Tag: U.S.A

U.S. Demand: “Tinubu can’t abolish Shari’ah” – Abati

Aminu Imam
Abati on Shari'ah

A former presidential aide and News anchor, Reuben Abati, has said that President Bola Tinubu cannot abolish the Shari’ah Law. One of the recommendations made by the United States delegation is that the Nigerian government do away with Shari’ah law. Many people have suggested that the US is dictating to the Nigerian government. Reacting, Abati said the narrative should be put in proper context. According to him, “What has happened is that on October 31, 2025, President Donald Trump directed Riley Moore, and the committee on appropriation and foreign relations…

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‘?Tinubu’s DSS repeatedly violated Emefiele’s human rights’ – U.S.

Aminu Imam
US on Emefiele

The Department of State Service (DSS) attached to Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu, violated the rights of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele, a report by the United States (U.S.) government has revealed. Recall that Emefiele, who supervised different unfavourable economic reforms and policy in the country’s apex bank, was suspended by Tinubu in June, last year. According to the U.S. annual global report on human rights, during the arrest of Emefiele, a fight broke out between the operatives of the DSS and the Nigerian Correctional Service officers.…

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Israel-Hamas conflict: The unjust UN Security Council structure

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

By: Nurudeen Dauda To start with, in my thought, the “unjust” “structure” or “arrangement” of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is essentially the “reason” that the two- state solutions and other UN resolutions on Israeli-Palestinian conflict is increasingly becoming practically unimplementable.  In my thought, the way the UNSC is structured currently lacks the “objectivity” and the “sense of belonging” to various continental interests in order to function as a body representing global diverse interests. Unless and until this “lopsided” and or “unjust” arrangement is quickly changed the world has…

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Gaza ground offensive: U.S advises Israel to postpone move

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Israeli soldiers on tank

The U.S. has advised Israel to postpone its planned ground offensive in the Gaza Strip against the Hamas organisation, according to local media reports. The U.S. government hopes to obtain more time for negotiations to secure the release of more than 200 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. The aim is to avoid further civilian casualties and to ensure that more humanitarian aid reaches the population in the blockaded Gaza Strip. Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, announced the ground offensive after Hamas killed hundreds of people and kidnapped more than…

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