her work as an Islamic scholar proved that women have a scholarly role to play in the spread and teaching of Islam.