Year: 2020

The Centre For African Liberation And Socio-Economic Rights (CALSER) has condemned the United States’ blacklist of Nigeria as a religious intolerant nation, describing the report and its intent as subjective.  According to CALSER, the U.S’ assertion is a disservice to Nigeria as it will serve to further aggravate the problems on the ground rather than help.  The centre made this known at a press conference on Friday by its Executive Director, Barrister Ehis Imoukhuede.  Contrary to claims by the United States, the CALSER said members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) or…

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The Igbos in Nigeria Movement (INM) has blamed “political” Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and groups that have showed incurable bias and sympathy for terrorist organisations for the inclusion of Nigeria in the United States’ blacklist for religious intolerance.  The group said it came to this conclusion after a thorough review of the circumstances that led to the inclusion of Nigeria.  In a statement signed by its President, Mazi Ifeanyi Igwe, the Igbo group said the U.S. was misled by the political wing of CAN and groups affiliated to terrorism.  The INM noted that…

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The Young Christian Forum of Nigeria has strongly frowned at the classification of Nigeria as a religious intolerant county by the United States of America. Recall that the United States had blacklisted Nigeria for “engaging (in) systematic, ongoing, egregious religious freedom violations. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the measure via Twitter on Monday, saying his country will continue to act when “religious freedom is attacked”. However, CFN insisted that Nigeria is not a religious intolerant country as asserted by the US under the International Religious Freedom Act of…

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The National Youth Council of Nigeria NYCN and the Coalition of Ethnic Nationalities Youth Leaders of Nigeria, have concluded plans, to host the first ever Nigerian Youth National Peace Confab. This was as the groups, also call for an end to a.renewed wave protests in the country, while urging Nigerian youth to explore the available windows of dialogue, already established aftermath of the #EndSARS protests, which rocked the country, few weeks ago. Speaking at a Press hosted at the Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission headquarters in Abuja, the youth speaking through…

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Whenever the search for false intellectuals, fake news purveyors and insincere characters, who are veterans in the business of opportunism, propaganda and cheap blackmail arises, one name is always resounding, and never found missing on the list, He is, Mr Jackson Ude, a self acclaimed bloger and United States based Abia born expired journalist. Known for his notoriety, in raising false alarms, cheap blackmail and accusations, his latest diatribe, and continued spread of falsehood, titled “OIL MOGUL PAYING BILLIONS IN BRIBE TO SULTAN, EMIR OF DAURA, KINGIBE OTHERS FOR APC…

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President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has so far outdone his predecessor in the fight against insurgency and criminal elements in the country, according to some respected elder statesmen led by Third Republic Senate President, Ameh Ebute.  This was contained in a communique released at the end of a joint meeting of the Council of Elder Statesmen and Patriotic Elders Council of Nigeria on the state of affairs of the nation under President Buhari on Monday and Tuesday in Abuja.   The group said its emergency meeting became imperative to put issues in proper…

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