PRESIDENT BUHARI CELEBRATES KWARA GOVERNOR’S MOTHER AT 90

President Muhammadu Buhari congratulates Alhaji A. G. F. AbdulRazak, SAN and his son AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq, the incumbent Governor of Kwara State on the occasion of the Governor’s mother’s 90th birthday.

The mother of the Governor and wife of the first lawyer in northern Nigeria, Alhaja Raliat Amope AbdulRazaq, a philanthropist and founder of the Raliat Foundation, will be 90 on Tuesday, tomorrow.

President Buhari commends the celebrant for bringing happiness and joy to so many people within and around her community.

He prayed to Allah to grant her many years of service to the family, her community and the nation.

Garba Shehu

Senior Special Assistant to the President

(Media & Publicity)

May 25, 2020

The sad story of how i lost Tim.

My passion for canines was terrific.

The day he became part of th’ family,

the house was chaotic, confused, and hectic,

that none could touch his furry hair, but me.

He was so beautiful. We named him Tim.

but th’ family had big grudges for dogs-

Why? Muslim families are muslim

families– the laws detest hounds and hogs.

But this soon passed. He was unique, maybe

unusual, but young Tim won all their hearts

too quick. They’ll have big quarrels o’er who sees

to his diet, or walks him out to Marts.

This too soon passed. That Sunday in his Kennel,

we met him lying in a pool of blood.

His skull squashed to the wall. He smelled like hell.

No one’d the slightest idea what had trod

that harshly on the lowly dog. I shed

tears, shouted, I complained, blamed every soul.

None knew how much I hated how dogs howl,

so none will know I crushed the puppy’s head. 

• Poem credit: Olawale I. Sanusi. 

A smile

A SMILE

• Cost nothing but achieves a lot
• Harmless to those who give it 
• And pleases those who receive it. 
• Though,  short lived but it's memory is for a long time.