The challenge before every leader in Northern Nigeria today is how to secure the people you are leading. Forget roads & bridges, ghosts & dead bodies don't need them. When you can't secure the people you are leading, you have failed as a leader.
It is important to understand that there is little or nothing that matters to people when they're unsecured. They want to be secured before they can appreciate anything. To our Governors, especially @GovKaduna, @KTSGovt, @Zamfara_state, @NigerStateNG & others, this goes to you.
We had expected the Arewa House meeting to begin & end on insecurity, but it wasn't. A small portion of the discussion was what the Decision Note carried, although it was said that more than that has been discussed during the meeting. We sincerely want to believe so.
We believe that you are not helpless & incapable of giving the people security. We also want to believe that you all know what is happening & why you must do something. Nobody has the mandate to do it but you, & we are reminding you that you must do something now.
It is time to #SecureNorth from all the attacks. It is time to use the resources of your states to secure the people not only you & your family. It is time to understand that all lives are sacrosanct & it is your responsibilities as leaders to secure the lives of the people.

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Someone who is out of job is jobless. But it doesn't sound honorable to address someone who lost his job as jobless. My former Professor who moved to a major oil company to work in a developer country lost his job yesterday, & he texted me to say, "Abubakar, I am now jobless".
I had an awkward feeling when he said that, although it was followed by an emoji 🙂, I responded as thus:

"you are only out of job sir, but you can never be jobless...", & I told him how much we have benefitted from him & the world of engineering as a whole.
I don't think anyone will choose to be jobless, especially as the global economy pinches so hard.

May Allah bless our little efforts & provide us more genuine and legal ways to earn a living. May we all get the job of our dreams & make positive impacts when we do.
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EVEN WHEN THE HONOR OF THE PROPHET (SAW) IS BEING ABUSED, ISLAM DOESN'T PERMITS VIOLENCE, PROTEST OR VANDALIZATION AS A MEANS OF EXPRESSING ANGER OR DISAGREEMENT. How then do we express our anger over this?

~Shaykh Dr. Salih Ibn Fawzaan Al-fawzaan (Rahmatullah Alaih) responds:
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The increase in joblessness in the country, coupled with several other socio-economic disadvantages that stares directly into the eyes of a Nigerian youth is sure something you must address before anything. Majority of you are from very humble or even poor
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Every step describes how hypocritical you lots have always been, and how not ready for a smooth justice system we are in Nigeria, if even murders of 100s are covered for obvious reasons.

We call for justice to be served with no further delay.

#oyigboMassacre
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IMPORTANT NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

Sani IDRIS, ABU, Zaria-Nigeria.

Sequel to the unfortunate lost of lives and properties recorded as a result of #EndSARS protest which metamorphosed to violence, I hereby inform all Northerners, irrespective of tribe or religion who
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3 - Loss or destruction recorded
4. Monetary value estimate
5 - Evident pictures
6 - Phone numbers
7 - State of Origin
8- Any other additional information that may be valuable.

This would be used to prepare and present comprehensive documents before the legislature, panels of
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