Earthling. Investor. Decentralised systems/communities, education and innovation consultant. Love children and young people. Culturally fluid. Must travel.
@peng_writer
She too is tired and wants to be happy in whatever time she has left. She made the sacrifice to wait till you grew up and became independent. Now it's your turn to support her and find a caretaker for your father.
"Nigeria has the largest egg harvesting operation in the world. Today, millions of Nigerians are exported in small test tubes from IVF clinics around Nigeria for money. The biotechnology companies who buy these eggs slaughter them in European and American laboratories for...
He is right. When I was married to a Nigerian passport-holder many years ago, we would be held back and be among the last to board. In spite of countless travels with no history of visa infractions, we would pay for hotel, flight and all sorts of tests only to have the visa
@rants_lizzy
Some men also don't admit to their wives when their test results indicate an STD or low sperm motility, and the clinics also won't disclose it. So many women being punished for what isn't even their problem.
I landed in Nigeria when I was just entering my 20s, naive, without friends or familiarity here. My first experience the night I arrived was an armed robbery in Lagos. Since then, I found a safe harbour in the NorthWest, at that time a very tranquil and peaceful place...
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I lived in the heart of Miami for 2 years as a child. We had gangs and shootings in the neighbourhood, my compound had the highest barbed wire I have ever seen surrounding a property, and we had metal detectors at our middle school. I feel safer in Kano than I ever did in Miami.
Yesterday, I made this post and it was retweeted by over 3000 people. I truly appreciate the love and concern shown for an innocent child. Today, she has been found in Jos, thank God. Thank you all. ππ½
Now when he tells you the number of classrooms that can be fixed to a decent standard by the money your ogas are stealing, you will know he is speaking from experience, and even his primary school students can verify his arithmetic.
Dear Kaduna Twitter, a severely abused 15-year old girl who was raped just gave birth to a baby girl. She and baby will be discharged from hospital tomorrow and is in urgent need of safe accommodation. We are prepared to assist with living expenses and rent for a room to any...
If anyone in Kano or Jigawa recently performed excellently in the WASSCE and would like a scholarship with Skyline University, there are some slots available for grabs. Comment below and I will dm you!
Northern traders, come home and raise prices for interregional export. It is not worth being subject to barbarian attacks. Already we are risking our lives even to access our farms. Why go through more security trouble? Anyone who wants our produce can come and source them.
@AliFromTheArea
The sad thing is that if he and the attacker were not named, he would have been scapegoated by racists just for his ethnicity, in spite of his actually being a hero.
@abierkhatib
I had this experience in Istanbul where I took my children when they were younger. A Palestinian refugee working in a carpet shop, out of sheer kindness, gave me his travel card to use on public transport, gave me tips on where to go and how to save money, and served my kids and
...In most cases, the girls are not informed that repeated eggs harvesting poses a strong risk of cancer, ovarian failure, liver or kidney failure, infertility, internal infection, internal bleeding and death. If you know of someone who intends to sell her eggs, esp. students...
You ARE judging. I chose to get married young like that and was never deterred from a future ambition. While I was still at university, I didn't really know what my calling was though. My new parents literally opened up a future faster to me. Mama and Baba had great dreams of
Dear KANO twitterati, Iβm looking for BRILLIANT GIRLS from disadvantaged backgrounds in GOVERNMENT SECONDARY schools who would be eligible for SCIENCE scholarships to private secondary schools. Applicants will be screened so please donβt refer inappropriate candidates. Pls RT.
...who are being actively recruited at universities, please warn them of the possible consequences. Egg donation should ideally be done only once to reduce the possibility of danger. There are also a fixed number of eggs a woman is born with. Her ovaries cannot regenerate them.
...embryonic stem cell research." Young women and girls in Nigeria, out of for cash, are repeatedly visiting fertility clinics through the back door to have their eggs harvested. Companies may collect more than 1.5m from rich clients, and pay the girls N100k-120k for each harvest
Very smart man. I like him a lot.
This sort of thing can happen in the abroad. A smart and savvy investor can get great deals and grow something from them, irrespective of any connections or family name.
I got a flat long ago in Maitama (Abuja) for a good price, but was
@timmbach
When I see Nigerian kids, it is clear that no one is born evil. The system top to bottom and a cultural acquiescence to corruption enable it.
This is a support tweet for our brother
@dawisu
who demonstrated admirable courage in speaking the truth in the face of neglect & insensitivity. Upholding the rights and dignity of over 200 million people is a matter beyond loyalty to a political party. We salute you, brother!
Reading widely is so important. It saves one from ignorance and arrogance. The more one reads the more one realises how much one does not know. A fish living in an aquarium may not realise the diversity, depth and vastness of the ocean.
@ruffydfire
Who cares. The mission is for injured and fallen national heroes who fought against terrorists to save fellow citizens. They deserve whatever spotlight and support they can get.
Iβve heard people say on Twitter that Prof. Zulum just has good media handlers. Even if he does, we see many many schools being developed, IDPs going home and the masses being assisted - on a weekly basis. At least he is giving his handlers real material to promote him.
Arewa, we are accountable for all the indigenous non-Muslim communities we do not protect in this land. Allah will not raise a society that entrenches injustice. Hundreds of years of suffering at the hands of invaders. What a disgrace for us, in this life and the hereafter.
@ghostfollower93
Yes! Itβs an oasis created by the Harmattan dust blown from the Sahara. The fish from Argungu are taken to be people every election cycle.
Muslims should not comment on what they donβt comprehend. Knowledgeable Catholics are best to say whether what took place today was a farce or not. If it is as is being alleged, then it made a mockery of a faith that millions hold dear. Christians have every right to be angry.
As someone who has lived in the North since my early 20s and has worked in community development across many states, I find TwitterNG extremely unenlightened and condescending towards the majority of the rural North in all its beautiful diversityβ¦
How much more can our women take? It is too much. Allah Ya Isa. If you stood with OccupyNigeria, let this also occupy your conscience.
#SecureNorth
#NorthIsBleeding
So many men on the TL complaining that they had a bad iftar or sahur because of no wife. Ah ah, are you disabled from access to a kitchen to prepare something for yourself? Or is it that you canβt read a recipe? Allergic to buying ingredients? No hands to wash, cut, pour & stir?
Got this message from a person close to me today: βToday I realised how you wasted your life by going into the Muslim religion while othersβ¦ You have nothing except a religion that most of us do not care for. In life what have you achieved? Nothing.β I am fasting so I repliedβ¦
FOMWAN ladies of Niger and Nasarawa States trained almajiri students in furniture production, mobile phone repair and leather craftsmanship over the past 6 months. Now our graduates are ready to be productive citizens.π₯
Arewa, keep rising. Kaduna, your IGR is making us proud. Borno, one day soon you will return to being the bread basket of the country. States that have desert encroachment, act now to prosper in forestry and biodiversity for medicine. Gas pipelines are coming. Are we ready? ...
Dr. Okonjo-Iweala proudly wears traditional attire to board rooms, lecture halls and interviews. She also speaks authentically. Nigerians with an inferiority complex, where has your obsession with colonial attire and fake accent got you? Just be you and believe in yourself.
Some may keep quiet out of fear of repercussions but everyone in the North knows Baba has been a gross disappointment. Even if we expected too much, the people deserve someone who is clued in and leads from the front, not from behind.
#SecureNorth
#ENDBADGOVERNANCE
#SecureNigeria
@spectatorindex
Not good enough. We want a full disclosure asap. Lawmakers should also consider compensation being paid by the company to everyone who took the vaccine.
Immediately after 9/11, the dragnet of the US was wide. Many Muslim charities and philanthropists were accused of being sponsors of terror, often due to classified evidence of some minor financial irregularity. As someone who has worked with charities since I was a teenager,β¦
Bandits want amnesty? Let them return all the millions they fleeced from innocent villagers and parents of children, plus extra millions in compensation for the trauma borne by each family. Govβt officials canβt forgive them for wrongs done to civilians.
If lecturers are to get paid for the 5 months they didnβt work, what will students be given for the months they didnβt get to write their exams and complete their studies? How will the lost time in their lives be made up?
@TomiArayomi
Very weird take. If a man feels emasculated by the affectionate use of the term "baby" or a wife praising her own father, not sure anything the wife can do will cure such insecurity and lack of self-worth.
When I had a baby in Australia, I would have had to pay a nanny a liveable wage and treat her like an equal human being.
Fortunately for me, I had my family to assist after I gave birth AND my government paid me extra money just for having a baby, so that I wouldn't feel
Nigeria lost some incredibly great men yesterday. Major Hamza looked after orphans in every way - free hospital treatment, education, feeding, etc. May he have the reward of a shaheed and may those he assisted grow to pay forward his kindness. ππ½
Late Major Nura Hamza Finance officer of the COAS, Lt. General I. Attahiru has been buried in his family compound according to Islamic rites. Late Major N. Hamza is an indigent of Kawo, Kaduna North Local Government Area, Kaduna State.
@Goodkaaaarrmmaa
Plus, older women were shamed and stigmatised for divorce, even if they didn't instigate it. It was often a fate worse than death so they tolerated as much as they could, many in marriages of convenience and mutual hate. Still goes on.
Some time ago, I mentioned I would tell you about my work in housekeeping of this hotel. I also did a stint as a waitress at a busy club throughout the nightβ¦
@Tunde_OD
Go for it! Excursions were part of my programme for underprivileged girls years ago too. Such experiences for the kids are priceless. The confidence boost it gives them is wonderful. Picture the new outfits effect x 10.
@therealdaddymo1
I think one of the main problems is that fraud and crime have entire ecosystems that are normalised. I believe that there are more Chinese, Russian, Eastern European, Arab and Indian criminals and scammers out there, but they don't make as much noise, nor are their ecosystem
@Solomon_Buchi
So you were raised to hate. The perhaps 86 million poor folk in Northern Nigeria barely own a decent pair of slippers. Get real and shine your eyes. I'm not Nigerian but from my travels up and down, observing Nigerian politicians since 1999, oil rig owners, land owners, royalty,
Kano has had to face very debilitating climate effects. No substantial rains and extreme heat. Air pollution is high in the municipal areas. Yet our government has not prioritised green spaces to buffer citizens from the heat and purify air quality. The lack of power acrossβ¦
For 10 years I lived in a bubble before I truly understood the real Nigeria and the daily struggles of the majority. I set up an entire NGO and was doing charity for those 10 years but still lived in ignorance and inability to truly empathise. There is nothing as educational asβ¦
@therecount
Does she ever stop being presumptuous or condescending? HC is capitalising on the fact that, unlike university students, most TV-viewers will not research what actually happened at Camp David and believe her narrative. Yassir Arafat was presented with a 'take it or leave it' deal
Dear Arewa Twitter, kindly produce a 1-page fact sheet of infographics about Northern insecurity and end with a call to action on the bottom of the page. Call for something like a Regional Emergency Action Plan on Terror, Kidnapping and Banditry.
Some time ago, when I first started heading a school in Kano, I had a mother cry in my office that since her divorce she hardly got to see her sons and that her ex-hubby, a busy businessman, had blocked her number. The sons' grades started dropping and the father came storming...
@ritapurity
Wow, two opportunities coming at once - a scholarship towards a more secure economic future and a chance to escape marriage with an insecure, emotional blackmailer.
Baba, Justice Dr. Sheikh Ahmed Lemu, OFR, used to say that Nigeria was ruined by: 1. ignorance and poor moral upbringing, 2. rulers and politicians with insatiable lust for power and money, 3. religious clerics who seek influence and popularity
Health care β Potable water β Waste management β Substance Abuse Rehabilitation and Reduction of Criminality β Restoration of public spaces β If all this is revenge, letβs have more of it please.
Today, I paid an on the spot assessment visit to the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital; which is a very important institution for provision of healthcare to the general public in Kano.
The situation I found the hospital in encapsulates the need for a comprehensive
@CadreShangri
This is false. These women are FEMEN protestors chanting in French and are holding up banners written in French. The large banner says, "No to hypersexualisation. Free the nipples." They are not saying anything about husbands. They are arguing that women's bodies should not be
Are the scenes we are seeing now not enough proof that people are people, and people of Kano, Abuja and Lagos behave essentially the same when it comes to physical distancing. All notions of "us" vs. "them" are hereby rendered null and void.
We make qunut for a painful end to the fame, fortune and health of the devil Bello Turji and his minions. May those supporting and helping him be exposed and dealt with also.
Don't share terrorist propaganda. Media is a core element of BH and ISWAP's strategy. Channel the power of your prayers and energy towards their defeat, and more strength and success for our troops and civilian defenders.
When I graduated from my first degree, I had been supporting myself financially for some years. Having deferred two years of it to work and get on my financial feet, graduation was a relief. Yet, I didn't get all dressed up or have a party. I didn't even pay for the formal
To all those who endured the ordeal of yesterday and to those who are still in the most awful distress searching for their loved ones and praying they pull through, we are so sorry. We are praying with you and pray that the insensitive ones on this app also grow a heartβ¦
All this talk of Tambuwal putting the North first is nonsense. What North is being put 1st when he couldnβt arrange for a single Sokoto student to sit WAEC this year? Is this helping the North in any way? Biko, he just put HIMSELF first in whatever deal he cut with Atiku. Dazzol.
If children of the most expensive boarding schools in Abuja were kidnapped, we would see a very different level of determination and coordination at work.
The abductees are exposed to the elements (rain, heat, cold), insects and snakes, without medicine, without nutrition, hanging in limbo, in the hands of agitated terrorists. Families are still being ignored despite their desperate appeals.πππ
#SaveAK9TrainPassengers
Why do Arewa couples need to start their lives together with a full set of furniture, one yearβs worth of provisions and ceramics only meant for a glass display cabinet? Families would do better pooling funds for the bride and groom to invest in their long term financial future.
@segalink
Sega, I am an Australian who has worked with my government and this guy is a conman. He may be good for laughs and a sense of triump today but please don't encourage your followers to be too close to the chap. He cares only about fattening his pocket and swindling people. G'night
Nassarawa GRA and Bompai people of Kano, the lady selling food next to Chicken Republic has an amazing stew. If you want fire for your tongue and enjoyment for your belly, patronise her.
Today I say goodbye to another son as he heads off for screening. Iβm upstairs trying to hide my tears from him. May he serve this country well and be part of the success story of its turnaround. May God protect him and other young people giving the best of themselves for others.
@TVKev
Kevin, I see you brought some extra salt from your little island. Better take your meds in a jiffy because today's breakfast shall be served with extra pepper πΆ.
If anyone wants to be driven within Kano by a sensible, well-educated chauffeur in a covid-sanitised, air-conditioned vehicle at a N2k per hour launch rate, call Mallam Bashir and make your bookings: 0803Β 485Β 4944. (Airport pickup price differs). He is a beautiful soul. β€οΈππ½
30 bodies were burned alive in 2021. If it was a non-Muslim, non-Northern President, conspiracy theories would be running wild because Nigeria loves conspiracies and scapegoating people of other groups. We love that more than we love each otherβs lives. Call out the apathy!β¦
Sadly, many non-Arabs donβt want to know that Arab Christians exist. It disturbs too many convenient myths and stereotypes. The pain of Palestinian Christians is one of the most badly dismissed pains on the planet.
Once again,
@dawisu
and his family are taking a hit for speaking truth to power. We resist this overreach and stand with our brother. We also stand with the family of Dadiyata. Two men on opposite sides of the political fence, two families in pain among many.
@spectatorindex
Shameful. A vote against ceasefire is a vote endorsing war and no peaceful relations. In 2023. So much for a 'civilised' nation. The UK must henceforth spare the world of hypocritical calls for peace and conflict resolution when other countries do the exact same things.