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Burob:
Ironically don’t even know any of the songs mentioned.

For all we know it could be Taylor Swift, or Bad Bunny, don’t know any of their songs either with all their streaming success.

If na Wu-Tang CREAM that I know.

His hit single “Remember” emerged as the most-streamed song in Nigeria, while “Lonely at the Top” also secured a place among the platform’s top five most-played tracks nationwide.

Kukutente23:
Oh ok
If that's the case that shows low confidence in the system from enlightened voters who are less prone to inducement
That's not a good thing and that can't be blamed on opposition either

Kukutente23:
Most of the votes in Abuja come from rural areas?
Are you sure

I haven't been on twitter today - but someone brought a few of my old tweets to my attention and I can't not address it.

14 years ago, I was 23, so I was definitely not a child. I'm not here to make excuses because I don't have anything to make excuses for. What I can't let anyone do is twist my story to fit false narratives.

In 2012, I lived and helped out at my mom's daycare while I was hustling my music. I tweeted everything that happened in my life, as we all did at the time. Kids can be mischievous. If a child did something I found funny, I tweeted about it. Kids are cute and lovable. I want to hug, kiss and cuddle them. I tweet about it. Nothing I tweeted was from perversion.

I was not famous, so maybe if I was, I would have understood that anything is open to whatever interpretation including being used falsely by a faceless mob. I've never been depraved in my life. You can retweet all the tweets in the world about me loudly crushing on people I admire/d. Or being a cheeky young woman. I wasn't trying to hide it, because I don't have anything to hide.

My team has been deleting some of my tweets because of how sensitive it is for my family. To be honest, I did not want to. I have always spoken against rape and sexual assault even before you knew I existed. It's not a costume I'm wearing, it's who I am. I've never claimed to be perfect. I've never claimed to know everything. I said stop raping women. I stand by it.

Walida’s parents not ready for reconciliation – Youth Assembly

Mohamed Salihu Danlami is the Speaker of the Arewa Youth Assembly (AYM). He explains their role in the Walida case in this interview.

What brought you to the DSS office?


I had a call one morning from the DSS that I should come to their office and when I came, I met my friend here, who is from the National Youth Council of Nigeria, and he briefed me on what we were called for. I was asked if I knew anything about this matter, I said, no, I only read it on Daily Trust. So fortunatelywhen we went to the room that day, the girl in question (Walida) was there. So we had the opportunity to interview the girl in Hausa and English.

Have you met her parents?


Yes, we met her parents during our last meeting here.

Who and who among her parents?


Her father and his brother, Badamasi, they came with two lawyers. We were all here together with them. And the meeting was adjourned to today, Thursday because when we were talking, they said, okay, let's come to a conclusion on the welfare of the girl and her daughter. And one of the lawyers, Kabiru, stood and although the girl spoke well, he said he does not think the girl is in her right mental state and recommended medical examination on the girl. So that was why the whole issue was adjourned until today. We went for the medical examination conducted by NMA.

You were there when the examination was carried out?

Yes, I was there. I also met a lady from FIDA there.

The result that was read today indicated that she's of sound mind. Why do you think she's resisting to reunite with her parents?

Well, from what she's told us and what she said in front of everybody, including her own parents, what I can pick out is that she's afraid of the consequences of what will happen to her if she goes back home, because her uncle, who she openly introduced as Badamasi, openly told her that it's better to see her dead body, according to her words, than to see her alive in this state with the baby. So she's afraid. She openly said if she goes back to her family at Jigawa, they might put her in a room and burn the room and claim it's an accident.

Have you attempted to talk to the parents?


Yes, the father does not speak English. So what we did that day was to interpret everything to the father, including what the uncle said. The uncle refused to say anything, either to debunk it or to say it's true. He refused to say anything. We asked the father, what he had to say but he said the lawyers are the ones to say everything.

So the parents are not ready to sit down and have a good parley?


They are not here today for us to hear their side of the story. I'm even surprised, because they were the ones who made us come today. Their lawyer was the one who suggested the medical evaluation when we met the last time.

How do you think the problem will be solved?


What we are hoping for is the happiness and the well-being of the girl and her daughter.