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Leo Igwe is a Nigerian human rights advocate and humanist. Igwe is a former Western and Southern African representative of the International Humanist and Ethical Union, and has specialized in campaigning

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Interfaith Dialogue: African Union Should End Discrimination Against Humanists and Atheists 

By Leo Igwe The African Union (AU) should stop discriminating against humanists, atheists, agnostics, and other belief minorities in the region. This observation has been made following a regional forum  that is holding in Kigali this month. The event officially excludes representatives from the humanist community. The African Union is organizing with the KAICIID dialogue center a general assembly for… Read More
Nigeria News and Headlines 

“Igba Pin” and Other Medical Superstitions in Nigeria

By Leo Igwe As we try to contain the ravaging effects of magical manhood or womanhood disappearance, another vicious phenomenon is devastating a section of the country, particularly some parts of southeastern Nigeria, that is, the belief in Igba pin, magically shooting pins into people’s bodies. Many people who take ill claim that someone is responsible, that they are victims… Read More
Global News OP-ED 

 Religion and Unfolding Genocide in Nigeria?

  By Leo Igwe Nigerian humanists welcome the British All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) report “Nigeria Unfolding Genocide? Three Years On”. All Party Groups, informal groups of members of both Houses, publish reports on issues of particular interest. This report, compiled to assess the nature of FoRB violations in Nigeria and discern policy priorities, codifies… Read More
Africa 

 Witchcraft Allegation: Police Must Arrest and Prosecute Accusers and Persecutors Mrs. Emena in Anambra State

By Leo Igwe The Advocacy for Alleged Witches (AfAW) calls on the state police command and the government of Anambra to arrest and prosecute those who accused a middle-aged woman, Mrs. Azuka Emena, of witchcraft and subsequently assaulted her, subjecting her to torture inhuman and degrading treatment in the Uga community. Azuka, whose daughter passed away on Thursday, March 30… Read More
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An Alleged ‘Witch’ Boy in Rivers State

By Leo Igwe An advocate brought to the attention of the Advocacy for Alleged Witches(AfAW) a Facebook post on an alleged witch boy in Rivers state. The post had this headline: “I Am A Witch: I Have Killed Many People- Alleged Little Witch Confesses in Rivers State”. The post further states: “My mission today is to walk through Mbiama Community. I am… Read More
Africa 

 Lecturers, Superstitions, and Academic Decay on Campuses in Nigeria

By Leo Igwe Nigerian universities are dying. Schools are slowly and steadily becoming hotbeds of superstition and unreason. Irrational beliefs, scorched earth mindsets, and stone age ideas are taking over the campuses. The intellectual climate is moribund, a disconnect from the 21st-century zeitgeist. The culture of critical examination of issues is dying and disappearing with speed. And lecturers are partly… Read More