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Monerozi5590 someone who is in Lagos and his only experience living in the North is during his youth service is trying to tell your own experience that is a northerner living in the north- isn't this funny.

VVD should have stepped out to engage Caicedo while Kerkez will cover Gusto, McCallister was out of the picture with when the pass was played to Caicedo

Al-Ḥārith al-Muḥāsibī said:

“Three things are rare - or almost nonexistent: beauty of face accompanied by modesty, good character accompanied by true religiosity, and sincere friendship accompanied by trustworthiness.”

- Tārīkh Baghdād, Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī [8/212]
Translated By: Salah al-Iranee

Christians being Persecuted in Nigeria?

Nigeria’s Insecurity Is Complex, not a Systematic Christian Massacre
Recent calls by U.S. Senators led by Ted Cruz for Nigeria’s redesignation as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) over alleged systematic massacres of Christians are misleading and dangerously simplistic. While Nigeria’s insecurity is real and grave, framing it as a state-sanctioned religious persecution distorts both fact and context. It simply adds fiction to a subject thar requires objective and clear-eyed assessment.

I) Reality Is More Complex:

Nigeria’s violence is driven by criminality, climate pressures, resource competition, and governance breakdown — not religious extermination.

Terrorist groups such as Boko Haram and ISWAP, though extremist in ideology, have killed tens of thousands of Muslims, including imams and worshippers who opposed them.

In the Northwest and Middle Belt, banditry, kidnapping, and farmer-herder conflicts dominate. These are contests over land, climate stress, and survival — not wars of religion.
Reducing Nigeria’s crises to “Christian genocide” rhetoric ignores the fact that both Christians and Muslims are victims, depending on geography and circumstance.

II) Christianity Is Not Under Erasure:

Demographic data refutes claims of systematic annihilation:
• Christians make up 46.4% of Nigerians; Muslims 46.6% — almost equal proportions (World Christian Database, 2024).
• With over 80 million adherents, Nigeria has Africa’s largest Christian population.
• Christianity dominates the South-East, South-South, and much of the Middle Belt, and remains vibrant in the South-West’s urban centers as well as in the predominantly Northern part of the country. Several traditional Christian denomination and Pentecostal groups have churches in the North.
• The faith continues to grow, shaped by migration and education, even as Muslim populations rise in the North (University of the Western Cape, 2025).
These figures reflect parity, resilience, and coexistence — not persecution.

III) What the Data Say About Violence:

Evidence from Nextier Ltd, ACLED, and UNDP reveals a complex pattern:
• 5,291 violent incidents between 2020–2024 caused 20,472 casualties across Nigeria (Nextier SPD).
• 43 terrorist attacks and 1,306 bandit attacks were recorded in 2024 alone.
• Farmer-herder conflicts caused 2,347 deaths over four years, mostly in the North-Central region (≈ 90% of casualties).
• Nextier estimates 60,000 lives lost to such clashes since 2015.
• ACLED’s database shows attacks explicitly targeting Christians make up less than 5% of all civilian-targeting incidents — the vast majority are criminal or communal.
In short, Nigeria’s violence is multi-causal, not religiously uniform.

IV) The State Is Not Complicit:
There is no credible evidence of government complicity in faith-based extermination.
Nigeria’s security forces — through Operations Safe Haven, Whirl Punch, and Hadarin Daji — target violent actors without religious bias.

The Constitution guarantees freedom of worship, and churches and mosques coexist nationwide.
The core problem is not religion — it is weak capacity to govern ungoverned spaces and deliver security to citizens.

V) Beware the Distorted Western Lens:
The U.S. senators’ call reflects a troubling pattern: complex African conflicts simplified into moral binaries and informed by inauthentic insight on the particular issues at stake.

Reports by UNDP and the International Crisis Group show Nigeria’s violence arises from governance deficits, arms proliferation, and climate-driven displacement — not deliberate religious cleansing.
A CPC re-designation will not protect Christians or Muslims. It will only reinforce extremist propaganda and stigmatize Nigeria diplomatically.

VI) The Path Forward:
Nigeria needs partnership, not paternalism:
• Intelligence and counterterrorism collaboration
• Rural stabilization and policing reforms
• Climate and livelihood investments
• Support for interfaith peacebuilding

Religious freedom must be protected through facts and fairness, not through exaggerated advocacy.
Nigeria’s crisis is against terrorism, criminality, and fragility — not between Christianity and Islam. Simplistic Western narratives win headlines but do not heal communities in Benue, Zamfara, or Borno.

Charles Chidi Achodo is a development policy analyst and peacebuilding practitioner. He serves as a Senio Director in Nextier with focus on Security, Peace and Development with vast experience in Post Conflict recovery.

(Sources: Nextier SPD 2024–2025; UNDP Nigeria 2023; Pew Research Center; ACLED 2024; University of the Western Cape 2025; Open Doors Dossier 2024.)
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Caicedobets:
Unpopular opinion
Lavia is a better midfielder than Caicedo

They don't play the same role in midfield, Lavia is a 6 and Caicedo is a box-to-box midfielder, Caicedo is only playing as DM because we have none available. The few times Caicedo played with Santos you can see who was sitting and go goes up the pitch winning balls and driving the team forward

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Sometimes I wonder if our service chief even do their work at all. From Benue, Niger, Plateau, and now Kwara the story is the same. Now people in Kwara is evacuating, leaving their ancestral land, properties behind. Probably starting a new life in an IDP camp.

The insecurity around that axis is not unconnected to activities of illegal miners there is a scramble for gold. The authorities know what is going on in the region, I got wind of an information that illegal miners set camp in one of the villages in Kogi West area the chiefs are active collaborators.

Acheampong and Sarr are good enough as CBs for Chelsea, our midfielders are easily overwhelmed against half decent opponents due to lack athleticism and control.

Tataffo:
Lool,ok.... I have argument for days but it's by-gone

Welcome back from self-induced banishment

The two Enzos have cost Chelsea valuable points in back-to-back games the earlier we realize that our coach is half-decent at best the happier we will be.

One of the Salaf (righteous predecessors) said:

Whenever my (daily) portion of reciting the Qur'an would increase, the Barakah (blessings) in my time would increase. And I would not cease increasing in reciting until the amount of my recitation reached ten Juz (per day).

[Thail Tabaqaat-il-Hanabilah, 3/205]

Popizaino may Allah comfort you and your family

AirBere:
Does this mean you don't have proper football knowledge?. I was very shocked that you of all people recommended a wack coach like Poch. A coach who failed everywhere he was allowed to spend money and feel the pressure.

Maresca already won two trophies including the club world cup. Whatever time has for him or those who support him has no bearing compared to what a wack coach like Poch offered here. Sacked with zero trophies won at Chelsea. Lol...

Enzo Maresca can improve no doubt but time is not gonna reveal anything. We all want to see him improve his tactics. This is very clear.

What's on ground is that we should actually question your ball knowledge for supporting a limited coach like Poch and going against TooKle; a coach who actually delivered the UCL. It's crazy ball knowledge man.

Why?

TrebleChamp:
Same people that cried when Nigerian Army invaded and leveled Okuamo Community in 2023 killing innocent people, are same people supporting this heinous act. Same people who criticize Tinubu Govt almost on a daily basis, are quick to attack you for criticizing Izrelis govt. Are people even criticizing Izrel as a country or their evil terrorist govt who breaks every international law because they have their puppet in the white house...

In the voice of Shaykh Oasisx , we all know what we are doing.

BlueRayDick:
False flag operation yen yen yen.

Some of u don’t even know how ridiculous u sound when u spin all these conspiracy theories here and there .

So it was Israel's self- sabotage/ inside job that was behind Hamas firing rockets into Israeli’s position on October 7 ? It was inside job that Hamas terrorists attacked Israeli military bases, massacred over 1,100 Israelis and also kidnapped several Israelis as hostages. Maybe u have forgotten that these terrorists even wore body cam while carrying out their terrorist acts and those videos made it to the internet .

If you know all of these and still use ur God given Brian to believe a conspiracy theory , Omo I don’t know what to make of you o.

I have exposed your shallow understanding of things and limited knowledge on how things operate, this was how you were arguing blindly about the DR and PHR when I gave you insights you weren't privy to before they became public knowledge. You are here again arguing about the possibility of a false flag attacks/collusion to achieve strategic goal.
Tomorrow when things become clearer you will shift goalposts as usual or go silent about it.

TrebleChamp:
Was Charlie Kirk murdered because he was beginning to question Izrel and Bibi genocidal actions in Gaza?
Was October 7 attack an inside job?

At this point nothing is too sacred nor profane for the zionists

TrebleChamp:
You can condemn Hamas attack on Oct 7th and also condemn Izrel murdering women and children in Gaza. Just admit you are only supporting the killing of innocent men, women and children for crimes committed by few because you hate Muslims..

Na when person wake up na when him morning start. This is what some of us have known since and resisting yet we are accused of being terrorists sympathizers, soon you'll be listed as being a terrorist sympathizer by you know who.

Ever heard of false flag operation to achieve a predetermined aim? Nothing happens without an actor either hidden or apparent behind it

andrewbaba44:
This is wrong though ,but Haaland will surpass drogba soon ,drogba scored 104 and Haaland is on 90 already

Even chris wood will soon surpass drogba epl goals

Na only Chelsea fans rate drogba ,he isn’t that guy

Puyol says otherwise

Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit said that the Israeli aggression against Qatari sovereignty has exceeded all limits and violated every humanitarian principle

"Israel's crimes will not be forgotten... and an attack on a country that is mediating a ceasefire will not be forgotten," Mr Aboul Gheit said in an Arab-Islamic summit in Doha

Egypt affirms its complete rejection of targeting civilians and starving an entire people," President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said, stressing that "Egypt will continue to support the legitimate rights of the Palestinians and totally rejects any proposals to displace the Palestinians from their lands"

Mr El Sisi called for the establishment of an Arab-Islamic mechanism for consultation on confronting challenges

If Israel wishes to assassinate leaders, why engage in negotiations?" says Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim during his opening speech at a joint Arab League and Organisation of Islamic Co-operation emergency summit in Doha.

"Have you ever heard of a state of such aggression, a state that is a party of negotiations yet aggresses on the venue where negotiations are taking place?"