Naija in the Mix

For our off-cycle interview, I revisit Borno state (the second time since my 2023 interview with Halima Yusuf Bawah). This time, my chat takes me to the University of Maiduguru . Abdulrahman is a final year student of the University of Maiduguri, a writer and the Editor-in-chief of the university's Pharmaceutical Association of Nigeria Students' Magazine, PharmaPulse. ADB's roles include collaborating with the editorial board members to announce call for articles for the monthly magazine publications, going through submitted articles to edit or suggest changes to entries and subsequently accept them for publications. " A pharmacy journal and a literary journal share many similarities," he offers, " although there are also some differences in some aspects. Just as in literary journals, our faculty students' publication also publishes literary contents like short stories and poems, but most of our contents are centred around the pharmaceutical sciences. So...

This month, I hold an off-cycle interview with my friend, Abdulrahman Dalhatu Bukar, the Editor-in-Chief of PharmaPulse, the magazine of the Pharmaceutical Association of Nigeria Students at the University of Maiduguri. Abdulrahman Dalhatu Bukar Presently a final year at the University of Maiduguri, Abdulrahman is passionate about writing and finds solace in mystery/thriller novels. For this interview, Abdulrahman sheds light on the process of overseeing the editorial process for PharmaPulse, giving us a clearer picture of what a pharmaceutical journal looks like. Placing it side-by-side other journals like literary journals, he establishes the differences and similarities between them, while emphasizing the autonomy of each. Join us on the 31st of March, 2024 as we bring this insightful session with Abdulrahman, all the way from the University of Maiduguri.