Identifying strokes in Nigerian children with sickle cell disease as part of clinical trials: training curriculum for healthcare professionals in low-income settings by Djamila L. Ghafuri, Halima Bello-Manga, Fenella J. Kirkham, Mariana Ciobanu, Edwin Trevathan, Edwin Trevathan, Mark Rodeghier, Michael R. DeBaun, Michael R. DeBaun, Lori C. Jordan

“…A sustainable Sickle Cell Disease Stroke Prevention Teams program was established, as part of clinical trials, to address the need for stroke care in northern Nigeria. We describe our health professional stroke training curriculum and specific application to detect strokes in clinical trials in low-resource settings.MethodsChildren aged 5–12 and 2–16 years with SCA in northern Nigeria were enrolled in the SPRING and SPRINT primary and secondary stroke prevention trials, respectively. …”
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Insecurity and generalized political crises by Lawali Dambo, Maman Waziri Mato, Département de Géographie, Université de Zinder, Niger, Elhadji Maman Moutari

“…This chronic insecurity, resulting from several political crises (two rebellions in Niger, crises in Libya and Mali, the Boko Haram movement in northern Nigeria) since the 1990s, has revealed the extreme weakness of a tourism model in an area whose geopolitical situation, once considered an asset, has become a major constraint on the flowering of an activity that contributes both to the livelihood of a whole region and the cultural development of an entire people.This insecurity has obliged different local stakeholders to develop adaptation strategies ranging from the exercise of multiple activities to a sort of conversion from tourism towards other sectors of activity. …”
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Moral Economy by Asonzeh Ukah

“…These include the contemporary analysis of religious morality and regulation in Northern Nigeria, the entanglements of Muslim-owned restaurants and Islam-ic morality in Mumbai (India), Zulu ethnic nationality and morality in the Nazareth Baptist Church in KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), and finally, the pre-modern theoretical and philosophical reflections of the 14th-century Tunisian Muslim philosopher, Abd al-Rahman Ibn Khaldun. …”
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The Development of Wheeled Transportation in Osun Division of Southwestern Nigeria, 1900-1960 by AbiodunAjayi

“…In fact, it was an innovation in Africa where people had relied on some navigable waterways in the coastal areas, park animals in the tsetse flies free areas like Northern Nigeria and trekking along foot paths where human head porterage predominated. …”
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Analysis of Essential Elements for Plants Growth Using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis by R. L. Njinga, M. N. Moyo, S. Y. Abdulmaliq

“…In this study, a total of ten essential elements for plants growth in the Guinea savanna region of Niger State in Northern Nigeria have been identified in the soils using instrumental neutron activation analysis. …”
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Phytochemicals, Heavy Metals, and Antioxidant Vitamins Assessment in Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) Cultivated Near Cement Company Firm of Sokoto, Nigeria by Kabiru Sirajo, Zulkallaini Shehu, Anas Bello, Ibrahim Mas’ud, Kabiru Muhammad Nata’ala

“…As a result, this study sought to quantify the amounts of phytochemicals, heavy metals, and antioxidant vitamins in tomatoes grown close to the Cement Company of Northern Nigeria (Sokoto Cement). Phytochemicals, heavy metals, and antioxidant vitamins were determined using standard analytical procedures. …”
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INTERROGATING THE EFFECTS OF ARMED BANDITRY ON THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA’S NORTH-CENTRAL REGION (2015-2022) by YUSUFU Ahmed Audu, ODAUDU Alfred Idachaba, ILEVBARE Igheoise Trust

“… Armed banditry has being a major security challenge confronting northern Nigeria in recent years. Attacks orchestrated by these armed bandits have continued to escalate, especially since 2015 when the Buhari administration came into power with attendant consequences of loss of human lives, destruction of property, displacement of persons, loss of livelihoods and disruption of socio-economic activities. …”
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NIGERIAN CONSTRUCTION-RELATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FIRMS TO ADOPT LEAN CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES by Olajide Olamilokun, Umar Datti Yusuf, Emmanuel Dele Omopariola

“…A structured questionnaire was issued for a sample size comprising 130 firms drawn from a finite population of 342 Nigerian construction-related professional services firms (project managers, architects, quantity surveyors, structural engineers, and M&E engineers) operating in Northern Nigeria. The findings of the study reveal that Nigerian construction-related professional services firms have process/project readiness to adopt LC principles, but that they do not have management, people and technology readiness to adopt LC principles. …”
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Toxicopathological Effects of the Venom of Echis ocellatus on Experimentally Envenomated Swiss Albino Rats by P. O. Yusuf, D. Ada, D. B. Nuhu, S. Dahiru, P. M. Ameh, M. Mamman, M. U. Kawu, M. Bisallah, S. J. Enam

“…The significance of Echis ocellatus in causing envenomation in humans and animals in Northern Nigeria has been widely recognized, with experts identifying it as the most medically important snake in the region. …”
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Toxicopathological Effects of the Venom of Echis ocellatus on Experimentally Envenomated Swiss Albino Rats by P. O. Yusuf, G. Ada, D. B. Nuhu, S. Dahiru, P. M. Ameh, M. Mamman, M. U. Kawu, M. Bisallah, S. J. Enam

“…The significance of Echis ocellatus in causing envenomation in humans and animals in Northern Nigeria has been widely recognized, with experts identifying it as the most medically important snake in the region. …”
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Carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic human health risk assessment of some vegetables irrigated with wastewater in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria by Usman Bawa, Ahmad AbdulHameed

“…Aim: There is growing concern on the use of contaminated and untreated water from industrial discharge for irrigation during the dry season farming in many parts of northern Nigeria. Industries effluents are among the major sources of heavy metal pollution of water bodies and when used for irrigation could be a source of heavy metal bioaccumulation in crops. …”
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Almajiri health; a scoping review on disease, health literacy and space for participatory research. by Muzzammil Imran Muhammad, Amna Hassana Abdulsalam, Fadhina Petit-Clair, Amber Acquaye, Autumn Nobles, Brian Fleischer, Chigoziri Konkwo, Yusuf Ransome, Elijah Paintsil

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Almajirai are male children in Northern Nigeria and Southern Niger who study Islam in the almajiranci system. …”
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Evaluation of Elemental and Chemical Compositions of Some Fuelwood Species for Energy Value by A. M. Dadile, O. A. Sotannde, B. D. Zira, M. Garba, I. Yakubu

“…Since fuelwood is the most common and cheapest source of energy in both rural and urban areas in northern Nigeria, the study area is facing serious challenges due to indiscriminate felling of trees for energy use, irrespective of species quality for combustion. …”
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