Position: Professor
Years of Service at ABU Zaria: 21 years
Selected Publications:
Highab, S. M., Abubakar, A., Salisu, S. M., Darnaka, R. N., Musa, N., Magaji, M. G., Shehu, D. M. and Ya’u, J. (2026). Polydatin attenuates lead‑induced hematotoxicity and neuroinflammation: insights from hematological, cytokine, and histopathological analyses in Wistar rats. Journal of Molecular Histology, 57, 137. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10735-026-10787-2.
Agi, A.M., Abdulazeez, R., Dakup, T.N., Al-hassan, N.A., Abdulfatahi, O.H., Wada, Y. and Shehu, D.M. (2025). Molecular mechanisms of anti-diabetes effects of Mormodica charantia L. Ethanolic leaf extract on type 2 diabetes in strains of Drosophila melanogaster Meigen, 1838. bioRxiv preprint. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.11.669659
Abdulazeez, R., Highab, S. M., Onyawole, U. F., Jeje, M. T., Musa, H., Shehu, D. M. and Ndams, I. S. (2024). Co-administration of resveratrol rescued lead-induced toxicity in Drosophila melanogaster. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, 109, 104470. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.etap.2024.104470.
Highab, S. M., Ya’u, J., Magaji, M. G., Shehu, D. M. (2023). Polydatin as a potential candidate that alleviates lead poisoning: insights from biochemical and oxidative damage in lead‑induced Wistar rats. Advances in Traditional Medicine. doi.org/10.1007/s13596-023-00688-0
Ahmed, J., Walker, A. A., Perdomo, H. D., Guo, S., Nixon, S. A., Vetter, I., Okoh, Shehu, H. I., Shuaibu, D. M., Ndams, I. S. et al. (2023). Two Novel Mosquitocidal Peptides Isolated from the Venom of the Bahia Scarlet Tarantula (Lasiodora klugi). Toxins, 15, 418. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins15070418.
Abdulazeez, R., Yusuf, H., Suleiman, H. O., and Shehu, D. M. (2023). Nutritional Composition of Semolina Jaggery Diet and its Effect on Reproductive Fitness of Harwich strain Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Applied Science and Environmental Management, 27(8), 1639-1643. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jasem.v27i8.5.
Community Engagement & Service:
Chairman, 1986 Graduating Class, Barewa Old Boys Association (BOBA) (2004 – Date)
Public Relations Officer, PTA Demonstration Secondary School, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (2007–2010)
Chairman, Security Committee, Kofar Doka Zaria (2016 – Date)
Professional Memberships:
Genetics Society of Nigeria
Genetics Society of Africa
Science Association of Nigeria
Neuroscience Society of Nigeria