Mohiddeen Blog

On January 18th, 2024, I was at Federal University Gashua to collect my Statement of Result, officially confirming my status as a graduate of Computer Science. It marked the completion of a 4-year degree programme that had taken nearly seven years. January 18th was a historic day for me. Coincidentally, it was also the same day six years earlier that I attended my first lecture as an undergraduate student. It was held at the 500-CCH Hall, where Mr. A.A. Okeke taught Introduction to Mathematics (MTH 101) at around 8:15 AM. I remember sitting with my fellow students, Babagana Ali (now a Biochemist), Hussaini Bakau (a Political Scientist), and others, before the arrival of Usman Idris Kafur (a Home Scientist). Don’t be surprised — I document almost everything that happens in my life and rarely forget significant moments. When I arrived home that Thursday with my Statement of Result, the first person I presented it to was Baba Tela, my late paternal grandfather who passed away on October 1...

  From the first day I set my eyes on the #LabarinaSeries, I thought it would be an amazing film that would deliver some special lessons. Recently, I have come to understand the similarities between the stories of Sumayya (the fictional character of the series) and Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple, Inc. In the film, Sumayya’s attempts of meeting her biological father are always thwarted by her mother, because they do not know his whereabouts for several years. So, those scenes quickly remind me of the story of Steve Jobs and his biological father, Abdulfatah Jandali. Despite being a follower of his trends, I’ve never watched a single clip of him mentioning his real father, even though I knew that he’s a Syrian professor of Economics and Political Science. But frankly speaking, Steve never wanted to meet his biological father or reveal their relationship publicly, not because his maternal grandpa never liked his daughter’s relationship with Jandali, but because he had never contr...