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Muslim leaders and groups are worried about the worsening insecurity in the country largely due to banditry, kidnapping and insurgency and have called on the government to take drastic actions to address the problem.

The concerns and suggestions are contained in the various Eid-el Fitr messages of the Chief Imam of Lagos State, Sheikh Sulaimon Abou-Nolla; Amir of The Companion, Alhaji Thabit Sonaike; TMC Amir Alhaji Abdul Waasi’i Bangbala and Director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Prof Ishaq Akintola.

Sheikh Sulaimon urged Nigerians to pray to Allah to guide the government on ways to end the insecurity.

He enjoined the Muslim Ummah to observe Eid as it ought to be so as to maximise the rewards therein.

Alhaji Sonaike urged the government to remember that its primary purpose is the welfare and security of citizens.

The armed forces, he said, must recruit fresh personnel to replace the depleted soldiers.

“Also, the Police needs new Officers, better funding and new equipment to meet the challenges of the time. Our ratio of police to citizens must be improved upon to move closer to United Nations recommendation of one police to 400 people,” he said.

Prof Akintola said: “With the projected 377,000 policemen in the country as at today securing a population of 210 million people, Nigeria can only boast of one policeman to every 557 citizens. But that is in theory. In reality, the ratio is poorer than that because more than half of our police population are on special duties trying to secure very important personalities (VIPs). In some cases, more than six policemen are assigned to protect a single official. The theory of ratio 1:557 crashes in the face of this reality… If it is true that cities are conquered by numbers, we recommend the recruitment of at least 25,000 additional policemen and 20,000 soldiers this year 2021 alone with annual recruitment of no less than 20,000 per annum over the next five years in order to overwhelm all criminal and separatist elements.”

Alhaji Bangbala said: “Let us continue to pray for peace and tranquillity in our country and to always act in ways that will engender peace and harmony. Let us remember that a believer does not shed blood unjustly neither does he call to ethnicity. Our moral principle is to relate with our neighbours with peace, mercy and compassion. These are the tenets we must always uphold in our communities.  “Let us be security-conscious at all times and ensure that we protect ourselves from the COVID-19.

President of Ansar -Ud-Deen Society Aare Abdul-Rafiu Sanni also called on governments to address the issue of insecurity of lives and properties, Kidnapping and banditry.

Aare Sanni urged governments to introduce measures that can cushion the effects of economic hardship on the citizenry by reducing tariffs and assisting SME’s in stabilising their businesses in order to minimize likely loss of jobs.

The President of Zumuratul Islamiyyah Society of Nigeria, Mr Mutiu Gbajumon, advised Muslims to continue with the lessons of Ramadan.

Gbajumon said the lessons will increase their piety, purification of the body and soul.

He called on Nigerians to pray and ask for forgiveness of sins.

according to him, the sudden surge of insecurity in the country called for sober reflection.

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Place arms embargo on Nigeria, IPOB tells Italy

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Place arms embargo on Nigeria, IPOB tells Italy

The separatist group, IPOB, has called upon the Italian government to halt the sale of air force jets to Nigeria due to ongoing human rights violations against indigenous people and communities in the country

IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, emphasized the need for all civilized nations to refrain from further supplying military hardware and software to Nigeria.

Powerful said, “The Nigerian government has created the terrorist groups that they are pretending to have been fighting in order to displace indigenous nations and allow individuals in power to loot the country’s funds.

“Therefore, we appeal to the Italian government to stop the military aircraft purchase deal they entered into with the Nigerian government.

“We also ask other countries considering selling arms to Nigeria to stop because Nigeria is not using the arms for their intended purposes.”

He stated that “IPOB has no intention to interfere with the Italian Government’s business but wants to inform them that the Nigeria military has not used the previously acquired arms and ammunition including fighter jets to fight terrorists who operate in the open in Northern Nigeria but have targeted innocent and peaceful people”.

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“Unarmed IPOB members have also been the victims of Nigerian military’s brutality,” Powerful said. “Some of the Internally Displaced People’s (IDP) Camps in Nigeria have been intentionally bombed by the Nigeria military to prevent the displaced persons from returning to their communities already ceded to the terrorists as their own.”

He said, “Recently, an Okuama Community in Delta State, Nigeria, was invaded, bombed, and the entire community displaced by the Nigerian military. The Nigerian government and her military are known for human rights violations and genocide against her civilians.”

The IPOB spokesperson further stated: “In 2021, the Nigerian Air Force bought “12” A-29 Super Tucano Jets from the United States of America to fight terrorism in Nigeria.

“After the delivery of those fighter jets, they were deployed in the Eastern region of the country and were used in bombing of Igbo villages and their people mostly in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State.

“From the day the Tucano jets arrived in Nigeria in 2021 till late 2023, they were never used against terrorists but were consistently used in the bombing of innocent people in Imo State in the Eastern part of the country that is Biafra land and also in the bombing of IDP camps in the North who are victims of Boko Haram terrorist attacks.”

IPOB urged the Italian government to “halt the sale of jets to the Nigerian government because their fight against terrorism is a hoax”.

“The Italian government should not fall into the Nigerian government’s deception,” he said.

The Italian government should not fall into the Nigerian government’s deception,” he said.

“Any supply of arms and ammunition to the Nigerian government is a tacit support to human rights abuse and violations. The Italian government and her citizens are civilized and should not support any government that is violating the fundamental human rights of her citizens.

“We are calling on the Italian Prime Minister, Ms. Giorgia Meloni, to place an arms embargo on the Nigerian government for their history of bombing civilian populations and for human rights violations,” he added.

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Netizens mock prophet who prophesied world will end today

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Netizens mock prophet who prophesied world will end today

Social media users have reacted to a self-proclaimed preacher named Prophet Metuh, who has declared that the world will come to an end on Thursday, April 25.

According to him, he received a ‘clear message’ from God, indicating that April 25, 2024, marks the final day for humanity.

In a video that has since gone viral on X, Metuh said: “By the 25th of April, the world is going to end. If you like take this seriously, if you don’t like don’t take it seriously.

“But this is real, rapture is coming, on the 25th of April 2024, I saw it very clear, do you understand? I saw the date very clear and the lord ministered to me. He mentioned it twice, it has happened twice.”

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He also chastised social media users who were criticising him for his claim of rapture.

“This is not a joke, this is a reality. Rapture is coming, prepare yourself. The message was very clear and the date is also very clear, 25th of April 2024. Rapture is coming. The world has come to an end and that is just the reality.”

“I have seen a lot of reactions and comments on social media but it doesn’t really matter. What matters is that you have to prepare yourself. The message was very clear, it is not for me to finetune for you to be happy or for you to like it. It is to pass the message as I got it and that is what I have done.

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Bullying: Tacha accuses Nigerians of ‘selective outrage’

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Bullying: Tacha accuses Nigerians of ‘selective outrage’

Reality star Tacha has tackled Nigerians on what she described as ‘selective outrage’ following the trending internet topic, bullying.

Her criticism followed a video capturing the bullying of a student by her classmates at Lead British International School in Abuja circulated online.

Angered by the outrage that followed the video, Tacha lambasted Nigerians for being hypocrites.

On her platform X, she uploaded a video where she criticized social media users, emphasizing that many of those advocating for justice in the prominent bullying incident were also prone to swift criticism and may have exhibited bullying behaviour during their own secondary school days.

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She said: “This thing with Nigerians and selective outrage is something that I would never understand. All of a sudden everyone is acting brand new screaming ‘justice for…’ since yesterday and today, as if you guys were not bullies back in secondary school. Or as if you guys did not watch your friend bully junior students for doing absolutely nothing or seizing their food.

“You people wake up and bully celebrities unprovoked and insult them and nobody says anything. Is that not bullying? Are you not bullies yourselves? Justice for you! Justice for Tacha too that you people would insult unprovoked. Even if the person that they are owing over a million naira, no outrage because it’s someone that you don’t like. Hypocrites! Don’t come and be disturbing this timeline with justice for…’”

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