Hadiza Isma El-Rufai @hadizel Twitter profile

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

@hadizel

2 months

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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4 years

Dear Tweeps, My husband. the governor of Kaduna State, has tested positive for COVID-19. Please keep us in your prayers.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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3 years

See what Kaduna stress has done to my husband’s hair. We’re the same age, fa

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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37 years together. No yaji. No saki. #Alhamdulillah .

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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4 years

Did any of you see “First Lady” in my bio? My TL is for language, humour and other light-hearted issues. I don’t tweet about serious matters like governance and politics. Though I’m married to a governor I’m not a part of government. I swore no oath.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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Dear Tweeps, My COVID-ONE-NINE test result is out. I’m NEGATIVE. Thanks for all your prayers and good wishes. #StayAtHomeStaySafe #WashYourHands

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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4 years

My (then) boyfriend and I

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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4 years

Dear Tweeps, I'm very happy to let you know that my husband, the governor of Kaduna State, has tested negative twice for COVID-19. Thank you for your prayers and good wishes. May God heal all those who are still COVID-19 positive. #StayAtHome #StaySafe

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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*** cooperation

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Another throwback.

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4 years

On this day (17 August) 35 years ago, the LOML and I married each other. It's been quite a ride. Alhamdulillah. Happy anniversary @elrufai You've been a good husband and I'll love you forever.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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3 years

Ramadan Mubarak.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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4 years

So, while we’re on this pronunciation thing… Bouquet: bookay Sachet: sashay Buffet: buffay Chalet: shalay Mortgage: morgij Suite: sweet Plumber: plummer Debt: det Tourniquet: tournikay Ballet: balay Bomb: bom Plumb: plum Thumb: thum Gnash: nash Yacht: yot #KadunaLanguageClass

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Colour coordination.

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1 year

Happy 63rd birthday to the LOML ❤️

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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4 years

A ku ọdún, ẹmi a ṣe opolopo ẹ

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4 years

May the second half of this year be much better than the first. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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4 years

The way it started. The way it ‘ended’.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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4 years

If you can’t call this man “Aboki” don’t call any other person Aboki, Omo Igbo, Inyamiri or Onye ofe mmanu.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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Hey KD people, I need your help. I know you won’t believe me, but they’ve definitely substituted my husband. The one they returned to me is too fresh and relaxed.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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4 years

Good morning. I hope you have a fruitful week.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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4 years

Thanks, Tweeps, for all the prayers and good wishes. The governor is doing well; still asymptomatic. I'm getting tested later today. So, keeping my fingers crossed. Meanwhile, Life (of self-isolation) goes on... #StayAtHomeAndStaySafe #WashYourHands

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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4 years

😳😳😳 Wai ku ba ku san wasa bane?

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Uwar gidan El-Rufai na son mace ta maye gurbin Sarkin Zazzau 👉

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Aku ọdún, ẹmi a ṣe opolopo ẹ

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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4 years

All you guys counting the number of grains in a bag of rice, why don’t you read a book instead?

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3 years

At my farm today. Anyone thinking of ********** me should not bother. The man has already warned me that he will not pay any ******

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4 years

In the interest of gender equality, @elrufai Can we get another Queen Amina of Zazzau?

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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3 years

With my four husbands. I love them equally. #NoPartiality

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4 years

Coro or no Coro (wo)man must walk.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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I’m on Twitter to learn, teach, laugh and cause laughter.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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4 years

If you've made a mistake, learn. Don't dwell too much on it. Move on.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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4 years

Today is my birthday! Alhamdulillah. SIXTY, but still young at heart – What a blessing. …🎼May our wishes all come true… and may we stay forever young…🎼 (Bob Dylan) Watch 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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4 years

Rather than work, some married women may choose to stay at home and look after their husbands and homes. Others might decide to vigorously pursue careers in their professions, in business or in politics. As long as women make their own choices without coercion, it’s all fine.

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The way it’s going...

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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4 years

Dear Muslims, Christians and Followers of Traditional Religion, Unfortunately, COVID-19 is here. Follow the advice of the public health experts. They know more about this than your imams, pastors, babalawos, bokas and shrine priests. Do this for yourselves. Do this for us all.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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Seeing that my tweet about the verb “be” helped quite a number of people, I will be doing this sort of thing more often. However, I’m neither a graduate of English language nor a professional educator. Feel free to correct me where I go wrong. 🥰🥰 Caveat: No politics please.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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Sixty is the new forty...

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May God bless our side hustles.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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4 years

That’s the tweet.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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4 years

When I posted the tweet below, I assumed it was just the usual Twitter gbas-gbos. Having read the tweets chronologically, I have had conversations with Bello. Never ever should sexual abuse be employed as ammunition in public/ private exchanges, no matter the provocation.

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@hadizel

4 years

All you people talking about @B_ELRUFAI Don’t @ me. Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind. All is fair in love and war. My belief: Respect everyone, but take no shit from anyone. I didn't see any threats of rape. I would never condone that.

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4 years

Life begins at sixty...

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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9 months

Ready, steady, go!

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4 years

This young girl will soon be sixty. Alhamdulillah.

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4 years

Throwback. Circa 1966

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4 years

In English, when the letters ‘i’ and ‘e’ are next to each other in a word, ‘i’ usually comes before ‘e’: Belief, Sieve, Grief, Grievance, Cried. However, after the letter ‘c’, the reverse always applies: Deceive, Conceive, Receive, Perceive. #KadunaLanguageClass

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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#KadunaLanguageClass Don’t confuse Invincible with Invisible. Invincible: Too powerful to be defeated. Invisible: Unable to be seen. At the start of this season, Liverpool appeared invincible. The way things are going Arsenal may soon be invisible on the list of EPL clubs.

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“Been” is the past participle of the verb “be”. It’s used for a completed action. “Being” is the present participle of “be”, used for an action in progress. Examples: She has been harassed. She is being harassed. The children have been fed. The children are being fed. 🥰

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3 years

N2,500 per copy. Trust me, it’s worth it.

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Barka da Sallah.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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4 years

Baba, Munir, Mama, Amina. We hope your day is going well.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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4 years

Even if you’re travelling with fifty suitcases, they’re still just luggage. There’s no such word as “luggages” in the English language. #KadunaLanguageClass

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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3 years

Tuwon dawa da miyar kuka. Alhamdulillah.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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3 years

For laughs 👇🏿

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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4 years

I volunteered for the Russian COVID-19 vaccine trials here in Nigeria. I finally received my first shot and I want to let you know that it’s completely safe with иo side effects whatsoeveя, and that I feelshκι χoρoshό я чувствую себя немного странно и я думаю, что вытащ #copied

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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Oga has banned me from going out. #Kulle

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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4 years

Dear Hausa people, We called one another by name before the Arabs came, didn’t we? Let’s see how many authentic Hausa female, male and unisex names (with their meanings where applicable) we can unearth. I’ll start: Tanko, male, one born after girls. Next?

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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3 years

Coming soon...

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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4 years

Caution: Controversial Post. Opinions welcome, but pls no abuse. Dear Young People, Times have changed. With the way the world is unfolding, birth no more than two children, if any at all. If you want a home filled with laughter, there are children in orphanages needing parents.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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If you greet me: “Good morning”, don’t follow it with: “How was your night?” It’s an embarrassing question🙈 You wouldn’t want me to start recounting the details of how my night actually went, would you? 🙊 I think not. Ask me instead: Did you sleep well? #KadunaLanguageClass

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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4 years

The grandchildren keep coming. Alhamdulillah.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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3 years

#KadunaLanguageClass Please when I correct your grammar, know that I mean no harm. I make mistakes too. Please feel free to correct me when I do. That way, we'll learn from one another. Apologies to anyone that has been offended, and to those that may be in the future.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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That first full stop should be a comma, and that last comma should be a full stop. You’re welcome.

oseni rufai

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To boost made in Nigeria cars.The presidential fleet must be only made in Nigeria cars. The Chancellor of Germany doesn’t drive a made in Nigeria car, Our leaders must support our own.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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4 years

Barka da Sallah. I've sent your Sallah meat by DHL. Tracking Number: Hush419Pup.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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3 years

Hooray! Today is World Adoption Day. Please adopt a child if you can. Thank you in advance.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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5 years

Turned 59 today.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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4 years

After weeks of wracking my brain, this is my best effort at the Don’t Leave Me Challenge. So, please be kind. “If Ellen Degeneres loses 80% of her viewers, can we say her show has degenerated?”

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When your Mama writes a book

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Jiya ba yau ba.

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4 years

The words below are homophones. They're pronounced the same, but have different meanings: rain rein reign When the reign of the king was brought to an end, people could not rein in their anger and so resorted to raining abuses on those that dethroned him. #KadunaLanguageClass

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3 years

#KadunaLanguageClass

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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4 years

Keep reading. Keep learning.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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4 years

If you don't like what I tweet, just waka pass. Don't tell me what I should write on my TL. It's my account, not yours. #MyTLmyChoice

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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3 years

Finally!

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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4 years

I can see how my tweet may have come across, and I apologise to those who were offended by it. I say, once again, that I’d never condone sexual abuse in any shape or form.

Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

@hadizel

4 years

When I posted the tweet below, I assumed it was just the usual Twitter gbas-gbos. Having read the tweets chronologically, I have had conversations with Bello. Never ever should sexual abuse be employed as ammunition in public/ private exchanges, no matter the provocation.

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Good evening, my people. Barka da yamma Mgbede oma E ka a ale

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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British English Vs American English Amongst Vs Among Whilst Vs While Learnt Vs Learned Leapt Vs Leaped Adviser Vs Advisor Favour Vs Favor Labour Vs Labor Neighbour Vs Neighbor There's also Nigerian English. But in #KadunaLanguageClass , we go with British English.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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My man is not stingy. Just prudent.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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4 years

Please don’t send me your account details. I’m giving my Zakat in one chunk to a group l trust that will go out tomorrow and Wednesday to buy and distribute foodstuff house to house.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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I’ve been to Korea, China and the West Indies. Now I’m back home. #TravelByReading # StaySafe

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3 years

My boys and I

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4 years

If you’re at a wedding, don’t say: “Congratulations to the newly wedded couples.” Say instead: “Congratulations to the newly wedded couple.” One bride + one groom = one couple. But if you’re at a mass wedding in Kano, you can congratulate the happy couples. #KadunaLanguageClass

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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We’ve got the grassroots. You can keep the cyberspace.

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Hi People, I’m back! Novel still not finished, but what the ***

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3 years

Once upon a time...

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Hello everyone. This is my first tweet in so many months. God, how I missed Twitter. BTW, I’m not defying the authorities. I’m outside the country. Looking forward to utilizing the opportunity.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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Don’t say: “I casted my vote yesterday.” The past tense of ‘cast’ is ‘cast’. 40,000 votes were cast yesterday. #KadunaLanguageClass

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Still on homophones. These are words that have the same pronunciation, but are spelt differently and have different meanings: •right •write •rite I am looking for the right person to write a book about the Hajj, an Islamic rite of personal devotion. #KadunaLanguageClass

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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3 years

I’m just posing o. I can’t play the guitar to save my life.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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4 years

A barber cuts your hair. He does not ‘barb’ your hair. The word ‘barb’ is a noun that has nothing to do with human hair. But since we Nigerians (pop. 200m) insist that ‘barb’ is a verb, who are the English (pop. 66m) to say otherwise? #KadunaLanguageClass

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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Don’t say: “He jumped into conclusions.” ‘Conclusions’ is not a ditch that one can jump into. Say instead: “He jumped to conclusions.” #KadunaLanguageClass

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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What I tweet about is my choice. Do l tell anyone what to write on their TL? It's so easy for many who don't really care to tweet fake compassion #politics #hypocrisy Those of us who care do more than Tweet.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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#KadunaLanguageClass #Revision BEEN is the past participle of the verb BE. BEING is its present participle. BEEN is used for a completed action. BEING is used for an action in progress. BEEN goes with ‘has’ ‘have’ and ‘had’. BEING goes with ‘is’ ‘are’ ‘was’ and ‘were’.

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As we want a better Nigeria, Nigeria itself wants better Nigerians.

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Hadiza Isma El-Rufai

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4 years

The last letters in each of the following “English” words are silent. Vis-à-vis: ‘vizɑvi’ Debris: ‘debree’ Debut: ‘debu’ Duvet: ‘duve’ Faux pas: ‘fo pa’ The English borrowed these words from French. Don’t ask me when they plan to return them. #KadunaLanguageClass

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If not for the name, I'd tweet If not for the age I'd March #JustAPoem

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Don’t say: “Be rest assured…” You can be assured. You can rest assured. But you cannot “be rest assured”.

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Yay! 85,000 followers. This time, I’m definitely NOT tagging @Omojuwa and @DrJoeAbah . Every additional 5,000 followers (trolls included) will be celebrated. Oya, let’s go! #MyTLmyChoice #SayNoToCyberbullies

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