Halimah

Muslimah 💫

[EA has her PVC @virtuousii]

Did we bring the group chat from heaven?

[Chicken Catcher🐔 @Only1Etubo]

Last week, I went to visit a family friend at her shop, and while we were talking, she called her 7-year-old daughter to get a bottle of Coke from the fridge. The little girl grabbed the bottle, slipped, and dropped it. The bottle shattered everywhere.

As I got up to ask if she was okay, she immediately got up, ignored the broken glass around her, ran out of the shop, and started crying. Her mother was livid. She called her back into the shop to face the consequences and yelled some hurtful words at her.

I helped clean up the mess and asked the child to stay outside because her mom was so upset. Then I asked the mother why she was so angry. She said the girl was too playful. I told her I had been watching and that the child wasn’t playing at all; she simply slipped and fell.

She repeated that the girl was always too playful. I acknowledged that she might be, but that wasn’t why the Coke dropped. I saw what happened: it was clear that she slipped.

I then asked her to try to understand the difference between a child being playful and an accident happening. After all, she could have dropped the bottle, too, if she had slipped. I reminded her that while our children can sometimes be playful, accidents happen, and they are still just kids.

We shouldn’t beat or punish them for every mistake. Sometimes, we need to talk to them instead.

Imagine being so afraid of your parent that you run over broken glass just to avoid being punished. What if she had slipped again and gotten seriously hurt? All over a mistake that could happen to anyone.

I understand that parenting is hard and can be exhausting, but we need to stop taking our frustrations out on our children. It’s not okay.

She was quiet for most of the conversation because I was upset, too. Later, she wanted to use food as a way of apologizing, asking her, “Come here, I know you are hungry. What would you like to eat?” but I insisted that she talk to her daughter instead. I wanted the child to understand that it was just an accident and to hear from her mother that accidents happen.

Sometimes, that’s what children need most, not punishment, but understanding.

So, my fellow parents, please and please and please. These kids are just kids. Their brains are just developing, and they need our help, support, and guidance through these stages. Do not blame and punish them for everything.

[Dindu_Popo🌍 @DinduMichael]

Everyday I see them I'll repost

[EdoQueen🌹 @EdoVibeQueen]

The main reason some of you are so desperate to know the identity of Alex Ekubo’s wife is so you can monitor her every move not because you care about her.
You want to know if she’s grieving “enough” by your standards. You want to keep tabs on what she posts, what she wears, where she goes, and who she’s seen with. Then, the moment she starts trying to live her life again, some of you will be the first to drag her and come up with the most bizarre takes imaginable.
These days, everything is content, everything is gist, and everyone feels entitled to an opinion about things that have absolutely nothing to do with them. Nothing is allowed to be personal anymore. Nothing is sacred.
Sometimes the kindest thing you can do is respect people’s boundaries.

[Omo Kogi (Yagba) 🌍 @harrysone9]

Nigerians are always quick to move on, but if this pops up on your timeline, repost it; it costs you zero naira.

It’s been three weeks now.

[Chinàzaēkpērē Chukwu @ChuGailx]

Kids who can’t sing twinkle twinkle little star from start to finish, are in a bush on the floor with terrorists.

Asiwaju you are a bastard!

[𝑰𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒔 𝑨. 𝑶𝒏𝒊 PhD @IdrisAOni1]

The Southwest faces serious security and social challenges from multiple directions. On one hand, there are persistent concerns about terrorist infiltration and violent criminal activities linked to armed groups operating from other parts of the country, including attacks on communities, kidnappings, and threats to lives and livelihoods.

On another front, there are growing concerns about the establishment of dangerous criminal networks, including illicit drug and chemical operations, which pose significant risks to public safety and social stability.

At the same time, it is troubling to witness a segment of Isese adherents escalating tensions through increasingly open hostility toward Islam and Muslims, people with whom they have lived side by side for generations in relative peace and mutual coexistence.

At a time when the region should be united against insecurity, terrorism, kidnapping, organized crime, and economic decline, it is unfortunate that some have chosen to deepen religious divisions and direct hostility toward peaceful Yoruba Muslims, who constitute a significant portion of the region's population.

The Southwest needs greater unity, vigilance, mutual respect, and cooperation among all law-abiding citizens. This is not the time to create new internal conflicts while genuine threats to our collective security continue to grow.

[Lola Okunrin @lollypeezle]

In Lagos, it is only Ikorodu people that can tell you how it feels to live in fear that you can be attacked by bandits at anytime.

During the days of Badoo, people died. It was when they killed in a church at Owode weighbridge side that’s 12km away from Ikorodu, 5km away from Ketu, that’s when I realized it’s closer home. I couldn’t sleep that night. My house didn’t have a fence. Every sound was a wake up sound. I was locking up windows and dying inside heat for days 😭.

Now imagine people living in bandit prone areas. That we are holding phones to type and laugh is now a privilege some people wish they have. A government that cannot secure us shouldn’t stay. Let Tinubu go, he has done absolutely nothing.

[Mayor Of Calabar @Uno_009]

Kwara is gone. Oyo is gone. Ondo is surrounded. But Peter Obi is your problem.
What kind of stupidity is this?

[Mayor Of Calabar @Uno_009]

If you can’t go out for the protest, the least you can do is to repost 😢

Please let's repost and share massively😭

#BringBackOurChildren
#BringBackOurChildren
#BringBackOurChildren
#BringBackOurChildren

[Enomfon Akpan @mydearenomfon]

So you people IMAMS don't speak up against bad government? I know we're hammering on pastors but they're other religions in Nigeria. Traditional rulers Nkor? Are they speaking up ? All other religions Nkor?

[birkinboobs @ofunamii]

even if i leave the country what about my sister and my parents and my partner and my friends and my neighbors and and and

[NASIRU @iamnasboi]

If religious leaders don’t want to speak up, that’s their choice.
But please, don’t gaslight us with “Pray for Nigeria.”
If prayer alone could save this country, we wouldn’t still be where we are today. Prayer is important, but so are accountability, action, and leadership.

[Wittig Lyon @ibn_wittig]

RT.

[Beth♥️ @queenbeth____]

Almighty God strike you and your family with vegance

[EgoKuwait 🇰🇼 @Egokuwait]

“Protesters are blocking the road. What if there’s an emergency? People need to go to work; they cannot commute”.

God will punish all of you seh.

If bandits carry you, tell them you need to go to work so your boss doesn’t sack you.

[Samuel @SamuelIse3]

It won't cost you zero Naira, please retweet massively.💔💔

[❗️ @Drealad0nis]

Three weeks ago, my 23-year-old neighbor was kidnapped on her way to Kontagora in Niger State.
While in captivity, the bandits repeatedly raped her taking turns sleeping with her night after night. Still, they kept bargaining with her father over the phone, demanding ransom even as they violated her.

Her father fought with everything he had. He hustled day and night, borrowed from everyone, took loans, sold whatever he could determined to bring his daughter home.
When he finally gathered the full amount, he called the bandits and begged them, ‘Please, give the phone to my daughter. Let me speak to her. I want her to know I’m coming for her.’
They gave her the phone.
In a broken, traumatized voice, she told her father: ‘Dad, do not suffer yourself looking for the money. They have been sleeping with me. I’m traumatized. I can’t forgive myself. Even if I’m released, I’ll kill myself. Don’t bother paying the ransom.’
Those were the last words she ever spoke to him.
While her father was still holding the phone, he heard the gunshot. He heard his daughter being killed. Moments later, the bandits sent pictures of her remains to him, a final act of cruelty.
A 23-year-old girl. My neighbor. Someone’s daughter, someone’s sister, someone’s friend gone in the most horrific way possible.
This is not just one story. This is the nightmare too many families are living in Niger State and across Nigeria. Young women snatched on the roads, violated, used as bargaining chips, and discarded like nothing.
Living in Nigeria has become truly scary. You wake up, you step out, and you don’t know if you or your loved ones will return home. The fear is constant. The pain is constant. And too often, justice never comes.

Rest in peace to my neighbor.

[Ọládélé 🇳🇬👑 @Theoladeledada]

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[OBI OF ABUJA🇳🇬 @icekied]

If you are based in Abuja or you are new to Abuja,take this information very seriously.

The people you see roaming the city at night are not normal human beings.

Any mistake you make in this city,you are gone.

Always tell people where you are going to.

When you book an uber ride,always verify the car plate number,the driver picture before you enter the car.

If you can go out with one person that is family,better for you.

A lot of terrible things are going on in this city,that is not in the news.

If your car breaks down in major parts of this city,leave it alone and run away from the car first and look for help first.

Late night movements aren't advisable,if you must go out,ensure you know those you are hanging out with and you tell people where you are going to.

A word is enough for the wise.