18 TOP TIPS FOR RAISING GOOD CHILDREN
by @muftimenk
1. Praise your child, even if they get 4/10 in an exam, praise your child in front of others.
2. Never make your child feel that he or she is useless. Never favour one child over the other.
3. Every time you speak with your children, speak with respect, say “Jazakallahu khair ”, etc. Don’t use slang such as ‘gimme’, instead say ‘please give me’; use clear words, be polite and never swear.
Sep 25, 2020 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
TWENTY REASONS WHY QUEEN AMINA OF ZARIA NEVER EXISTED
By Ndagi Abdullahi
1 – The earliest Zaria traditions never mentioned Queen Amina of Zaria.
2 – The people of Zaria first heard of Queen Amina of Zaria from two non-Zaria sources, namely, the Kano Chronicle from Kano & the Infakul Maisuri from Sokoto
3 – The utterly Islamic name Amina was not a Hausa name in the 16th century that Queen Amina was supposed to have lived
Sep 23, 2020 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
DEALING WITH SCAMMERS
HOW TO RETRIEVE YOUR MONEY AFTER YOU HAVE BEEN SCAMMED.
Please read careful.
Many people don't always know what to do, so today am sharing with you things you do, when you realize a page you paid for a service or goods is ghosting you:
1. Screenshot all previous chats across all messaging app (IG & WhatsApp or FB)
2. Write out the Full name & account number of the page or person
3. Go to the last notification your bank sent you after you made the payment via mobile app or text copy out the TRANSACTION ID N0.
Sep 22, 2020 • 8 tweets • 1 min read
JUST IN: NLC announces nationwide protest over petrol, electricity price increase
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has finalised its plan to stage a nationwide rally on September 28 to protest the increase in the prices of petrol and electricity tariff.
The National Executive Council (NEC) of the NLC Tuesday endorsed the decision of the Central Working Committee (CWC) which resolved to commence a nationwide protest on September 28.
Sep 22, 2020 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
NIGERIA IS FACING A SERIOUS SECURITY CHALLENGE SO IF YOU MUST DO INTER-STATE TRAVEL NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
1. Schedule it between 9am to 4pm. Don't leave too early and don't be caught in the late hours.
2. Remove titles from your phone contacts. Example: Hon, Alhaji, Chief, Inspector and military ranks in general.
3. While driving, focus on the road and ensure that every 5-7 minutes, there is traffic on the returning lane.
Apr 21, 2020 • 9 tweets • 7 min read
The pictures of a homeless old man (Mallam Abubakar Bauchi) on Naibawa flyover bridge Kano.
Which went viral donations have been made through some well meaning Nigerians with one of them pledging to rent him an apartment for the man.
We have reached out to him and gave him cash donation and would equally send him food stuffs during the week.
I & @ahmad_jagz have also decided to flag off the #RamadanSupport30 project which would aim at supporting 30 less priviledge people especially those that have been...