What’s God Got to Do with It?
Shareby Ijeoma Nwogwugwu
Ever since the United States listed 14 countries, including Nigeria, which it perceives as either “sponsors of terrorism” or “countries of interest”, a lot has been said and written locally and overseas in reaction to the development. Of particular interest are those reactions from the Nigerian citizenry and officials in government. The general [...]
January 11, 2010
Tags: Christianity, Islam, Nigeria Posted in: Ijeoma Nwogwugwu
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Nigeria’s terrorism notoriety??
Shareby Okey Ndibe
Nigerians received a bizarre Christmas gift Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, a 23-year old man from a privileged background, tried to pull off what could have been the bloodiest suicide bombing in the US since September 11, 2001. Umar Mutallab had planned to detonate explosives strapped to his body in order to bring down [...]
December 29, 2009
Tags: fundermentalism, Islam, Nigeria, Terrorism, Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab Posted in: Okey Ndibe
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Mutallab: The Nigerian Agent Of Al-Qaeda
ShareBy Reuben Abati
Once upon a time in this country, it was fashionable to consider certain things impossible, indeed un-Nigerian. Before the 1960s, many Nigerians considered military intervention in Nigerian politics impossible. Even when the first military coup in Africa occurred: not here, was the refrain on the lips of Nigerians. But then it happened. In [...]
December 27, 2009
Tags: Detroit, Dutch, farouk, Islam, Mutallab, Nigeria, Terrorism, umar, Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab Posted in: Reuben Abati
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