Fatima Ali Goni

“Kintsugi”

[thami 🇿🇦 @thamieverywhere]

bro to bro: if you like skinnier girls, get yourself a skinny girl. if you like thicker girls, get yourself a thick girl. if you like fitness girls, get yourself a fit girl. you are entitled to your own preferences.

but what you are not going to do bro, is date a girl who is not your type and make her feel inferior to other girls.

[Abu bakar @abbkar_ai]

A heartbreaking tribute from a mother to her late daughter, who lost her battle with cancer. 🥲💔

To My Daughter, Zainab(R.I.P)
May 4, 2018 By Hafsat Aliyu

With a heavy heart and tear filled eyes, i summon the courage to write this Eulogy to my brave and courageous daughter, Zainab Aliyu, who lost the battle to Hodgkin Lymphoma (a cancer that affects the blood) on the 7th of May, 2015. Zainab was diagnosed with cancer when she was 20 years old. Her ill health started in 2003, between the ages of nine and 10 years. I remember she first broke out in a cough accompanied by catarrh and high fever which ended up to be Tuberculosis infection. She observed the free nine months TB treatment at Dantsoho Memorial Hospital, Kaduna, and at the end of the treatment, she was certified TB free and advised to return to the hospital for any complaint. Few months after, she came up with lymph nodes which her doctor thought to be residue of the TB treatment. But when it didn’t go, he referred her to Haematology Unit of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Shika, where some lymph nodes were extracted and tested, and showed ‘Non Malignant but Positive to Brucellosis (an infection spread from animals to people, mostly by unpasteurised dairy products). The doctors were not convinced with the results though. In late 2012 when the ear pain persisted, a surgery was performed at Ear Care Centre, Kaduna, where part of her lap was removed to mend an opening in the Ear. All went well and she went back to school only to be brought back home due to excessive leg pain and body numbness. She was then taken back to her Ear Doctor, who advised she takes a Physician’s Assessment. On his advice, I took her to a renowned Private Hospital in Kaduna, where again, lab tests showed Brucellosis while Chest X-ray showed multiple Lymph nodes. She was placed on three weeks medication for Brucellosis and Cataflam for pain, but the more Cataflam she took, the more pain and sleepless nights she experienced. It reached a stage where she could not stand straight independently. She felt like her Spinal Cord could not hold her. Whenever she wants to walk around the house, I’d use a wrapper to hold her tight and straight while her brothers would support her. They would make jest of her, calling her an invalid. We were oblivious of what was ahead of us. At this stage, a kind relative who pitied Zainab so much sponsored her to International Medical Center (IMC), Cairo, Egypt, in late 2013. At IMC, it took three weeks of lab testing, City Scan, MRI and a PET scan before the team of Doctor Mahmud Salla determined her illness. Finally, the day he confirmed our worst fear, it felt like the world stood still. We were shocked and appalled. Accepting the fact that Zainab was a cancer patient wasn’t easy at all. I always wished the doctor would call us back and apologise for wrong misinterpretation of her blood tests. But my wish never came true; nothing changed the fact that Zainab was truly a cancer patient. The only good thing was she accepted it in good faith and looked forward to her treatment with strong conviction that she would win the battle. The best of times for Zainab was when she had her first successful Stem Cell Transplant which, as part of the treatment, made her stay for one good month in isolation.
The day she came out was one of our happiest days – the whole family was overwhelmed with Joy, we prayed and even made sacrifice to thank God. Our joy didn’t last long however, as she didn’t even get to achieve any of her plans when she started complaining of back ache again and rapidly losing a lot of weight. After series of checks, her doctor confirmed a relapse – that is, a reoccurrence of the disease, which necessitated her going through another circle of chemotherapy. Way into her new circle of Chemotherapy, she developed swollen feet as a result of having High Creatinine, an indication that her kidneys were affected and as such, the use of

[Interesting things @awkwardgoogle]

At an aquarium after closing time, some clever little otter pups help their grandpa tidy up their toys. As a reward, he gives them ice cubes

[Turgay Evren @TurgayEvren1]

“Come what may,
by pushing and pulling,
one way or another,

this prayer will get done somehow… ✍😂

You have to train while young. 😎”

[AHMED LEFTER. @UTDAhmard]

Twitter girls can never relate... No lady in Arewa twitter will ever recreate this. All they want is for you to provide them with washing machine.😂😂

[Farida @silentGirl012]

Allah created whale milk with about 50% fat content; because it is so dense, it doesn’t mix with water, allowing the baby whale to feed easily even in the open sea. Indeed, Allah is the Most Wise in His creation.

[We don't deserve cats 😺 @catsareblessing]

THE MOST INNOCENT THING YOU'LL SEE TODAY.

[eisha 🍒 @meishato]

i used to have this mental illness where i thought logical arguments would change someone’s mind

[Fowosere🦦❤️ @layo_blac]

Kuda broke down the new tax law in 4 slides. If you actually read it, you’ll see there’s no need to panic. 😌

But let’s talk: which part is still confusing you? Reply, I’ll explain

[ً @prinkasusa]

I JUST HEARD SOMEONE SAY, “MAYBE YOU DON’T NEED MORE TIME TO HEAL, MAYBE YOU NEED MORE EXPERIENCES THAT SHOW YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM A DIFFERENT REALITY,” AND YEAH… IT ECHOED IN ME

[🐓⬆️🔛🪔🐓 @loveiceprincesz]

There's a Nigerian kid rn with undiagnosed ADHD being flogged cos he can't pay attention in class

[Kawu Garba @KawuGarba]

Another US congressman, Rep. Jackson, described the narrative “Christian genocide” in Nigeria as dangerous fiction and insisted that Muslims, Christians, and other faiths are equally affected.

Repost for the world to see: the truth, backed by verifiable data and statistics, cannot be hidden in 2025 but only be ignored.

[Olúwadámilárè Kúshímọ̀ || Industrial Psychologist @Damkush_]

@MSIngawa There’s something called “the grapevine”. Coporate bodies use trusted sources to spread a rumour, just to see the reaction on the people involved to know if they should proceed or retreat with the intended actions in that rumour.

This is a grapevine!… Selah!

[Nigeria Stories @NigeriaStories]

Sad 😢 💔

Woman loses twin babies after she was seen trekking while in labour over inability to pay 28K delivery fee

[القرآن @Quranconnect_]

Wallahi I’m posting this reminder for my self🥺💔.

[Nazir @MalamNazir]

She is urgently needed back home.
If you have any information about her whereabouts, please contact us immediately.

Please share widely, your help could make all the difference.
May Allah reward you abundantly. 🤲🏽

[Nazir @MalamNazir]

Her name is Aisha Abubakar S/Fada. She left her home in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State, 30 years ago to stay with her mother in Ibadan. Since then, we have not heard from her.

We have been searching for her over the years, but all efforts to find her have been unsuccessful.

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

This is so rude! 😂

[Engr Yasir MNSE 🏗 @oil_shaeikh]

Ga sirri