Showing posts with label Nigeria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nigeria. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Suit In Nigeria Challenges Arabic On Currency As Violating Secular Status of Country

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This Day reports on a suit heard yesterday by Nigeria's Federal High Court challenging Arabic inscriptions on Nigerian currency. Plaint...
Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Nigerian Court Sentences Musician To Death For Blasphemy

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  BBC News reports: A musician in Nigeria's northern state of Kano has been sentenced to death by hanging for blaspheming against the P...
Sunday, February 02, 2020

Trump Extends Some Travel Ban Restrictions To Six More Countries

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In an exceptionally long Presidential Proclamation ( full text ), President Trump on Friday extended tailored restrictions under his controv...
Saturday, July 27, 2019

Nigerian Court Bars Shiite Group as Terrorists

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Legit reported today that the Nigerian federal government has obtained a court order banning the Shiite group Islamic Movement in Nigeria on...
Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Jewish Worshipers In Nigeria Arrested; Most Later Released On Bail

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The Oracle reports that in Nigeria, nine Jewish worshipers were arrested on May 13 on charges of terrorism.  Eight of the nine were release...
Sunday, December 17, 2017

Nigerian Lawyer's Group Denies Law School Grad Bar Admission Because of Hijab

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According to a report on Friday from Al Jazeera , the Lagos-based Nigerian Law School has refused to allow a Muslim woman graduate to receiv...
Thursday, June 16, 2016

In Nigeria, Christian Students React To Ruling On Hijabs In Schools

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Christian students in middle schools and high schools in the Osun State in Nigeria are upset about a June 3 Osun State High Court ruling hol...
Friday, November 20, 2015

Nigerian State Will Monitor Churches and Mosques To Fight Hate Preaching

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Vanguard reports today that in Nigeria, the Lagos state governor's office says it will take action to combat religious intolerance: S...
Thursday, November 06, 2014

Suit By Catholic Challenges Nigeria's Requirements For Christian Marriages

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In Nigeria, Olisa Agbakoba, the former president of the Nigerian Bar Association,  has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of ...
Sunday, October 19, 2014

Nigerian Court Upholds Ban On Head Scarves In Public Schools

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According to AFP , in Nigeria on Friday a judge on the High Court in Lagos upheld the Lagos State government's ban on wearing of the hi...
Monday, September 15, 2014

Nigeria Bans Religious Gatherings To Stop Ebola Spread; Group Threatens Lawsuit

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In Nigeria, Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu has banned religious gatherings as a way to prevent the spread of Ebola. However, according to ...
Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Nigeria's National Conference Adopts Recommendations On Religion

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In Nigeria, The National Conference has been meeting since March 17. The National Conference grew out of a recommendation from a 13-member ...
Sunday, February 09, 2014

Nigeria Cracking Down on Gays

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Today's New York Times carries a long front-page article titled  Wielding Whip and a Hard New Law, Nigeria Tries to ‘Sanitize’ Itself o...
Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Nigerian President Quietly Signs Controversial Anti-Gay Law

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AP reported yesterday that in Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan signed the controversial Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Bill on Jan. 7 wi...
Sunday, December 22, 2013

Nigeria and Uganda Parliaments Pass Harsh Anti-Gay Laws; Final Approval By President/ Prime Minister Uncertain

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Daily Trust reports that last week Nigeria's National Assembly gave final approval to the conference committee's version of the Sam...