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EU Parliament: Buhari Overseeing The Killing Of Christians

January 19, 2020 6:07 pm

The allegations against this current administration under Buhari by various organizations and individuals of working hard to Islamize Nigeria is no more just an allegation as the European Parliament has made a categorical statement on that, accusing the president of overseeing the killing of Christians, this is according to a new report released by the body.

The European Parliament which is the legislative branch of the European Union, accused President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration of overseeing the persecution of Christians in the Northern part of Nigeria where Sharia law is in practice.

 

In the new report released on January …

Military Sack Bayelsa Community Over Killing Of 4 Navy

January 18, 2020 7:12 am

Gunmen ambushed and killed four soldiers and a civilian in Nigeria’s oil-rich south, local sources said Wednesday, breaking months of uneasy calm after unrest over the distribution of the country’s oil revenues and forcing a military retaliation.

Armed men ambushed the military contingent in the Ekeremor waterways area of Bayelsa State as they returned from an assignment in the Letugbene community on Monday.

The gunmen, who outnumbered the soldiers, forced the servicemen to surrender, marched them to a creek, executed them and stole their weapons and military gear.

A civilian boat driver with the military detachment attempted to escape but …

Killing Of Christians: HURIWA Takes Case To Pope, Trump

January 15, 2020 2:18 pm
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, said it has resolved to petition the head of the Catholic Church in the Vatican and the President of the United States of America on the spate of what it called well-coordinated armed invasions of churches and Christian dormitories by suspected armed Islamists and bandits that have made Kaduna state the epicenter of these extensively coordinated attacks against Christians.

HURIWA has urged the two global leaders to compel President Muhammadu Buhari and governor Malam Nassir El’ Rufai of Kaduna state, to stop the siege and systematic genocidal killings of Christians in

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Trump Attacks Democrats For Opposing Killing Of Soleimani

January 14, 2020 5:25 am

The United States, US, President, Donald Trump, has condemned Democrats for faulting his decision to order the killing of General Qassem Soleimani.

Trump stated that Soleimani was killed due to his horrible past, hence analysis of the deceased intended future plan was unnecessary.

Democrats had faulted Trump’s decision to kill Soleimani.

However, Trump yesterday in a tweet wrote: “The Fake News Media and their Democrat Partners are working hard to determine whether or not the future attack by terrorist Soleimani was “eminent” or not, and was my team in agreement.

“The answer to both is a strong YES, but …

Canada Finally Reveals Who Shot Down Plane, Killing 176

January 10, 2020 5:57 am
Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau has revealed that it was actually Iran’s missile that shot down the Ukrainian airliner with 176 passengers on board

He said that evidence indicates an Iranian missile downed the jetliner on Wednesday, adding that the strike “may have been unintentional”.

According to the Prime Minister, Canadian and allied intelligence carried out the investigation.

He said it appeared it was a surface-to-air missile that struck the plane.

“We have intelligence from multiple sources, including our allies and our own intelligence. The evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile,” Trudeau told

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Trump Reveals Real Reason He Ordered Killing Of Soleimani

January 10, 2020 5:52 am
US President Donald Trump on Thursday explained his decision to order the drone strike that killed Iranian General, Qassem Soleimani.

He stated that the head of Iran’s Quds Force was planning an attack on the U.S. embassy in Iraq.

“They were looking to blow up our embassy. We caught a total monster”, Trump told reporters at the White House.

He said Soleimani, who commanded Iran special operations forces and Iranian allied militias in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon “had more than that particular embassy in mind”.

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Trump added that he

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Soleimani Killing: Iraq Demands Justice From UN Over Attack

January 7, 2020 1:31 pm

Iraq, through its United Nations Ambassador Mohammed Hussein Bahr Aluloom, has sent a message to the United Nations’ Security Council, asking it to condemn America’s raid that killed Qussem Soleimani.

Maj.-Gen. Soleimani, Commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, was killed in a US airstrike on his convoy at Baghdad airport on Friday rising the tension of another World War.

Read Also: The Deadly U.S Drone That Killed Soleimani

The airstrike, which was an order from US President, Donald Trump, has since generated a lot of controversies and reactions from world leaders.

The Ambassador urged the …

Sani Speaks On Muslims ‘Backing’ Killing Of Christians

December 29, 2019 3:58 am
Shehu Sani, a former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central District at the National Assembly, has said that the murderous conducts of the Islamic State, IS, do not portray the ideology and thoughts of Muslims.

According to him, such inhuman actions should be condemned across all religions.

THISDAY reported that Christian captives were executed by the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) during the week.

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The execution has been condemned both international and local bodies, while some people have also totally assign the responsibility for the unfortunate situation to the Muslims.

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Wizkid Reacts To Police Shooting, Killing Of Fan At Fest

December 27, 2019 3:36 pm
Popular Nigerian singer, Wizkid has reacted to the report of police sergeant shooting a fan dead in Lagos.

Reports and videos on Friday morning emerged on social media of a boy allegedly shot by operatives of Nigerian police after ‘Starboyfest’ which held at Eko Atlantic center.

The police Identified as Sergeant Lukmon Akanbi was said to have shot and killed Mr Ramon Babatunde Ramon who was coming from Wizkid’s show

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The incident happened on 27/12/2019 at about 0420 around Eko Atlantic Victoria Island, Lagos.

It was learnt that the incident happened during

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Boko Haram/ISWAP: UN Reacts To Killing Of Travellers

December 24, 2019 7:04 am

Boko Haram/ISWAP: UN reacts The United Nations (UN) has reacted to the killing of travellers by Boko Haram in Borno State.

NAN had reported that the sect members on Sunday at Burimari village between Monguno and Gajiram mounted a roadblock where they attacked their victims.

A similar attack occurred at the Babbangida-Gashua-Damaturu axis when suspected fighters of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) Sunday attempted to infiltrate Damaturu, Yobe.

The UN Humanitarian Office in Nigeria, in a statement signed by Antonio Jose Canhandula, condemned the violent incidents and the increasing practice by armed groups to set up

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Decades On Soviet Bombs Still Killing People In Afghanistan

December 15, 2019 3:09 pm

Gholam Mahaiuddin sighs softly as he thinks of his 14-year-old son, who was killed in the spring by a bomb dropped last century in the hills of Bamiyan province in central Afghanistan.

“We knew the mountain was dangerous,” said Mahaiuddin, who found his son’s remains after he didn’t come home one day.

“We were aware of mines but we could not find them. They were buried in the soft sand after the rain.”

Forty years after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan — and three decades since the conflict ended — the war’s legacy continues to claim lives across the country.…

A Man Jailed In Abuja For Killing A Cow – Femi Fani-Kayode

December 14, 2019 4:25 pm

The former Minister of Aviation, Nigeria, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode writes about the importance the Nigerian government places on cattle’s lives and how they impartially protect herdsmen on his verified Facebook page .

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“A man has been jailed in Abuja for killing a cow that strayed on his land. Meanwhile Fulani herdsmen who kill others and take their land go free.”

“Ten steps forward, twenty steps back. That is the story of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the whole world is moving forward.”

 

Chief Femi Fani-Kayode…

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