Nigerian Times

Mirza Masroor Ahmad (Urdu: مرزا مسرور احمد) (born September 15, 1950) is Khalifatul Masih V, the spiritual leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. 14 Feb 2012 18:52 Africa/Lagos Muslim Leader Speaks of Islamophobia at Opening of New Mosque LONDON, February 14, 2012/PRNewswire/ -- Muslims urged to cast aside differences of religion, ethnicity and nationality for the sake of peace and unity A clarion call to Muslims to set aside differences and work relentlessly for peace and unity in the UK has been made on the occasion of the opening of a new mosque in South East London. To mark the opening, and as part of its ongoing commitment to serving mankind, the Ahmadiyya Muslim community donated thousands of pounds to British charities. Representatives of all major religions had gathered for the inaugural ceremony of the new GBP675,000 mosque in Catford, which had been funded entirely from voluntary donations from the Ahmadiyya Muslim community - many of whom had donated jewellery, savings an...

Muhammed Dahiru Abubakar, the current Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) of Nigeria. Nigeria: Religious Irrationality and the New Inspector-General of Police ~ By John Egbeazien Oshodi, Ph.D . Mr. President, the Us vs. Them Religious Irrationality should not stop the Confirmation of the Inspector-General of Police. This is a time when President Goodluck Jonathan is facing increased pressure from those at home and abroad to find immediate solutions to the rising religious violence which is dividing Nigeria apart. Yet, some chapters of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) the main umbrella group that contains numerous Christian denominations in Nigeria will come out, publicly and in a petition form, objecting to the appointment of a veteran police officer who happens to have been born into to earth as a Northerner and as a Muslim. His name is Muhammed Dahiru Abubakar, the current Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) of the nation. One does not need to be a psychological...

President Goodluck Jonathan looks bored and tired of the perpetual problems of Nigeria. Approach Boko Haram as a Crisis of Compromise using the Power of Culture ~ John Egbeazien Oshodi,Ph.D Don’t negotiate, negotiate which way to go —Mr. President? With one side of the mouth of the Presidency we hear from the President’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika that the Federal Government must not engage in negotiation with the Boko Haram sect and that the use of pure militaristic approach is the ultimate way out. On the other side of the presidential cavity is President Goodluck Jonathan telling the world that the Nigerian government would dialogue with the unyielding Islamist organization, Boko Haram, if they are open with their demands and their identifications. With this clear lines of governmental mix-up, hundreds of lives are being lost constantly, continuously and painfully. The current intelligence operations and noise making from some in authority, and the mostly reac...

Nigerian soldiers on duty 9 Feb 2012 06:14 Africa/Lagos Nigeria's military obstructs journalists covering unrest NEW YORK, February 9, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Nigeria's military has harassed and obstructed journalists trying to report on unrest in recent days, according to local journalists and news reports. On Sunday in the city of Jos, in Nigeria's north central region, soldiers detained Jeremie Drieu, a videographer with French television station TF1, and local journalist Ahmad Salkida after they sought permission to film in the area, The Associated Press reported. The Nigerian federal government has been enforcing a state of emergency in Jos following bloody clashes between Muslims and Christians that have claimed the lives of at least two journalists, according to CPJ research. Soldiers searched and interrogated the journalists and escorted them to their hotel, where they were forced to pack and leave Jos and Plateau state as night fell, the journal...

Nigeria Secret Police: The problems in Domestic Intelligence ~ By John Egbeazien Oshodi, Ph.D. The various entities that are concerned with domestic intelligence matters the State Security Service (SSS) especially are faced with unusual challenges in today’s Nigeria. The State Secret Service and other national intelligence agencies in their collective capacity, remain as the main eyes protecting various essential blind spots in our society as they relate to the safety and wellbeing of our citizens, everyone and everything representing the government’s interest. Currently, as a people, we have become a more security-conscious society and consequently very concerned about terrorist-related crimes, and this has contributed to the increasing demand for a better output from our intelligence, security and law enforcement agents. In terms of technological weapons and equipment much progress has being made within these agencies with the arming of agents with powerful assault rifles. With the p...

Red Cross give first aid to an injured person in northern Nigeria . PARIS, Feb. 2 2012/African Press Organization (APO) / - After the terrible terrorist attacks that hit the city of Kano, France is mobilized to help victims through the delivery of 600 kilograms of medical aid that will to treat people injured in the violence. The terrorist attacks of 20 January in the city of Kano have two hundred dead and several hundred wounded who were evacuated to local health facilities, public and private. Since then, attacks, on a smaller scale, continue to plague the city daily. According to information from the Minister of Health, Government of Kano State, more than two hundred wounded are currently hospitalized in public hospitals of the state. Medical aid, issued today in Kano, will benefit the public hospitals and will follow up with two hundred injured including gunshot wounds, open fractures and burns. We recall the commitment of France in the fight against terrorism and our solidarity wi...

Nigerians protesting against corruption. Photo Credit: MSNBC Photo Blog Between Dogs and Idiots Nigerians are known as very religious people who are almost equally divided between Christianity and Islam, the two most popular religions in the world. Millions of the Christians love flocking to their different churches every Sunday and millions of the Muslims flock to their mosques every Friday and even cause traffic jams along their routes. But God knows that majority of them are UNFAITHFUL to their FAITH, because they don't even practice what their faith requires and which is a shame no matter how you twist it. To me the most popular religion in Nigeria is Hypocrisy, because majority of Nigerians are the devotees of this religion of conceit and deceit. And these hypocrites are proud of their religion from the street to the pulpit and from the bedroom to the boardroom. Those who are not like them are the endangered species among them. They don't read and when they even read, the...

Boko Haram Dares President Goodluck Jonathan; Vows To Attack Christians Masked members of Boko Haram. Photo Credit: AFP. In apparent dismissal of the state of emergency declared by President Goodluck Jonathan on New Year’s Eve, Abul Qaqa a spokesman of the dreaded Islamist group Boko Haram has issued an ultimatum to Christians in the country's north and threatened to confront troops according to the latest report from Agence France-Presse (AFP). Scene of the Christmas Day Bombing of the St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla near Abuja in Niger State.Photo Credit: 360 Nobs . Abul Qaqa said they are giving southerners living in the north a three-day ultimatum to leave. "We find it pertinent to state that soldiers will only kill innocent Muslims in the local government areas where the state of emergency was declared," he told journalists in Hausa language in a phone conference late Sunday. "We would confront them squarely to protect our brothers.". Qaqa said ...

A shining cross in a dark place. Photo Credit: Live the Cross . All Wise Christians In The North Should Fellowship And Worship In Their Homes « on: Today at 10:56:23 AM » All wise Christians in the middle belt and northern regions should fellowship and worship in their homes from henceforth until the government can prove that your lives and properties would be safe. Even at home, please BE VIGILANT AND READY TO DEFEND YOUR FAMILIES, HOMES AND BUSINESSES. THE ENEMIES DO NOT SLEEP, SO STOP SLEEPING. ONLY FOOLS SLEEP WHEN THEIR HOME IS ON FIRE. You all must learn from our Lord Jesus Christ as He advised us in the following words: 14 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet. 15 Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. ~MATTHEW 10-14-15 The problem with majority of my so called Christian brethren is lack of wisdom and disobedience of the advice of J...

Three Reasons Why Nigeria is Corrupt and Poor 1. Majority of Nigerians do not fear God. 2. Selfishness and wickedness powered by greed have made majority of Nigerians to disobey and flout one of the most important laws of God which is to love your neighbour as yourself. But majority of Nigerians who confess and profess to be "Christians" and "Muslims" have chosen and preferred to CHEAT and COMPETE with their neighbours. The obedience of this fundamental law of charity is the golden gateway to prosperity. But the disobedience of this law is the rotten gateway to corruption and poverty. Every administration seems to be in competition for the celebration of corruption. The nation is plagued by rampant corruption at all levels, from the poorest to the richest Nigerians. The difference is the fact that the rich steal more than the poor. Then the intellectual illiteracy of the majority of the people fuels the intellectual hypocrisy of the elites of the shamelessly corrupt...

Eucharia Remmy Beautiful Eucharia Remmy, a young member of the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) serving in Yobe was among the over 150 people murdered by the Boko Haram terrorist sect last Friday in Damaturu, Yobe State. The Enugu-State born Eucharia was a 2010 graduate of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) and a happy member of Christ Embassy Church in Damaturu, for which she was sharing Rhapsodies of Reality booklet along the New Jerusalem Rd when she was hit and killed by one of the marauders of Boko Haram. Eucharia was the sister of Mary Remmy, a promising Nollywood actress who played a prominent role in the popular hit movie Black Berry Babes, starring Oge Okoye, Tonto Dikeh, Annie Macaulay and others. Here is her Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/people/Remmy-Eucharia/1587120828 It is another sad loss of a NYSC member serving in the volatile northern regions of Nigeria where it is no longer safe for non-Muslims and non-Hausa Fulanis who have become the targets of Isl...

One of the destroyed buildings. Photo Credit: Nairaland . Bloody Eid al-Adha in Nigeria with over 150 Killed in Terrorist Attacks It is the bloodiest Eid al-Adha for Nigerian Muslims as the Islamic terrorist sect Boko Haram launched devastating attacks from Friday night to Saturday and killed over 150 people in Damaturu, the capital of Yobe state. The attacks heralded the Eid al-Adha, the Muslims feast of sacrifice. The terrorist sect blew up a housing estate, a bank, three police stations and five churches, including the St Mary's Catholic Church. The Boko Haram swore that "more attacks are on the way". "We will continue attacking federal government formations until security forces stop their excesses on our members and vulnerable civilians," said Abul-Qaqa, the spokesman of the terrorists. The gory sight of the dead bodies of those killed in the attacks. Photo Credit: Nairaland . "It is difficult to verify these reports especially since this is a very rem...

9 Sep 2011 10:03 Africa/Lagos OHCHR press briefing note / Nigeria GENEVA, September 9, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- OHCHR press briefing note / Nigeria We are concerned about the renewed violence which has flared up in Nigeria's "Middle Belt" in recent weeks causing death, injury and destruction. Reports suggest that up to 70 people have been killed since the beginning of August, in ethnic and religious violence in the area. Ethnic and religious divisions have affected the Middle Belt region, particularly in and around Jos, for many years now and a cycle of violence has emerged in which each incident almost invariably provokes deadly reprisal attacks. The High Commissioner has previously called for a concerted effort to tackle the underlying causes of such repeated violent outbreaks. Such underlying causes include discrimination, poverty and land disputes. We encourage the authorities at national and local levels to take effective preventative measures agains...