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Islam: No Justice for Victims of Blasphemy Killings in Nigeria?

November 5, 2016 | by Leo Igwe | 0 Comments

A court in Kano state in Northern Nigeria has acquitted five persons who were arrested in connection with the killing of a Christian female trader, Bridget Agbahime, from Southern Nigeria. She was murdered on June 2 at Kofai Wambai market after some exchanges with some Muslims. Her killers attacked her with dangerous weapons and slit […] Read more

Kannywood, ‘Talibanic’ Islam in Nigeria: I’m With Rahma Sadau, Are you?

October 7, 2016 | by Leo Igwe | 0 Comments

Conservative Muslim clerics are ‘up in arms’ again. This time against artists and the art industry in Nigeria. Their target is a young female artist named Rahma Sadau this time. Muslim clerics banned the Nigerian actress from the Hausa language film industry, Kannywood, because she hugged and cuddled a male artist in a video. Yes, […] Read more

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