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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 

COVID-19 And New World Religion: Crisis And Compromise By Leo Igwe

Leo Igwe,
In an earlier article, I have noted the emergence of a new religion, a new global religion, the common-sense religion. I argued that the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic had yielded a religion that departed from the old. This new religion overrules the older religions because in an attempt to contain the virus, old religions capitulated and new rules and… Read More
Africa Health Advice Lifestyle 

Covid-19 and End of Faith Healing?

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Has the outbreak of the coronavirus marked an end to faith healing practices in Nigeria, Africa and the world? This question has become necessary because traditional, Christian and Islamic faith healing claims have been rampant. And they include claims of healing persons who are suffering from all sorts of illness, the blind, lame or those with HIV/AIDS. Faith healing is… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Covid-19 and End of Faith Healing? By Leo Igwe

Leo Igwe,
Has the outbreak of the coronavirus marked an end to faith healing practices in Nigeria, Africa and the world? This question has become necessary because traditional, Christian and Islamic faith healing claims have been rampant. And they include claims of healing persons who are suffering from all sorts of illness, the blind, lame or those with HIV/AIDS. Faith healing is… Read More
Africa Lifestyle 

Covid-19 and Witchcraft: Exploiting the climate of fear and uncertainty

Leo Igwe, ,
A branch of the Foursquare Gospel Church has announced a four-day prophetic power crusade. The theme of the crusade is: Breaking the Yoke of Witchcraft. The prophetic service will take place in Nsukka in Southern Nigeria from April 23 to 26 2020. Authorities in Nigeria should be concerned about this religious service because it has the potential of spreading misinformation… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

COVID-19 And Common-sense Religion By Leo Igwe

Leo Igwe,
There is a new religion, a new world religion. This religion has suddenly taken over from various religions. This new religion is an umbrella religion that encapsulates others –African traditional religion, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Bahai. Even the non-religious outlooks subsists under its shade and cover. The new religion has members of these religious faiths as followers and adherents.… Read More
Africa Science Technology 

COVID-19 and Common-sense Religion

Leo Igwe
There is a new religion, a new world religion. This religion has suddenly taken over from various religions. This new religion is an umbrella religion that encapsulates others-African traditional religion, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Bahai. Even the non-religious outlooks subsists under its shade and cover. The new religion has members of these religious faiths as followers and adherents. It… Read More
Lifestyle Nigeria News and Headlines 

Students Discuss Witchcraft in Nsukka

Leo Igwe
I just returned from the University of Nigeria in Nsukka (UNN) where I attended an event on Who is afraid of Witchcraft? Concerned students organized the program with the support of Basic Rights Counsel Initiative and the Advocacy for Alleged Witches. At last, university students at Nsukka displayed the lion and lioness in them. They came from various departments, engineering,… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Students Discuss Witchcraft In Nsukka By Leo Igwe

Leo Igwe,
I just returned from the University of Nigeria Nsukka where I attended an event on ‘Who is afraid of Witchcraft?’ Concerned students organised the program with the support of Basic Rights Counsel Initiative and the Advocacy for Alleged Witches. At last, university students at Nsukka displayed the lion and lioness in them. They came from various departments, engineering, sociology, political… Read More
Lifestyle Nigeria News and Headlines 

On Existence and Non Existence of Witches

Leo Igwe
The existence of witches is a socio-cultural given, an idea that has been taken for granted across societies and communities in Nigeria. Any attempt to question the existence of witches is largely seen as a foolhardy exercise that barely yields any ‘useful’ result or alters the reality of witchcraft in the minds of believing folks. And that is where the… Read More
Malawi Science 

AfAW condemns lynching of alleged witch in Malawi

Leo Igwe,
The Advocacy for Alleged Witches (AfAW) condemns the lynching of an elderly man for witchcraft in Malawi today. According to a local source, this unfortunate incident took place in Zolozolo in Mzuzu. Mzuzu is the headquarters of the Northern region. A photo of the incident that is being circulated on the social media shows a young man torching the body… Read More