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By Sabiu Abdullahi

A Kano resident, Aishatu Umar, has reportedly died after what her family described as suspected medical negligence following a surgical procedure carried out at the Abubakar Imam Urology Center in Kano State.

Aishatu, who was married with five children, passed away around 1:00 a.m. on Tuesday, according to a Facebook post by a family member, Abubakar Mohammed.

In the post, Mohammed said Aishatu had fallen ill several months ago and underwent surgery at the specialist hospital in September.

He stated that after the operation, she began to experience persistent and severe abdominal pain.

According to the account, Aishatu reportedly returned to the hospital on several occasions to complain about her condition. Mohammed claimed that during these visits, she was given only pain-relief medication, while the cause of her suffering remained undiagnosed.

He further alleged that medical tests and scans were eventually conducted just two days before her death. The results, he said, revealed that a pair of scissors had been left inside her body during the September surgery.

“The woman you see here is Aishatu Umar. She was a sister in-law to me, She passed away yesterday around 1:00 AM. She is survived by her husband and five children,” Mohammed wrote.

He added: “Just two days ago, tests and scans were finally conducted, revealing that a pair of scissors had been left inside her body during the September operation.”

Mohammed said preparations were being made to carry out a corrective surgery on Tuesday, but Aishatu died before the procedure could take place.

He described the incident as “pure negligence” and called on relevant authorities to investigate the matter.

“Is this not pure negligence? Truly, every soul has its appointed time, but how can professional doctors forget scissors inside a patient?” he wrote.

The family has called on the Kano State Government and health regulatory bodies to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death and take appropriate action, while also demanding justice for the deceased.

As of the time of filing this report, the management of the Abubakar Imam Urology Center and the Kano State Ministry of Health had not issued an official statement on the allegation.

By Abdullahi Mukhtar Algasgaini

Prominent Islamic cleric Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Abubakar Gumi has filed a criminal complaint at the Kaduna State Chief Magistrate Court against two Facebook users for alleged defamation and death threats.

The case, filed on December 24, 2025, targets individuals identified as George Udom and Bello Isiaka. It stems from a Facebook post dated December 23, which falsely attributed a violent statement to Gumi, threatening the family of Defence Minister Christopher Musa if military action against bandits continued.

Through his lawyer, Suleiman Danlami Lere, Esq., Gumi denied ever making the statement, saying the post was fabricated to frame him as a terrorist sponsor and endanger his safety.

The complaint cites sections of the Kaduna State Penal Code 2017, which carry serious penalties for criminal defamation, incitement, and threats.

Gumi’s legal team stated the false portrayal maligns his reputation as a peace advocate and could make him a target.

They issued a stern warning to social media users: “The era of hiding behind a smartphone to destroy the reputation of others is over. The law will find you.”

The case serves as a legal notice against online defamation and false publication.

By Musab Isah Mafara, PhD

As you regularly use social media, it’s important to understand that many individuals post misguided or controversial opinions, images, and videos with specific intentions. They seek attention and engagement, aiming to drive traffic and, subsequently, revenue to their profiles.

Social media monetisation has become an attainable goal for all. In pursuing fame and financial gain, some users compromise their dignity and reputation–assuming these were valued in the first place–by posting provocative content meant to ignite heated debates.

For example, people might post movie reviews/clip without captions, prompting viewers to ask for the movie’s name, thereby increasing comment counts. Others might upload videos criticizing a religious group, knowing it will provoke members of that group to share the video, thus boosting its reach and view count. The opposition might watch to refute these criticisms, further amplifying the content.

And then you have the annoying ones who share harmful content they claim not to agree with, under the guise of correcting misinformation. You also have celebrities and influencers who post videos of themselves doing or saying things specifically designed to get people talking about them.

Unfortunately, even some ‘Shaikhs’–or their handlers–have been drawn into this trend of attention-seeking posts aimed at drawing crowds and potentially monetising in the long run. While there’s nothing inherently wrong with scholars monetising their social media presence–indeed, it could offer financial independence and protection from undue influence by sects, benefactors, or governments–they must tread carefully.

Managing a page, especially if done personally by an Islamic scholar, poses the risk of succumbing to vanity or showmanship. Although only Allah truly knows one’s intentions, people can sometimes infer motives from the content of posts, which might damage a scholar’s credibility among followers or, worse, lead to ‘Riya‘ (showing off for praise). May Allah guide our intentions to be sincere and protect us from ‘Riya‘.

There is nothing wrong with using social media to gain followers and earn from what you share on your profile, but the content should align with what is permissible (halal). Although halal content might not ‘sell’ well online, as Muslims, we cannot justify the means by the ends and post whatever we like just to make it.

Focus on sharing religious teachings, educational materials, skills, recipes, analysis of issues, and any useful knowledge relevant to people’s daily lives. Share what will benefit people in their everyday interactions or what will bring them closer to Allah. Your actions could lead to one of these outcomes:

1. A reward from Allah alone.

2. Financial rewards from platforms like Facebook, TikTok, or others.

3. Both a reward from Allah and financial compensation.

4. Neither a reward nor financial benefit, if the intention is not right and you couldn’t meet the requirements of the platform, but likely no sin incurred.

However, if you promote impermissible (haram) content, you must understand the consequences. You’ll be accountable for the sin not just for yourself but for everyone who encounters that content through you, directly or indirectly, until the end of time. The Prophet (SAW) said:

ومن سنَّ في الإسلام سنَّة سيئة فعليه وزرها ووزر من عمل بها من بعده من غير أن ينقص من أوزارهم شيء

“And whoever introduces a bad practice in Islam that is followed after him, there is upon him the sin of it and the sin of those who act upon it after him, without that diminishing their sins in any way.”

Don’t be a means to a sinful act.

Furthermore, even if you’re not directly sharing harmful content, you can help reduce its spread by not engaging with it. Unfollow pages that offer nothing but this kind of material. When necessary, address issues on your own wall without linking back to the harmful content or commenting on the page where it was posted. Additionally, hide or unfollow accounts that thrive on harmful materials. Often, it only takes a click of the 3 dots against a post and choosing ‘Not Interested.’

By Uzair Adam Meta

Meta removed approximately 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria that attempted to engage in financial sextortion scams, mostly targeting adult men in the United States.

Nigerian online fraudsters, known as “Yahoo boys”, are notorious for scams that range from passing themselves off as people in financial need or Nigerian princes offering an outstanding return on an investment.

Meta, in a statement on Wednesday, said the removed accounts included a smaller coordinated network of around 2,500 that were linked to a group of around 20 individuals.

“They targeted primarily adult men in the U.S. and used fake accounts to mask their identities,” Meta said.

In sexual extortion, or “sextortion”, people are threatened with the release of compromising photos, either real or faked, if they do not pay to stop them.

The Daily Reality gathered that investigation showed that the majority of the scammers’ attempts were unsuccessful and although mostly targeting adults, there were also attempts against minors, which Meta reported to the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children in the U.S.

The company said it had used a combination of new technical signals developed to help identify sex extortion.

Nigeria’s scammers became known as “419 scams” after the section of the national penal code that dealt – ineffectively – with fraud.

As economic hardships worsen in the country of more than 200 million people, online scams have grown, with those behind them operating from university dormitories, shanty suburbs or affluent neighbourhoods.

Meta said some accounts were providing tips for conducting scams.

“Their efforts included offering to sell scripts and guides to use when scamming people, and sharing links to collections of photos to use when populating fake accounts,” it said.

By Uzair Adam Imam

Vietnamese authorities have apprehended 20 individuals accused of orchestrating a widespread scheme to steal and commandeer tens of thousands of Facebook accounts, both domestically and internationally, reports state media. 

The operation yielded a staggering profit of nearly $4 million.

The group stands accused of creating and disseminating malware to seize control of over 25,000 high-value business accounts, as detailed by VNExpress. 

Cybersecurity police conducted raids across key locations, including Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Nam Dinh province, throughout April, resulting in the arrests.

The alleged mastermind, 31-year-old Dang Dinh Son, purportedly procured a malware source worth $1,200 to pilfer Facebook user credentials. 

According to state media, Son, who hails from Nam Dinh province, reportedly utilized this malicious software to hijack two popular Facebook fan pages associated with photo editing platforms: “Art Bay AI” and “Evoto Studio.”

Their modus operandi involved enticing Facebook users to download an application embedded with malware, subsequently compromising their devices. 

The stolen data was then funnelled to a server controlled by Son, who distributed it to five Telegram groups, facilitating the hijacking of user accounts by his accomplices.

The cybercrime syndicate profited by selling high-value Facebook accounts, while lower-value accounts were exploited for advertising purposes on e-commerce platforms, generating significant revenue. 

It’s reported that the accused collectively amassed $3.8 million from their illicit activities.

According to Statista, Vietnam ranked seventh globally in terms of Facebook users as of April, boasting a user base of 75.3 million.

By Sabiu Abdullahi 

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram, faced a widespread outage today, disrupting access to its popular social media platforms worldwide.

Internal system failures within Meta are believed to be responsible for the outage, leaving millions of users unable to log in or refresh their feeds.  

Users across the globe experienced difficulties accessing Meta’s Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram platforms as the tech giant grappled with a significant outage on Tuesday.

The outage, believed to have been triggered by internal system failures, resulted in frustration for users unable to access their accounts or engage with the platforms. 

Reports indicate that users were forcibly logged out of their Facebook and Messenger accounts and encountered issues logging back in, despite inputting correct credentials.

Similarly, Instagram users experienced difficulties refreshing their feeds, rendering the platforms unusable for many.

By Ishaka Mohammed

Meta’s instant messenger, WhatsApp, has allowed Android users to have two active accounts on one phone.

The Daily Reality confirmed the development after accessing a Facebook post by one Pal Kelly Media.

Recall that on October 19, 2023, the Chief Executive Officer of Meta Platforms, Mark Zuckerberg, revealed the company’s intention to enable multiple WhatsApp accounts on Android.

WhatsApp also reported the same in a blog post guiding users on how to add a new account. Part of the post reads as follows:

“Today, we’re introducing the ability to have two WhatsApp accounts on Android logged in at the same time. Helpful for switching between accounts – such as your work and personal – now you no longer need to log out each time, carry two phones or worry about messaging from the wrong place.

“To set up a second account, you will need a second phone number and SIM card or a phone that accepts multi-SIM or eSIM. Simply open your WhatsApp settings, click on the arrow next to your name, and click ‘Add account’. You can control your privacy and notification settings on each account.”

However, users are required to update their WhatsApp to enable them to access the new feature.

By Ahmad Deedat Zakari

The CEO of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, has announced new improvements and features to the messaging app WhatsApp. 

Mr Zuckerberg made the announcement in a Facebook post on Thursday. 

According to him, Meta has launched Communities on WhatsApp. 

He further explained that the Communities make groups better by enabling sub-groups, multiple threads, announcement channels and more. 

He also said WhatsApp is rolling out polls and 32-person video calling.

He said: “Today we’re launching Communities on WhatsApp. It makes groups better by enabling sub-groups, multiple threads, announcement channels, and more. We’re also rolling out polls and 32-person video calling too. All secured by end-to-end encryption, so your messages stay private.”

By Muhammad Sabiu

Users of WhatsApp, a famous messaging application, will start enjoying a feature that will allow them to exit from a group unnoticed.

This was announced by Mr Zuckerberg, the Chief Executive Officer of Meta (the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram), via his verified Facebook handle.

Another feature that will be available on the application is that users will enjoy disallowing their contacts from taking screenshots of their messages on view.

He said, “New privacy features coming to WhatsApp: exit group chats without notifying everyone, control who can see when you’re online, and prevent screenshots on view once messages.”

Assuring the company’s commitment to privacy, he said his company would keep building new ways to protect users’ messages and keep them as private and secure as one-on-one conversations.

By Ibrahim Sulaiman Jama’are

On Wednesday, 15th June 2022, two of my Facebook friends, Ahmad Muhammad Danyaro and Abdullahi Barau Azare, tagged me in a trending post that that one association called Jama’are Emirate Youth Forum (JEYF), awarded a popular Hausa political musician, Alh. Dauda Kahutu Rarara a “Certificate of Excellent” (don’t mind the grammar). The group added that “In recognize in your (that’s the awardee) tremendous effort and exceptional commitment towards development of humanity” (I beg for your pardon on the poor grammar).

Based on my search on Facebook, the story on this issue was first broken by Ibrahim  Sanyi-Sanyi (who I follow), whose post seemed to be earlier than that of the purported chairman of the forum, Rabiu A Umar (who happens to be my Facebook friend too).

My dismay was minified by the comments on the Facebook wall of Ibrahim Sanyi-Sanyi by his followers, many of whom (thank God) suspected the forum to be fake and, of course, created and formed for the purpose. 

Though there is naturally nothing wrong with conferring an award on any person who contributed toward the development of any community, the question remains: in what way did Rarara contribute to the development of Jama’are Emirate?. Many groups in Jama’are have a history of giving awards to personalities that excelled in different areas of endeavour and contributed to the Emirate’s development (which is normal and obtainable in many places). 

It is a source of concern that churning out such awards to personalities not known for delivering any community services is a spoof that will do a great disservice in future. 

The public should note that JEYF is not a registered association by any institution at the local government or state levels. Traditionally, such associations are registered with the desk officer of clubs and associations at the local government Social Welfare Office. Also, local clubs usually have patrons, typically elderly, who advise and guide members on what to do.  JEYF neither to has no one and no in the registry of the LG.   

I would naturally not write this if the awardee was, say, Aminu Bagwai, another famous Hausa singer. For quite a long time, he has been a friend and, of course, a frequent visitor to Jama’are and who had a dedicated song for Jama’are town, a headquarters of Jama’are Emirate.

On a serious note, from all indications, Rarara might have been a victim of ‘Yan-wanki’ impostors parading themselves as representatives of Jama’are Emirate Youths. The carelessness with which the certificate is written in quite mangled English indicates that this group does not represent us. It is an obvious fact that every casual observer can glean. 

Ibrahim Sulaiman Jama’are is a concerned citizen of Jama’are. He wrote from Abuja via ibrahimsulaiman193@gmail.com.