▁presented ▁about ▁ 3 0 ▁public ▁lect ures ▁and ▁speech es . ▁As ▁a ▁column ist ▁who ▁writes ▁Phil osof a ith ▁for ▁Daily ▁Trust ▁on ▁Saturday , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁leading ▁and ▁widely - read ▁newsp apers ▁in ▁Niger ia ; ▁N d agi ▁has ▁contributed ▁over ▁ 7 0 0 ▁newspaper ▁articles . ▁From ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁to ▁date , ▁he ▁has ▁been ▁on ▁the ▁Editor ial ▁Board ▁of ▁the ▁Daily ▁Trust ▁newspaper . ▁N d agi ▁is ▁the ▁secretary ▁to ▁the ▁Board ▁of ▁Trust ees ▁for ▁the ▁Bab ba ▁Center ▁for ▁Historical ▁Document ation ▁and ▁Research ▁( B AC H ID AR ) ▁located ▁in ▁A ga ie , ▁Niger ▁State , ▁Niger ia . ▁This ▁Heritage ▁Center ▁was ▁established ▁to ▁encou rage ▁scientific ▁research es ▁into ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁A ga ie ▁and ▁its ▁people . ▁The ▁Center ▁exists ▁to ▁collect , ▁analyze ▁and ▁catalog ue ▁literary ▁tre asures ▁of ▁the ▁for em ost ▁sch ol ars ▁of ▁A ga ie ; ▁using ▁modern ▁technology ▁to ▁digit ize , ▁preserve ▁and ▁popular ize ▁the ▁intellectual ▁and ▁so cio - c ult ural ▁her itage ▁of ▁A ga ie ▁people . ▁ ▁Academ ic ▁pri zes ▁and ▁awards ▁ ▁N d agi ▁earned ▁the ▁Islam ic ▁Publications ▁Bureau ▁Award ▁for ▁the ▁Best ▁Gr adu ating ▁Student ▁in ▁B . ▁Ed ▁Islam ic ▁Studies ▁from ▁the ▁A hm adu ▁B ello ▁University , ▁Z aria , ▁Niger ia , ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 0 . ▁While ▁gradu ating