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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

OP-ED Opinions 

Mubarak Bala: Death Threats, Blasphemy And Police Investigation In Kano By Leo Igwe

Leo Igwe,
Two days ago, the police arrested Mubarak Bala, President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, in Kaduna. Detectives from the Kano State Police Command went to his residence, arrested and later detained him at Gbabasawa police station. According to local sources, the police were planning to transfer him to Kano where some lawyers had lodged a petition against him. They… Read More
Leaders Lifestyle 

Apostle Suleman: Heal COVID19/HIV Patient and Get a Thousand Dollars

Leo Igwe,
I am challenging the founder of Omega Ministries, Apostle Suleman to demonstrate his so-called gift of healing under agreed medical and scientific conditions. I ask Suleman to heal a person with a confirmed case of COVID19 and get a thousand US dollars. This challenge has become necessary because Apostle Suleman has in a recent video urged the government of Nigeria… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Apostle Suleman: Heal COVID-19/HIV Patient And Get A Thousand Dollars By Leo Igwe

Leo Igwe,
I am challenging the founder of Omega Ministries, Apostle Suleman, to demonstrate his so-called gift of healing under agreed medical and scientific conditions. I ask Suleman to heal a person with a confirmed case of COVID-19 and get a thousand US dollars. This challenge has become necessary because Apostle Suleman has in a recent video urged the government of Nigeria… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

COVID-19: Apostle Suleman’s Request To Pray For Patients At Isolation Centers Dangerous, Reckless And Irresponsible By Leo Igwe

Leo Igwe,
The National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) should caution the founder of Omega Ministries, Apostle Suleman over his recent utterance urging the government to allow pastors into isolation centers so that they could pray for COVID19 patients.  At a time that the death toll due to COVID19 is rising locally and the pandemic is expected to spike in Nigeria in the coming… Read More
Africa 

COVID19: ‘Fake’ Vaccines and Bogus Cure Claims in Nigeria

Leo Igwe,
While the coronavirus is a killer pandemic, there is another factor that could exacerbate the management of the virus, and lead to the death of many people in Nigeria-the proliferation of fake vaccines and bogus cure claims linked to traditional medicine. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, many self-styled traditional doctors have been advertising alternative treatments and questionable therapies. Their… Read More
Lifestyle West Africa 

Utu and Witch-hunting in Southern Nigeria

Leo Igwe
While overwhelming attention on witch-hunting in Nigeria has been on the activities of pastors and other ‘powerful’ godmen and women in Cross River and Akwa Ibom states, little attention has been paid to the operations of witch-finders in other parts of the country. There is limited information about the exploits of witch identifying individuals in contemporary southeastern Nigeria. This article… Read More
Health Advice Science 

COVID-19 is Real: Follow the Science Not the Superstition

Leo Igwe
At a time like this, people tend to be gullible and to believe whatever they are told or whatever hear. There is so much misinformation. In fact, the virus of misinformation is deadly, more deadly than the pandemic itself. That is why it is important to provide sound education and awareness programs that could enable individuals make responsible decisions, and… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

COVID-19 Is Real: Follow The Science Not The Superstition By Leo Igwe

Leo Igwe,
At a time like this, people tend to gullible and to believe whatever they are told or whatever hear. There is so much misinformation. In fact, the virus of misinformation is deadly, more deadly than the pandemic itself. That is why it is important to provide sound education and awareness programs that could enable individuals make responsible decisions, and take… Read More
Lifestyle Nigeria News and Headlines 

VIDEO: Chinese Residents Confirm TB Joshua’s Coronavirus Prophecy

Leo Igwe
Emmanuel TV has released a video on YouTube showing citizens and residents of China confirming the ‘controversial prophecy’ from Prophet TB Joshua that the coronavirus outbreak would end in Wuhan, China by 27th March 2020. “I had been hearing about TB Joshua since I was a kid but I never believed in him,” one of the residents explained.  However, he heard… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Challenge Of Advocacy Against Witch Persecution In Africa By Leo Igwe

Leo Igwe,
The Advocacy for Alleged Witches (AFAW) was launched in January in response to pervasive cases of witch persecution and related abuses in Africa. AFAW’s main goal is to supply the missing link in the activism and campaign for the eradication of witch-hunting in Africa. However, the mission faces so many challenges. First of all, African witchcraft has largely been misrepresented… Read More
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