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News Niger Religion: Ruga: Niger Delta group blows hot, reveals what’ll happen

Published on: Monday 01 July 2019
Ruga: Niger Delta group blows hot, reveals what’ll happen
News source: https://dailypost.ng/2019/07/01/ruga-niger-delta-group-blows-hot-reveals-whatll-happen/

“That there are Muslims who are not Indigenes of Rivers State and Niger Delta have lived in our Communities, LGA, States, and Region and practice their religion freely and unmolested does not ...

News Niger Religion: FG-Militants Amnesty Deal: Why Tompolo keeps his word -Don

Published on: Sunday 30 June 2019
FG-Militants Amnesty Deal: Why Tompolo keeps his word -Don
News source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/07/fg-militants-amnesty-deal-why-tompolo-keeps-his-word-don/

adding that Ijaw must resort to its traditional religion, to achieve material development. Binebai, Head, Department of Theatre Arts, Niger Delta University, Bayelsa State, noted this in a lecture ...

News Niger Religion: Niger: ‘They may have guns, but we have Jesus!’

Published on: Wednesday 03 July 2019
Niger: ‘They may have guns, but we have Jesus!’
News source: https://zenit.org/articles/niger-they-may-have-guns-but-we-have-jesus/

The situation in Niger has changed beyond recognition since she came to the country 15 years ago. At that time, hardly any tensions existed between the religions, she explained. “Now I hear even ...

News Niger Religion: Buhari commends OIC’s support for Inter-Basin Water Transfer project, Second Niger Bridge

Published on: Friday 31 May 2019
Buhari commends OIC’s support for Inter-Basin Water Transfer project, Second Niger Bridge
News source: https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2019/06/01/buhari-commends-oics-support-for-inter-basin-water-transfer-project-second-niger-bridge/

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, commended the decision of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to support the Inter-Basin Water Transfer project, aimed at recharging the Lake Chad.

News Niger Religion: Have Faith in Buhari’s Ability to Combat Insecurity, Babangida Urges Nigerians

Published on: Tuesday 04 June 2019
Have Faith in Buhari’s Ability to Combat Insecurity, Babangida Urges Nigerians
News source: https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/06/05/have-faith-in-buharis-ability-to-combat-insecurity-babangida-urges-nigerians/

has nothing to do with tenets of religion. Babangida stated this in a brief chat with some journalists after the Niger State’s acting Governor, Alhaji Ahmad Muhammad Ketso, and the Emir of Minna, Dr. ...

News Niger Religion: Nigeria: UNHCR - Violence Forces 20,000 Nigerians Into Niger

Published on: Tuesday 28 May 2019
Nigeria: UNHCR - Violence Forces 20,000 Nigerians Into Niger
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201905290160.html

The recent spike in violence in North-west has forced an estimated 20,000 people to seek safety and security in Niger Republic since April, the Geneva-based United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR), has said.

News Niger Religion: Niger: Catholic parish attacked

Published on: Tuesday 14 May 2019
News source: https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/37100

A Catholic priest has been injured during an attack on his parish in the Diocese of Niamey in Niger, West Africa, where Catholic communities are increasingly under threat. Missionaries in Niger said a ...

News Niger Religion: Second Niger Bridge: Buhari living to his words – Gov. Umahi

Published on: Tuesday 21 May 2019
News source: https://dailypost.ng/2019/05/21/second-niger-bridge-buhari-living-words-gov-umahi/

According to the Governor, the construction of the second Niger Bridge by President Buhari ... we will begin to see party in the division of religion, tribes among others and this will not ...

News Niger Religion: Egypt's Al-Azhar condemns terrorist attack in Niger

Published on: Friday 17 May 2019
News source: http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/331796/Egypt/Politics-/Egypts-AlAzhar-condemns-terrorist-attack-in-Niger-.aspx

Egypt’s Al-Azhar, the world's leading Sunni Islamic institution, condemned on Friday the terrorist attack that targeted a checkpoint on the border region between Niger and Mali, resulting in the ...

News Niger Religion: Burkina Faso Wracked by Escalating Violence

Published on: Saturday 18 May 2019
News source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/18/world/africa/burkina-faso-violence-extremism.html

Since then, militants from Mali and Niger have made incursions into Burkina Faso ... “In the villages and towns of Burkina Faso, the faithful of these two religions cohabit and have always lived ...