Every beginning surely has an end, and with every end, another journey begins. I remember receiving the acceptance mail on a Thursday evening when I just alighted from a bus that drove me from Lagos down to Ibadan—it felt surreal, like a dream displaying right on my phone. My Hannah later got her Samuel—not in…
I set out for Minna on the 30th of April, 2024, at exactly 8:30 am from New Bussa, Niger State, in an army-green Honda car. Though I had been to Minna before, I was anxious to set foot in the city again. The last time I visited, I passed through the Sokoto route and not…
(An HCAF Initiative) About the programThe Hilltop Creative Arts Foundation has added another feather to its cap. The recent addition, which is one of the many projects birthed by the organization, is a first of its kind. It is tagged – the Write Your Own Book Holiday Program, a 3-week program where registered teenagers from…
The Hill-Top Creative Arts Foundation (HCAF) has concluded the maiden edition of the Minna Photography Contest in memory of late Ambassador James T. Kolo. The contest is an endorsement of TIMEOUT4AFRICA driven by Mr. Jonathan Kolo, a Nigerlite resident in Washington DC. The photography contest which is in furtherance of one of the fundamental teenage…
The Hadiza Ibrahim Aliyu Schools Festival (HIASFEST) is pleased to announce the commencement of its highly anticipated 2025 edition. HIASFEST is a prominent platform that fosters creativity and intellectual participation among secondary school students in Nigeria. The festival welcomes entries from across the country, allowing students to showcase their skills and talents in diverse academic…
By 1997 when I mooted the idea of publishing teen authors from Hill-Top Model School, Minna, those who served as mentors were Kamar Hamza, Abdullahi Ismaila Ahmed (editor) and I. Within the same year, Echoes of Young Minds was born. It mainly comprised students of Hill-Top Model School where I worked then as a teacher. Thereafter, we…