Author Archives: Maryam Ado

About Maryam Ado

An amateur writer that writes about everything that flows from her heart down to the tips of her fingers. Anything. Everything. Something.

GRIEF AND THE MANY QUESTIONS IT ASKS

Posted on March 5, 2024 by Maryam Ado

Grief is a heavy burden that we all must bear at some point in our lives. It is a storm that sweeps through our hearts, leaving wreckage in its wake, demanding answers, nagging and nagging and nagging. The weight of … Continue reading →

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A EULOGY TO THE QUEEN MOTHER, HUSSAINA A’ISHA NAKOM ADAMU

Posted on June 1, 2021 by Maryam Ado

If anyone had told me I would be writing a tribute to my mum just three weeks ago, I would’ve used the favorite rebuttal phrase of every Nigerian; “GOD FORBID” but here we are. You see, God forbids bad things … Continue reading →

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OH DEATH. Tribute to Arc. Mohammed Arabo Abba by Mahmoud M Bello

Posted on August 23, 2020 by Maryam Ado

Oh Death!!! The past 3 weeks has been the worst of my life as far as my mind can accurately remember. In fact, the whole of 2020 till date has been from one calamity to the other. January I thought … Continue reading →

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‘DA NA KOWA NE

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Maryam Ado

There’s an old adage in Hausa that says “da na kowa ne” that can loosely translate to “a child belongs to everyone” that permitted all members of society to chip in on the moral and sometimes even the spiritual upbringing … Continue reading →

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‘HOW GOD CREATED_____’ CHALLENGE: IS IT PUSHING IT TOO FAR?

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Maryam Ado

BISMILLAHIR-RAHMANIR-RAHIM. Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh! I’ve seen so many challenges that have disturbed me since the beginning of this stay at home exercise but none has disturbed me as much as this “HOW GOD CREATED” challenge/skits. I keep … Continue reading →

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UNWANTED VISITORS.

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Maryam Ado

Some nights are just held waters waiting to get loose. Not the kind of water that flows from the ground or fall from the sky to rid us of heat and even “wash away our tears”; the kind of water … Continue reading →

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WRITER’S BLOCK OR WRITER’S RUN.

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Maryam Ado

I say everywhere that behind every written piece, there’s some sort of emotion that may or may not be admitted by the writer to have been the trigger Continue reading →

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Fantasies, dreams, and reality.

Posted on May 20, 2017 by Maryam Ado

So, I’ve come to realize over the years that we all sometimes grow into fantasies and illusions of how we want to live our lives and how we want to be seen by the world. Fantasies of how much wealth … Continue reading →

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Don’t get carried away pursuing the ‘success’ of this world. 

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Maryam Ado

​​Often times we get carried away by the life of this dunya that we forget that what truly matters in the end is how beautiful or otherwise our next life turns out to be – THE AKHIRA! I know you’ve … Continue reading →

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Rest in Allah’s rahma (mercy) and nur (light), Conqueror.

Posted on June 12, 2016 by Maryam Ado

I’m at that stage – I have not the words for this great loss. I find consolation in the fact that he lived a good life, touched a lot of lives in many good ways, people have been saying nothing … Continue reading →

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