By Femi Fani-Kayode Permit me to share a scholarly, revealing and I dare say disturbing intervention which was sent to me by a friend. The author wishes to remain anonymous. He wrote as follows: “The disruptive power of the Hausa-Fulani cabal is a structural reality and will only get... Read more
An indigene of Orlu, Imo State has raised alarm over the alleged killing of an indigene of the community by Nigerian soldiers deployed to the town in the wake of the EndSARS protests which erupted last week and has been raging across Nigeria with soldiers responding with arms in... Read more
The British High Commission in Nigeria has asked the Federal Government of Nigeria led by President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate all incidents associated with the #EndSARS protests including that of Lekki toll gate. The commission in a tweet on Monday evening said it is also concerned over the spate of... Read more
At least 20 people have been killed, including 16 Boko Haram members, when the insurgents attempted to attack a military base in the southern part of Borno State Sunday evening, sources confirmed. The attackers, it was gathered, came around 1640hrs into Damboa town, headquarters of Damboa LGA of the... Read more
A total of 21 people have been killed in unrest in Guinea following a disputed presidential election last week, state television reported on Monday, as international envoys attempted to soothe tensions in the West African nation. The RTG state news channel said that 21 people had been killed since... Read more
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today (October 27, 2020) commemorated the International Religious Freedom (IRF) Day, marking the 22nd anniversary of the signing of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (IRFA). IRFA sought to make religious freedom a priority in U.S. foreign... Read more
In a rather inflammatory tone capable of inciting violence against innocent people on trumped up charges and labels, Chairmen of the 23 Local Government areas of Rivers, including youths in the respective councils have been charged to fish out members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) in... Read more
Muslims are “not persecuted” in France, the French Council of the Muslim Faith said Monday, as a row over radical Islam and freedom of speech pits Muslim nations against Paris. “France is a big country, Muslim citizens are not persecuted, they freely construct their mosques and the freely practise... Read more
Felicien Kabuga, suspected of financing the 1994 Rwandan genocide, has been transferred from France to The Hague to stand trial on charges of genocide, a UN tribunal said Monday. “His initial appearance will be held in due course before a judge of the trial chamber assigned to his case,”... Read more
The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, has described a video that has gone viral, giving quit notice to the Igbo people to leave Yorubaland, as a senseless and one capable of causing destabilisation in country. A group, Young Yoruba for Freedom, in a viral video had told the... Read more
