Tag: Genocide claims

“Christian Genocide’ allegation propaganda to destabilise Tinubu’s Govt.” – Remi Tinubu

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Remi Tinubu on genocide

The First Lady, Remi Tinubu, has dismissed growing international claims of a Christian genocide in Nigeria as “propaganda” designed to undermine the administration of her husband, Bola Tinubu. Speaking during separate engagements in the United States, Mrs. Tinubu said the narrative of systematic killing of Christians was exaggerated and politically motivated, insisting that it resurfaced after the Federal Government stabilised the nation’s troubled economy. In an interview on Thursday, the First Lady said her trip to the U.S. was partly to “clarify recent hype on social media that there is…

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‘FG commiting genocide in Niger Delta’ – PANDEF 

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PANDEF on N'Delta

The Niger-Delta apex socio-cultural organisation, (PANDEF), has accused the Federal Government of systematically committing genocide in the region. .Its spokesman, Chief Ominimini Obiuwevbi raised the concern in a media chat with members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ughelli Correspondents Chapel, Delta State, stating that decades of oil pollution and Government failure to remediate its effect leading to untold hardship, diseases, and death. Obiuwevbi said, ineptitude by the Federal Government, its continued denial, neglect, and inadequate compensation to improve the lives of the Niger Delta people from the effect…

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Genocide debate: MURIC accuses media of sidelining Muslims 

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MURIC accuses media

The Muslim Rights Concern, (MURIC), has accused Nigerian media organisations of refusing to give Muslims a chance to speak in recent discussions about alleged attacks on Christians in the country. The group’s Executive Director, Professor Is’haq Akintola, stated yesteday that many newspapers, radio stations, and TV platforms only interview Christian clerics and ignore Muslim scholars who should also explain their side of the story. According to him, Muslims are being portrayed negatively because only one group is being heard. He said this is unfair and unprofessional, asking: “When will Muslims…

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“Insurgents  kill more Muslims than Christians” – Miyetti Allah

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Miyetti Allah

…Says there’s genocide in Nigeria National President of the Miyetti-Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, (MACBAN), Baba Ngelzarma, has said insurgents have killed more Muslims than Christians in Nigeria. Ngelzarma disclosed this while admitting that there is genocide in Nigeria. In a published interview yesterday, the MACBAN national chairman said any herdsmen seen with dangerous weapons such as AK-47 are criminals.  He said: “Insurgents have killed more Muslims than Christians in Nigeria. This issue of genocide, yes there is genocide but genocide against who? “You know that there was a…

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Insecurity: “Let’s not bully Nigeria” – US Congresswoman 

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US Congresswoman

United States Congresswoman, Pramila Jayapal, has asked her colleagues not to bully Nigeria over the ongoing wave of insecurity in the country. Jayapal made the call Wednesday, at the US Congress Public Hearing on Nigeria as a ‘Country of Particular Concern’ CPC, which is investigating Trump’s redesignation of the country. She was reacting to President Donald Trump’s threat of military action in Nigeria if the killing of Christians does not end. She stressed that Trump’s threat to intervene militarily violates both U.S. law and international norms: “Any unilateral military action…

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New documents reveal Biafra lobby’s role in shaping Trump’s Nigeria policy

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Trump’s Nigeria policy2

Newly released U.S. Department of Justice filings show that pro-Biafra advocacy groups played a significant role in pushing U.S. President Donald Trump to label Nigeria a ‘Country of Particular Concern’. According to the documents, organisations linked to the “United States of Biafra” — including the Biafra Republic Government in Exile — lobbied U.S. conservatives by framing Biafra’s cause as a defence of Christians and a counterweight to China’s influence in Africa. The groups, registered under FARA, targeted Trump-aligned policymakers. U.S. Senator Ted Cruz amplified these claims in a video on…

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Kebbi officials reject ‘Christian target’ claims in schoolgirl abduction

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Kebbi officials on ‘Christian target’ claims

…As US voices condemn Nigeria killings The United States (U.S) intensified its criticism of Nigeria’s security crisis on Tuesday, as top US figures – including UN Ambassador Michael Waltz and American musician Nicki Minaj – decried what they described as targeted attacks on Christians.  However, in Kebbi State, local authorities pushed back strongly against claims by a US lawmaker that a recent school attack was religiously motivated. Speaking at a UN event on global religious freedom, titled: “Combatting Religious Violence and the Killing of Christians in Nigeria”, Ambassador Waltz labelled…

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U.S. Congress divided, as Trump pushes military option over alleged ‘christian genocide’ in Nigeria

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U.S. Congress divided

Tensions are rising in Washington over President Donald Trump’s proposed intervention in Nigeria, following a new congressional resolution condemning what sponsors call the “persecution of Christians” in the West African nation. Representative Riley Moore, who chairs Trump’s investigative committee on religious persecution in Nigeria, introduced the resolution on Friday, pledging support for the president’s plan to “end the slaughter.” The resolution, titled: “Condemning the persecution of Christians in Nigeria and supporting President Donald Trump in taking decisive action to end the existential threat that persecuted Christians face in Nigeria”, urges…

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Genocide claims: Trump threatens “fast, vicious” strike on Nigeria

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Tinubu pledges

…As Tinubu pledges diplomatic response, vows to defeat terrorism The United States (U.S.) has drawn up military plans for possible strikes in northern Nigeria after President Donald Trump renewed threats against President Bola Tinubu’s government, accusing it of allowing the “mass killing of Christians”. According to The New York Times, the U.S. Africa Command has presented three options to the White House. The “heavy option” involves sending an aircraft carrier group to the Gulf of Guinea and launching air strikes deep into northern Nigeria. The “medium option” would use Predator…

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Trump’s threat: “Nigeria ready to work with US, other countries to wipe out terrorists” – FG

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FG on Trump’s threat

The Federal Government has said Nigeria is willing to work with the United States (US) and other countries to wipe out remnants of terrorists and criminal elements in Nigeria. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, stated this during a world press conference in Abuja yesterday. While acknowledging that Nigeria is faced with insecurity challenges, he clarified that it is not targeted at any religion or group, as peddled by faulty data. He said in the last two years, President Bola Tinubu has deepened his commitment to dealing with…

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