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Hate speech, fake news and propaganda have been identified as the greatest threat to Nigeria’s democracy, and anybody who engages in any of these should
After the killing of Deborah Samuel, a Christian, second-year student in the northern Nigeria city of Sokoto on Thursday for alleged blasphemy, fake news and disinformation have been widely shared on social media. A war of words erupted on Twitter and Facebook between some Muslims and Christians in the country, with each side accusing the…
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Protests in Abuja against kidnappings; the Bishops: Citizens are losing faith in the State Tuesday, 25 May 2021 kidnappings bishops violence NIGERIA 2021-05-24
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Abuja, the federal capital of Nigeria yesterday, May 24, blocking a highway, to protest against the increasing cases of kidnappings for ransom, which are affecting citizens of all social groups, including the poorest. Several people blocked the highway between Abuja and Kaduna, which leads north, with burning tires, shouting we must stop the kidnappings . It should be remembered that among the kidnapped there are several priests, the last of whom, the seventy-year-old Fr. Joe Keke, who is still in the hands of the kidnappers. Fr. Keke was captured on May 20 in the night assault on the parish of St. Vincent Ferrer in Malunfashi, in Katsina State, together with Fr. Alphonsus Bello, whose life