Ismail Ashir

Make your point clear enough and allow people to choose their path

[Ismail Ashir @Miashiru]

@Safreenarrhh Whats meant to be will surely be, whats not meant to be won't no matter how hard we try and Allah knows whats best for us and always choose the best for us even when we don't understand.

[Ismail Ashir @Miashiru]

@BashirAhmaad Very weak statement to be honest.

[Khalil Halilu @KSHalilu]

Allahumma bika ‘asbahnaa, wa bika ‘amsaynaa, wa bika nahyaa, wa bika namootu wa ilaykan-nushoor!

[fatima saleh @Phatymarh44]

Ya Rahman, Ya Raheem, Ya Lateef... write only goodness in my destiny. Ya Hakeem, let whatever You decree for me be filled with ease and wisdom. Ya Jabbar, do not test me in ways that break me rather strengthen me and grant me sabr. Ya Salaam, fill my life with peace and barakah.

[Bulama Bukarti, PhD @bulamabukarti]

With candidate selection and election largely done, I hope the 2027 conversation will now turn to what actually matters: governing vision, policy and track record. How will each candidate tackle insecurity? Grow the economy? Reform our education, healthcare and agriculture?

Something I find deeply troubling about Nigerian politics is: we organise almost everything around personalities and parties, not ideas. We declare allegiances before candidates write their manifestos. We pledge loyalties before anyone stakes a single policy position.

Only in Nigeria do many candidates discover their agenda after winning, as though the election were the destination rather than the beginning. This is not how democracy works.

We should elect candidates and parties on the strength of their manifestos - on the clarity of their vision, the credibility of their plans and the honesty of their promises. Otherwise, we are not choosing leaders. We are picking names.

[Ismail Ashir @Miashiru]

https://t.co/LRSQosTYoe

[Dan Bello @BelloGaladanchi]

I renovated a whole primary school in northern Nigeria

[Ismail Ashir @Miashiru]

@Phatymarh44 Well said

[fatima saleh @Phatymarh44]

I have no backup plan in life. I made dua to the same rabb that cooled the fire for Ibrahim. The one who didn’t let a knife cut through Ismail. The rabb who gave Maryam a child as a virgin. Their rabb is my rabb, and with a little dua and yaqeen, no backup plan is needed bi’ithnillah. Ya Hasib, make me content with your plan for me. Suffice me in my worries.

[Ismail Ashir @Miashiru]

May we always be at the side of justice

[Ismail Ashir @Miashiru]

Ya Allah duk rintsi kar kasa mu kafircewa ni'imar da kayi mana, ko butulcewa wadanda suka kyautata mana

[Ismail Ashir @Miashiru]

@bulamabukarti Always proud of your efforts

[Bulama Bukarti, PhD @bulamabukarti]

Honoured to represent Bridgeway Foundation at the Expert Meeting on Defections & Disengagement from Non-State Armed Groups in Naivasha, Kenya.

I presented our work designing and implementing a defection campaign targeting ISCAP/ADF - one of IS’s most active African affiliates.

Since April 2024, we have carried out:

- 200+ flights dropping 7,182,000 “Return Home” leaflets

- 70+ unique audio messages in Luganda, Swahili, Kinande & French

- Weekly community radio programming reaching thousands across affected areas

All of this designed and delivered in close partnership with affected families and communities.

Using the above, we have since facilitated 600+ defections and counting. Most passed security screening as low-risk and have since graduated from our rehabilitation centre and returned to civilian life.

This is proof of what serious investment in disengagement and rehabilitation can achieve in countering violent extremism. There is still far too little discussion about what successful disengagement and rehabilitation efforts can achieve in countering violent extremism.

[Ismail Ashir @Miashiru]

Zalinci

[𝔸𝕝-ℍ𝕒𝕗𝕚𝕫 ℕ𝕒𝕗𝕚𝕦 𝕌𝕤𝕞𝕒𝕟 𝕀𝕓𝕣𝕒𝕙𝕚𝕞 @AlhafizNafiu]

Menene abunda Allah ya haramta wa kansa kuma ya haramta mana mu bayinsa?

[Ismail Ashir @Miashiru]

@IU_Wakilii Two wrongs don't make right

[ADC Vanguard @ADCVanguard_]

Malam Nasir El-Rufai was denied access to his doctor, and his wife was blocked from delivering his dinner.

In all this drama, one must ask: where are Malam Pantami’s exceptional reconciliatory skills?

[Ismail Ashir @Miashiru]

https://t.co/GVTXNPKuFM

[Saaaaaf Saaaaaf✨🦋 @Safreenarrhh]

Mutanen Sam baxaku gama lafiya ba wallahi……
Allah ya bi maka hakkinka malam…
Allah ya isa wallahi!

Mutanen nan are very wicked wallahi💔💔💔💔

[Ismail Ashir @Miashiru]

@Abdu_Kwari We must all condemn this unfair treatment of Mal Nasir Elrufai with view to muzzle the opposition

[Ismail Ashir @Miashiru]

@omonlakiki @atiku The opposition should speak in a more stronger voice. The laws of the land must be upheld. This is wrong on all counts

[Ismail Ashir @Miashiru]

@Abdulrahma14382 He is not in a position to release him but he should abide by court order allowing him access to his medical doctor and basic needs while in detention

[Ismail Ashir @Miashiru]

This is not good for democracy and rule of law

[Diplomat @Diplomat_01]

STATEMENT ON THE PROLONGED DETENTION OF Nasir El-Rufai

It has now been 88 days since Mallam Nasir @ElRufai was taken into custody on February 16, 2026. Eighty-eight days. Nearly three months of detention without a transparent, lawful conclusion.

This is truly concerning.

The continued detention of a Nigerian citizen without a clear and timely judicial process raises serious questions about the commitment of this government to the rule of law. A system that allows prolonged custody without resolution begins to resemble arbitrariness rather than justice.

No government that claims to uphold democracy can justify keeping an individual in custody indefinitely while due process drags on without clarity. This is how public trust is eroded, when institutions appear selective, delayed, or opaque in the administration of justice.

We must demand, in the strongest possible terms, that the authorities either bring forward formal charges immediately and proceed in open court, or release him without further delay. Anything short of this is a disservice to justice and a stain on the credibility of our institutions.

Nigeria cannot afford a justice system that is perceived as slow, selective, or politically influenced.

88 days is not justice. It is a test of our nation’s commitment to fairness, and right now, that test is being failed.