“Arewa24 TV, a CIA tool to undermine North’s Hausa culture, eroding Islamic values” – Gen. Alwali Kazir (rtd)

Arewa24 TV, a CIA tool1

A retired Nigerian Army General, Kapeh Alwali Kazir (rtd), has stirred debate claiming that Hausa-language broadcaster, Arewa24 is part of a covert foreign agenda aimed at undermining Islamic values and cultural traditions in northern Nigeria. In a widely circulated opinion piece, Kazir alleged that the station operates as a tool of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), asserting that its programming promotes Western ideologies at odds with the region’s religious and moral framework. According to him, the channel—established amid efforts to counter extremist narratives linked to insurgency in the North—serves a…

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