Aliyu عَلِيُّ
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All of my religious, political, and philosophical beliefs and opinions are entirely my own and do not reflect the views of my employer, friends, or WIFE in any way, unless otherwise is clearly stated. Stay away from me if you enjoy your ignorance. Thank you very much.
ALL RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL VIEWS IN MY TWEETS ARE SOLELY MINE AND DON’T EXPRESS THE OPINIONS OF MY FRIENDS, FAMILY, EMPLOYER, RELATIVE-IN-LAW OR GIRLFRIEND.
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A Kano man has reportedly climbed to the cliff of a flyover and promised not to come down until Buhari is impeached. 😂
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So a Nigerian Muslim died in Saudi Arabia while on pilgrimage, and a Nigerian newspaper reported it on FB. Some religious bigots were laughing at his death, and I was laughing along with them. They don't know that his death is a wish of many Muslims, including myself. 😂 😂 😂
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Here is a screenshot of a Facebook post from a politician aspiring to be an APC gubernatorial candidate in 2023, celebrating Taliban take over in Afghanistan. Save this before he starts blaming youthful exuberance for supporting extremists as if he is less than 50 years old today
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This was
@BashirAhmaad
cursing Attahiru Jega because Buhari lost 2011 election. Nobody gave him a bad look despite this rain of curses on an elderly man. But you are here defending whisking a man away for a whole week because he tweeted that President's wife eats taxpayers money.
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Just asked a random guy in Kano street who Peter Obi is, and he replied, "the Yoruba leader." When he noticed my laughter, he quickly changed and said "Oh, yes, I recall. He plays football in Nigeria." You guys have lots of works beyond being angry on Twitter.
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Everyone is aware that in Nigeria, taxpayer money is used to feed the president's family. So where is the lie when someone said that the president's wife has gained weight as a result of our money? Are we not paying taxes?
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Just asked my wife weather she knows Ahmad Lawan and she thought I was referring to a local radio personality. 😂
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A less than 30k flight ticket is now 71k because President
@MBuhari
can’t secure less than 200km road! Minimum wage earners must buy a flight ticket that worth two times their monthly salaries to escape selling their houses to pay ransom money. Buhari has failed us!
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Today is the first anniversary for my significant other and I as a couple. I'm so happy that I found a soul mate in her, and I hope that our future together will be just as blissful and peaceful as our first year as a married couple. 🥰🥳🎉
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It's clear that people from where I come from are more concerned with how Rahama Sadau dresses than with how people are losing their lives to terrorism everyday.
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Many people in North are suffering from Stockholm syndrome, thanks to the centuries-old Sarauta system that instilled in us love and admiration for our oppressors. If not, why are you justifying whisking away your fellow oppressed for saying she has eaten taxpayers money?
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Dr. Abduljabbar Kabara became a subject of mockery and target of attacks after he closed his Friday mosque in Kano to control
#COVID19
pandemic. Here is his video responding and defending himself on why he is not ready to risk the lives of his followers.
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I was there. They were overwhelmed and they joined the conventional protest. 😂
BREAKING: Tinubu’s supporters stage counter protest in Kano
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Saudi Arabia banned pedophilia and instead of some of us to celebrate this gigantic move that’ll bring an end to this mental disorder, they’re dissociating themselves from the Kingdom. Having sexual attraction to children is mental illness. There’s nothing Islamic in it.
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JUST IN: DSS operatives have “invited” Zainab Ahmad Nasir, one of the conveners of peaceful protest against violent insecurity in northern Nigeria, over her participation in the protest today. The protest is expected to continue across northern Nigeria tomorrow.
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The rising death rates in Kano state is not getting the attention it deserves from KNSG. Scores of elderly people are dying everyday and the government is not putting any effort to investigate the issue. Three of my close neighbours died in less than 24 hours!
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The North is steadily falling into the clutches of religious extremists, aided by politicians who are solely concerned with winning the next election. This region would have been worse than Afghanistan if it hadn't been for that amalgamation. This is why I’m always for one 🇳🇬.
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In 2014, this woman went straight to a popular radio station in Kano and promised to give whoever would marry her a brand new Honda Accord 2010. It was after thousands of lazy youths gathered as suitors, each holding his picture, the station found out that she was a bread hawker.
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That
#IAmNorth
and tweets to defend the
#Northerners
that are in abyss of poverty and higher rate of (western) illiteracy are all nonsense if we can’t solve our problems. We must tell ourselves some bitter truth. Our population shouldn’t be only useful during election.
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Some preachers in Northern Nigeria tell their followers that the insecurity in the region is the result of God's punishment for the sins they committed, not the fault of the government they elected to protect them!
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If the first picture of half-dressed Rahama Sadau troubles you more than the second picture of these bedraggled unkempt boys, I’m sorry to call you an inhuman hypocrite.
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Buhari, according to El-Rufai, had no idea terrorists had threatened to kidnap him until he told him. This means that Buhari is not aware of all of your social media rants. 😂
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Here in the North, if you want manipulate people you need nothing beyond bushy beards, Arabic accent and few Islamic texts in your brain. From there you can oppress women, defend rapists, support paedophilia, help misogyny; all in the name of Islam.
#ArewaMeToo
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The Imam of Central Mosque, Abuja, spoke on the
#COVID19NIGERIA
and we all need to listen to this attentively. Screen-record this video or download it and share widely to stop the religiously motivated anti-Western disinformation and sentiments by some clerics on Coronavirus.
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I used to be staunch Buharist who had his nights full of prayers for the man I thought is a messiah sent to quench our thirst for progress and good governance that will change 16-years of misrule. I didn't imagine that the man would remove us out fraying pan and push us to fire.
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The kidnappers of these twins from Zamfara promised to kill one of the two orphans today as no one is there to rescue them. The state and federal governments are silent because the girls are not white men from Europe. They are not Leah Sharibu nor Chibok girls to trend on Twitter
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Have you ever watched a video of Shekau speaking English? 😂
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Understanding how Tinubu communicated to Rarara in this picture has become a rocket science.
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After reviewing a book at Yardua centre, Abuja, I lost my bag with my laptop (my research project is in the laptop), travel passport, e-book reader (tolino) and all of my ORIGINAL primary to university credentials, at the event. Please help me, here is my phone no:09039128220
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Some of the cars burnt by the political thugs hired to stop Kwankwaso from entering Kano. Many of them have been arrested along Zaria Road. Preliminary interviews have revealed that they were promised between 2,000 to 5,000 Naira to unleash the mayhem.
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This is totally misleading even though I know your job is to spread falsehoods for a meager amount. This was what a war between two military elites did to the Sudan. There was no protest for almost a year in Sudan before this generals decided to start a war.
Look at what a protests have turned Sudan into.
Innalillahi 😭
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Where I come from, people encourage poverty and despise the poor. They oppose family planning and hate Almajirai.
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Without Buhari, Tinubu would not even consider running for president. He backed Atiku in the AC and Ribadu in the ACN, but they both lost. He only won in 2015 when he joined hands with Buhari. It was a win-win situation, not a one man force as the Jagaban is deluding himself.
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From INEC office: Celebrations in Kano as NNPP candidate, Abba Kabir Yusuf, was declared winner of the gubernatorial election.
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You see, the greatest problem of Arewa is “religion”. We misunderstand religion and therefore try to defend all sorts of atrocities in the name of God, Prophet or clerics. Read
#ArewaMeToo
and see how ignorants are trying to cover paedophilia in the name of Islam!
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This is not madman. He is just one of the
#Northerners
celebrating the
#NextLevelAsurred
by immersing himself in gutter. This is an example of some of us that don’t know the meaning of governance. I’m not against his vote for
@MBuhari
but we really need education here!
#IAmNorth
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Telling Prof. Patrick Lumumba how I intend to develop Africa in two months.
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Protesters have stormed Kano and Abuja in reaction to the incessant killings in Northern Nigeria. The protest was sparked by a recent terror attack on motorists in Sokoto that resulted in their deaths by burning alive.
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Another year older, another year wiser? What do you love about me? What do you hate? Let me know your honest view of me. It's my birthday.
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Akpabio is a threat to Nigeria's democracy. I've never seen a political puppet like him.
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The funeral of Sheikh Mahmud Efendi, a popular Turkish Sufi Muslim scholar. May his soul rest in perfect peace.
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Some of the political thugs arrested by the security forces in Kano today after they burnt many cars belongings to the Kwankwaso supporters along Zaria Road. Preliminary hearings have alleged that they were sent by the state ruling party stalwarts, notably Doguwa, Goro and Abbas.
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Speaking to the BBC Hausa, the families of the victims of IPOB terrorism in the South East have appealed to the Nigerian Army to assist them in recovering the bodies of those killed recently, some of whom are even army officers who were in the East for a wedding preparation.
"Muna neman a bi mana hakkinmu kan kashe yan uwanmu da IPOB suka yi"
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Gayen nan
@oil_shaeikh
ya gama zazzageni lokacin da na ce jin kida da waka ba haramun ba ne, amma sai yau gashi na ganoshi a talabijin wai ashe shi ko baya Najeriya tafiya yake da wayarsa yana kallon Zafafa 10 na Hausa Hip-Hop!
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You pronounce “house” as “awus”, “hair” as “air” and “high” as “eye” but you shamelessly mock who pronounces “information” as “inpormation”? Find someone to listen to your English and remind you how people suffer from your accent. Stop embarrassing yourself.
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The truth is Boko Haram terrorism is not ending anytime soon. While soldiers are fighting the armed jihadists in the forests, unarmed religious extremists are being recruited in the cities by Islamist clerics. We all have witnessed how extremism leads to terrorism.
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That's all you've been praying for, silently. Billahil'azimu there was a plan to turn this protest violent. I was there reporting it and I witnessed how security operatives turned away their heads when the violence ensued.
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Buhari quickly used court order in suspending CJN but couldn’t respect rule of law and release Elzakzaky and Sambo Dasuki. Is he not serving his personal interests?
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Some Kano people have literally spent their nights at the poling units!
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I'm a big fan of restructuring Nigeria for economic independence of regions. I need the North to wake up from its deep slumber of abandoning agriculture and other sources of revenue for oil. But I need this country as one because of democracy. The North needs an external critic.
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This tweet has reached Sen. Kwankwaso and I've connected him to the parent of this girl after he asked for their contact. He will pay for the fees and possibly give her a scholarship. I'm so happy that the opportunity came after this. Ten years ago, he paid for mine too.
The parents of a very brilliant girl I know have decided to withdraw her from Bayero University because they can't pay her school fees. She almost cried when she told me that they had chosen to arrange her marriage since they couldn't afford to pay her tuition. 😢
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I’m working on an article to fact-check claims of unusual deaths in Kano. I’ve visited four cemeteries in the state. People are of course inflating figures, but as one of the grave-diggers at Dandolo told me, he had never seen scores of deaths since Kano Central Mosque BH attack.
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This is a “well-written” piece, but there are too many errors that call the writer's sincerity into question & expose his laziness in conducting simple verification exercise. It could have been a path to the Pulitzer, but it’s falling to fact-checkers.
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If you are looking for the epitome of Sufi teachings and moderate Islamic scholar in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim Saleh Alhusainy is one of the few near-perfect figures you can find in this region. I love this man and everything about him.🥺
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ونن شششن بى سن مى أكى نف د أجم ب. شى زتنس كمر وت أير قرآن أك ربوت دن أمسلنتر د نيجيريا. تو الله يكيوت.
Why do we still have Arabic inscriptions on our Naira? Are we Arabs?
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Around 80 students kidnapped from a federal college in Kebbi state are still being held captive. The terrorists have claimed to have married off some of them. We have no idea where these girls are, but we know they are being raped on a daily basis. Can we break the silence?
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Here in the North, we live hating one another. We don’t know where we are going. Politicians play with us. Clerics manipulate us. We are in doom in this geographical hell. We don’t know what freedom of religion and expression mean.
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Buharism is an opium of the poor people. The jobless Nigerians will keep on shouting "Sai Baba" until they finally find their bodies in hell.
@MBuhari
is a puppet of the cabals sorrounding him. He is not a leader at all. He is just a puppet that is moved by their desire.
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And wallahi the first set of people who started destroying the NCC Building along the State Road, turning the peaceful protest into violent, came from the area of this gathering. I was there. I saw it. I witnessed it.
Baffa Babba Dan Agundi and Aminu Ado Bayero should be held responsible for all the damages done in Kano, especially the violence perpetrated at State Road.
They held a ceremony amid the protest today with hired hoodlums.
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Ramadan preaching session organised by ISWAP faction of Boko Haram in the North East Nigeria.
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Now, in Kano state, its already a sin to have an alternative religious views. If you dare to think differently or to speak up you’ll be labelled a blasphemer! There are many alternative voices and religious minorities currently under constant harassments for airing their views.
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God has blessed us with a baby boy and we named him Muhammad Arif.
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I took pictures of these protesters raising Russian flags and calling for Putin's intervention in Nigeria. The Russian influence is steadily flowing from the Sahel to the North.
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Mathematics in Hausa language. The translation is awesome. Ratio and Proportion = “Gwargwado da yanki”, Fraction = “Qasaru”, Factorisation = “Fakato”; Graph = “Zanen Bayani”. 😃
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JUST IN: Terrorists have abducted students of Nassarawa State University, Keffi.
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I find it difficult to understand why the son of a Nigerian nobody who has nowhere to go but public universities is happy that President Buhari, whose children all studied abroad, is butchering ASUU to death. Does he not realize that the consequences will affect him?
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.
@Arsenal
fans in Gombe State, Northeast Nigeria, have suspended one Ibrahim Terror after accusing him of publicly insulting its players and discouraging supporters. The Dawaki West branch of the Arsenal Supporters made this known in a statement directed at the suspended member.
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When I said some politicians are supporting extremists because they are only thinking of how to win the next election, these kinds of politicians were on my mind. They join radicals in manipulating the minds of people by showing them as if extremism is solution to their woes.
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I was at Rigasa Station to board a train to Abuja yesterday. I couldn’t get ticket for 10:00am train so I waited for the 2:00pm one. They started selling the tickets at around 12:30 and didn’t sell it to more than 30 people when this woman 👇🏽came and asked them to stop selling!
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Twitter is Peter Obi's stronghold, and Kano is Kwankwaso's stronghold, with some potential in the Northwest.
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This isn’t true. What really makes youth turning to atheism today is the irrationality of some dogmas being professed by scholars of literalism. I engaged with many atheists in the North and, believe me you, they’ve metaphysical questions that pseudo clerics find hard to answer.
Yaran mu na zama atheists ba don komai ba saboda rashin Tarbiyar addini da kuma wai turanci da intellectualism
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Young girls are always at the receiving end of early marriage. The marriage jeopardises and limits their educational and economic opportunities. Early marriage puts the health of these minors at risk due to early pregnancy. This heartlessness needs to be stopped before 2021. Sad!
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The outgoing administration of Governor Ganduje has allegedly sold volumes of books from the Kano State Library to a company that manufactures mosquito coils. When investigators went to the company, they found that the books had already been dissolved in chemicals.
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Buhari has married off his daughters to aristocrats, politicians, and tycoons over the course of his two terms. The biggest security firewall against poverty. A great personal development achievement.
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However, the sins of corrupt officials in Abuja are larger than the misdeeds of poor Zamfara inhabitants. This theological brouhaha raises just because the poor has nothing to offer and the rich build worship centres. This is the opium Karl Marx was talking about.
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This was bought today for 40k; 10k higher than the minimum wage.
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Dr. Ahmad Gumi should recognise the limitations of his position as a religious cleric and refrain from engaging in parochialism and bigotry. Ascending to the pulpit demonstrates only that he is knowledgeable about religious matters, not security issues.
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I wish the
#ZariaMassacre
would be remembered in the same way that the
#LekkiTollGate
is today. Over 1,000 armless Nigerians were massacred in Zaria, and we are acting as if nothing happened because Northern Nigeria is rife with sectarian extremists who revel in the killings.
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I'm excited to share that I've received a copy of this fascinating book from its author! The title of the book has piqued my interest and I can't wait to religiously dive into it. Thank you,
@ProfIsaPantami
, for this generous gift, and thank you
@shamundamji
for delivering it.
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Demonstrations against the Kano election Appeal Court judgement has erupted today. It started after some political thugs attacked NNPP supporters after their congregational prayer along BUK road.
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PDP has only one senatorial candidate from Kano state, and no one is running for many seats in the national and state assemblies. The party is having a near-death experience in the state.
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GENDER JIHAD BOOKS
I think one of the problems of our antifeminist Muslim brothers is how they misunderstand the role of women in Islam. They think fighting for women is unIslamic and Western imported ideology. Here are some books by Muslim feminists from Islamic perspective.
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If you were born to a Hausa family and you've never read this book, you wasted your childhood.
#Hibaf2023
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I'm not great at reading autobiographies, but Sheikh Ibrahim Salih Alhusainiy's "Islam is Moderation" is an exception. It's an incredible book that goes beyond the surface level of a standard autobiography and dives into a rich exploration of scholarship.
#IslamIsModeration
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Travis Scott was in Kano for a music video shoot, and only about ten passersby stopped to see him. One of them even asked, "What's the name of this guy?". It was obvious that Ado Gwanja is more popular than Scott in Kano. 😂😂😂
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Ongoing: NNPP supporters in Kano protesting against approval Balarabe Sule who is accused of being partisan and very close to Ganduje as a new
@PoliceNG
commissioner in the state ahead of the gubernatorial election. The protest is taking place at the police zonal HQ in Kano.
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I got fire accident in my house about two months ago as a result of a gas leak. My face, as well as 20% of my body, was impacted. It was the most agonising experience of my life - the hellish of all. I've never experienced pain like I had while healing in the hospital. God!
Been in heII. Grateful the hot water didn’t get my face I guess
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There is a mosque in Kano named Kandahar, after the former capital of the Taliban. The mosque is still there and I don’t think they’ve changed its name because they are not in power to start excusing breeding extremism with political naivety and youthful exuberance. Hmmn!
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Later, you hear people like this tweeter grumbling about having to provide evidence of English mastery to the UK before being accepted for a scholarship, but the same people mishear "left a debt" as "lefted" because they are yet to know that the "b" in "debt" is silent. 😢
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