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TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT APPROACH IN KANO METROPOLIS: LESSONS FROM MUSLIM CITIES

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The question of waste management is as old as 3,000 years BCE, when man began to settle and form cities; and waste will continue to be part of life itself. In this context, International Institute Of Islamic Thought (IIIT) Kano Office Nigeria, in its 205th monthly seminar series, hosted Dr. Murtala Uba Mohammed and Dr. Sabitu Sa'ad Da'au, where the duo presented on 'Towards Sustainable Waste Management Approach in Kano Metropolis: Lessons from the Muslim Cities'. The first presenter, Dr. Murtala, defined waste as anything without immediate value, noting that what you deem without value may be the input for another, and the cycle continues. He highlighted the overwhelming concentration of the global population in urban centres, with 60%, which by 2050, the concentration will be up to 70%, necessitating the need to tackle the issue of waste. Nigeria is said to have a 3.8% urbanization rate, greater than the recommended 1.67%. This also poses a greater challenge of rural...

'SANIN MANUFAR RAYUWA SHI NE RIBAR ZUWA DUNIYA' NA KHADEEJAH MUHAMMAD DAYYEEB

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  Littafi ne mai shafuka 66 wanda Markazut-Tarbawi Al-Islamee, Kano, Nigeria suka wallafa shi wanda yake cike da wa'azi mai shiga zuciya da kuma cikakkiyar tinatarwa cikin ta ƙ aitattun kalmomi a kan manofofin rayuwarmu ta duniya, da kuma yadda za mu ribace ta. Malama Khadeejah ta bu ɗ e littafin ne da bayani a kan tsarin matakan rayuwar ɗ an adam inda ta kasa ta zuwa matakai guda hu ɗ u 1.       Rayuwar ɗ an adam a cikin mahaifiya 2.      Rayuwar ɗ an adam a Duniya 3.      Rayuwar ɗ an adam a barzahu, da kuma 4.      Rayuwar ɗ an adam a Lahira   Rayuwar Cikin Mahafiya Malama Khadeejah ta yi bayani musamman abin da ya shafi ma'anar wannan rayuwar da kuma abubuwan da suke faruwa kamar yadda Manzon Allah SAW ya yi bayani tun ɗ an adam yana maniyyi, da kwanakin da yake ɗ auka ya zama gudan jini, gudan tsoka, har zuwa a busa masa rai, da ma lokacin da za a haife shi tare da darussa...

THE END OF POVERTY BY JEFFREY SACHS

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One would never doubt the true intentions of the author in ending global poverty, not just him, but the collective strategies he envisioned. His ambitious plan to end poverty in a couple of decades is not just amazing but an effort to reckon with. He is not an ordinary person who wakes up from his bed, fantasizes about the idea, but a renowned macroeconomist, a field man with a multitude of experiences, having worked alongside some of the finest leaders of his time, including Kofi Annan. Also, he got his hands dirty in policy implementation with some health and finance ministers of countries from Africa to Europe, Asia, and South America. His words must therefore carry weight to summon your attention. He believes that if we are generously proportionate, then abject poverty will be a thing of the past, not tomorrow, but today. He lamented how the US spent hundreds of billions of dollars in wars ($460 billion to be precise, since after 9/11 when it declared war against terror); he argued...