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Sharia law: Two legal systems can’t coexist – Igbo group

. Backs US lawmakers By Steve Oko An Igbo pressure group, Ndigbo Worldwide Union, has thrown its weight behind United States lawmakers urging Nigeria to expunge Sharia and blasphemy provisions from its Constitution, warning that no modern state can function with two parallel legal codes. In a statement jointly signed by its President, Benjamin I. […]

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You can’t stop Sharia practice in Nigeria, Islamic Council tells US lawmakers

The Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria (SCSN) has rejected calls from US lawmakers to end the practice of Sharia law in the country, describing the proposal as misinformed and an attempt to undermine Nigeria’s sovereignty.

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Bayo Onanuga taunts Atiku over Fintiri’s defection

Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Bayo Onanuga, on Friday taunted former Vice President Atiku Abubakar over the early morning defection of Governor Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

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APC: Democracy has failed, problems worse than in 2014 – Atiku

Former Vice President and presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has expressed concerns that the goals behind the formation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2014 have not been achieved, and that the nation’s challenges have worsened since then.

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