This time next year, in 2027, you’ll be standing in the places you once only dreamed of, living the beautiful, abundant life you’ve always prayed for. In shaa Allah. 💗
Many people have asked how my children were able to memorize the Qur’an, so I thought I’d share our journey.
This is simply what worked for our family, and I pray it benefits someone.
Our children started memorizing the Qur’an from a very young age. They attended regular Tahfiz classes alongside their conventional schooling, just as many children do.
However, there came a point when my husband and I felt we needed to make a bigger commitment.
At the time, our eldest was in JSS 2, while the second had just completed primary school. We made the difficult decision to withdraw them from the conventional school system and enroll them in a full-time Tahfiz programme.
It wasn’t because we didn’t value western education. On the contrary, education has always been important in our family. Both my husband and I hold PhDs, and some of my friends couldn’t understand why someone with my educational background would choose this path for her children. They would ask, “After all your education, why would you do this?”
My answer was always the same: In shaa Allah, they can also earn a PhD one day. But before any academic qualification, I want them to have a PhD in the fear of Allah 😄
If they know Allah, understand His Book, and build their lives upon it, then every other form of knowledge becomes much easier to pursue. As a parent, that foundation also makes my own work much easier.
Once we made that decision, we became fully committed to the process.
Their Tahfiz school began around 6:00 a.m. and usually ended around 6:00 or even 7:00 p.m., after Maghrib.
It was an intensive programme, but the school itself was very organised.
They had a structured curriculum with clear memorization targets, so we always knew what each child was expected to complete within a given period. That structure made it easier for us to monitor their progress and support them at home.
The school also played its part. If a child fell behind, they provided additional support. During Ramadan and some special periods, selected children would even stay overnight at the school for extra revision and memorization. Their teachers were genuinely invested in helping every child succeed.
Our responsibility as parents began when they returned home.
Every day, we woke them up about an hour before Fajr for revision. Those quiet moments before dawn became one of the greatest blessings in their memorization journey.
When they returned from school in the evening, they ate, freshened up, rested briefly, and then around 8:30 p.m., their home mallam arrived. For about an hour, he revised and tested everything they had learned that day before they went to bed to prepare for the next morning.
We also tried to eliminate unnecessary distractions. Television was almost nonexistent in our home. Sometimes we went as long as six months without renewing our subscription. My husband and I were never really television people, so this wasn’t difficult for us. The younger children had tablets for age-appropriate cartoons, but those in Tahfiz had very limited screen time.
Although we withdrew them from conventional school, we didn’t neglect their academic education. Fridays were free, so we employed a lesson teacher who came every Friday morning to teach Mathematics, English and Science.
Interestingly, our lesson teacher was a Christian. After some time, he said something that has stayed with me. He told us, “Whatever you people are doing must be a brain booster because these children are exceptionally good with their assignments.” That was reassuring because it confirmed that memorizing the Qur’an had not hindered their academic development. If anything, it had strengthened their discipline, concentration and ability to learn.
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Honestly, whoever wrote the story of Ruwan Dare Hausa series is not just good, but very intelligent too.
The directing, and acting are also incredible, and guess what? They did it in a comical way to get you going.
This is a series not just for the hausa speaking…. ✊🏾👏🏾
On the NNPCL N210 Trillion
When the issue of the 210trn broke the internet, I commented that its just and addition of multiple entries to obtain a vague figure for media trial.
@BalaWunti appeared before the committee to shed more light on the issue and he has done more than justice to the issue.
Based on the attached interview, here are the facts:
1. No any figure of N210 trillion appears in the NNPC 2023 Audited Financial Statements (AFS).
2. The N210 trillion figure was derived by adding N107 trillion in receivables to N103 trillion in payables.
3. The NNPCL after PIA began operating two accounts, the shareholders’ account and the commercial account with NAPIMS now NUIMS operating the stakeholders and NNPCL HQ operating the commercial account. And being NUIMS a subsidiary, both its inflows and outflows must reflect on NNPC’s main account.
Here is the full engagement:
The establishment of the Muhammadu Buhari Centre, a landmark institution, is one of the major initiatives currently in the pipeline. It will be managed and overseen by the Muhammadu Buhari Foundation. It is not going to be just a memorial place, the Centre is envisioned as a world-class destination dedicated to preserving the life, values and legacy of our boss, the late President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR.
It will serve as a hub for historical documentation, research, leadership development, exhibitions and legacy preservation, while also providing modern facilities for events, learning and recreation.
The Buhari Centre will be one of Abuja’s must-visit destinations. In this place, history will be preserved, ideas are going to be nurtured, while future generations can draw inspiration from the enduring legacy of Nigeria’s most consequential leader.
Nasir el-Rufai's saga is assuming a character far bigger than the determined insistence by the State that he must remain locked up, without being tried and/or sentenced. It is making a mockery of the rule of law and all standards of decency. El-Rufai is now a political prisoner.
Never seen this sexual content yall always speak off on snap. All I see are stories of people cooking, traveling or shopping. Is it that people dm sexual content or what ?
Everyone I’ve spoken with who is currently serving in government has told me that this Prince Adeniyi case is simply a scam, but when I start asking questions, none of them has been able to answer.
Yes, you can forge an appointment letter and claim that you are a DG but appointment letters are signed by the SGF not the COS. Who allegedly issued his appointment letter or what signature is his allegedly forged appointment letter showing?
Someone higher than a DG must ask that you be allocated office space in the Federal Secretariat. Who made that request?
Someone higher than a DG must write asking that you be given an alleged take-off grant. You cannot yourself write to the Budget Office and the Office of the Accountant General that you should be given a take-off grant. Who allegedly wrote?
How did the agency get into the budget?
Usually, you will go for budget defence as part of a cohort. In this case, it will probably be as part of the State House cohort. Who defended or coordinated the defence of the budget estimates before the National Assembly before they were appropriated?
Did the guy earn a salary in the more than one year he was there? If so, who documented him and asked that he be paid?
With which money was the guy running the office for more than one year if nothing was allegedly released?
Who allegedly wrote to the CBN asking them to open an account for the ‘Council’? The ‘Council’ cannot just walk into CBN and ask to open an account, as if it’s a commercial bank looking for customers.
Who allegedly approved the ‘Council’s’ manning levels and who allegedly approved the waiver to recruit 300 staff?
Was the guy allegedly really that good? Or were there egregious failings at multiple points in the system?
These questions and more are often met with deafening silence. Everyone sighs heavily and uses the ubiquitous expression “Na waa.” Me sef, I sigh heavily and answer “Na real waa!”
This is a case of the proverbial tse tse that has landed on the scrotum. Leave it and it will cause sickness and pain. Swat it and it will cause pain because of its location.
Anyhow you look at it, there are questions begging for answers. And whatever the answers will be, they will not be good.
Still, I hope that there’ll be some answers soon…for the sake of our public administration system.
I am Ezemmuo. I know things.
"Kalu, I want you to understand how these things work. All senior government officials have pet projects in all budgets.
The normal process is that the government official will appoint a ministry to receive the pet contract, then nominate a company to handle the project from the ministry. in reality, its like money laundering, and the government official gets the cash from the budget. This is how elections are funded.
In this case the project was placed by the oga in the budget, that guy was supposed to simply be a figure head, and sign the funds back to oga . What happened is that he actually started doing too much, wanted to act the part, started hosting seminars, and hiring workers.
It seems he got his placeholder role and liked it, and wanted to continue. No one asked him to; he went against the wishes of his benefactor.
Oga told him to stop spending the funds and remit as agreed. He disagreed with the amount that should be remitted.
Now read the statements again with this understanding, and it will make sense.
I understand many people will not like this, but this is how the game is played across federal and state"
Ask people in CBN. You can't use deception to open an account in CBN. You can't. They verify these things. There are processes.
The earlier we started speaking he truth, the better for the image of the county.
We really need to talk about what is happening in Abuja, we are not paying attention to this #GbajaGate.
If I understand this correctly, it means there are agencies under this government that don't exist in real life but exist on paper; they have 300 staff that may exists, or may be ghost that collect salaries every month and a head that is supposed to be remitting the budget to a politician.
Truly Nigeria is a crime scene.
How many of those agencies exist?