Lakurawa Terrorists Set N1,500 Bride Price Cap, Order Marriage For Girls Above 15 In Niger State Community
Armed members of the Lakurawa terrorist group reportedly issued new social and religious directives to residents of Zugurma community in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State on Sunday, including ordering that girls above the age of 15 should be married off and fixing bride price at N1,500.
The development occurred during the group’s visit to the community on Sunday.
SaharaReporters had reported that Lakurawa fighters were moving openly through communities in the Borgu axis, preaching their ideology and threatening residents who refused to accept their teachings.
Community sources told SaharaReporters that the terrorists arrived in Zugurma on Sunday in broad daylight and stayed for several hours while addressing residents.
According to the sources, the armed men used the gathering to preach to the community and announce what they described as rules that residents were expected to follow.
"They stayed in the community for hours preaching to people. During the meeting, they said any girl above 15 years must be married off. They also announced that bride price, known as sadaki, should be fixed at N1,500," a community source told SaharaReporters.
Residents described the announcement as part of what they fear is an attempt by the group to gradually impose its authority and influence on local communities.
The source said Zugurma is a strategically important community because it sits along the only major road connecting Borgu to Mokwa.
"Zugurma is on the only good road connecting Borgu to Mokwa. The road from New Bussa to Mokwa is the route through which people in Borgu connect with other parts of the country. What is happening here should concern everyone," the source said.
The latest incident has increased fears among residents who believe Lakurawa fighters are expanding their presence across the forest areas of Borgu and neighbouring communities.
Residents recalled that weeks earlier, hundreds of armed men suspected to be members of the group were seen moving from Kebbi State towards Borgu on motorcycles.
Witnesses said hundreds of motorcycles were involved, with at least two armed men on each motorcycle.
"A large convoy of armed men came from Kebbi. There were hundreds of motorcycles and possibly over a thousand fighters. They moved through the area without resistance," another resident alleged.
Community members warned that several rural settlements and forest communities in Borgu are becoming increasingly vulnerable to armed groups, raising fears that the area could be isolated if urgent action is not taken.
"Many communities in the hinterland are already dealing with bandits and jihadist groups. If nothing is done, Borgu could become completely cut off," a source said.
Residents also accused authorities of failing to respond adequately despite repeated warnings over the deteriorating security situation in the area.
Borgu Local Government Area is among Nigeria’s largest local government areas by landmass.
Community leaders noted that when combined with Kaiama and Baruten local government areas of Kwara State and parts of Bagudo Local Government Area of Kebbi State, the region covers a vast forest terrain that remains difficult to secure.
"The forests are massive, and that is why we keep speaking out. Every day of inaction gives these groups more room to expand. We have little left except our voices and prayers," a resident said.
The development comes amid growing concerns over Lakurawa’s activities in remote communities across parts of north-western and north-central Nigeria, with residents alleging that the group has been using religious preaching as a means of gaining influence.
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It's actually your own low self esteem and lack of faith in your own religion that makes you see islamophobia everywhere.
That's why the poor mother's grief at losing her child is less important to you than creating a victimhood mentality for yourself based on your religious sentiment.
pillager: This is unfortunate, may Allah grant the parents the fortitude to bear the loss, and also have mercy on the deceased.
Kano Mother Accuses School Of Torturing 14-Yr-Old Daughter To Death For Missing Islamic prayer
A grieving mother in Kano State, Northwest Nigeria, has accused authorities of St. Louis Secondary School, a boarding/day institution, of subjecting her 14-year-old daughter, Maimuna, popularly known as Hanil, to a punishment that resulted in her death.
In a viral video circulating on social media, the distraught woman broke down in tears as she narrated how her daughter, Nihal Usaman Shamaki, allegedly collapsed after being forced to kneel under the scorching sun for hours for failing to attend an early morning Muslim prayer session.
According to the mother, the incident occurred last Saturday when the teenager was allegedly ordered to kneel on a rocky surface from morning until evening as punishment for missing the prayer.
She claimed that despite repeatedly begging for water while enduring the punishment, her daughter was allegedly denied access to drinking water until she eventually collapsed.
"[i]My daughter was pleading for water, but they refused to give her any," the mother said while sobbing. "She later collapsed and was rushed to the hospital where a doctor pronounced her dead."
The bereaved woman further alleged that school authorities initially concealed the true circumstances surrounding her daughter's death.
Investigative journalism service "At first, I had resigned to fate when they lied to me about the circumstances of her demise," she said. "But I prayed to God to expose what actually happened, and it's now clear that my daughter was tortured to death."
According to her, she was initially led to believe a different account of events until students who reportedly witnessed the incident came forward with information detailing what transpired.
She claimed eyewitnesses revealed that the deceased was subjected to the prolonged punishment under intense heat before she collapsed.
The mother also recounted her own ordeal on the day tragedy struck.
"That same Saturday, I was on admission receiving treatment when I received a call that my daughter had been admitted into an intensive care unit," she said. "I had to jump out of my own sick bed and rush there."
Maimuna, she added, was her first child and only daughter among three children.
"I have two boys. She was only 14 years old," the grieving mother lamented.
The allegations have triggered outrage on social media, with many Nigerians demanding a thorough and independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the teenager's death and calling for those responsible to be held accountable if the claims are substantiated.
As of the time of filing this report, the management of St. Luis Secondary School in Kano State had not publicly responded to the allegations contained in the viral video.[/i]
Conspiracy theories are to the modern world what superstition was to the ancient world.
It is how unintelligent people look at the world because they don't have to take personal responsibility for their failure. They can always shift the blame to some faceless and shadowy entity.
Arab media storm after Algerian journalist claims Messi protected by ‘Jewish lobby
A refereeing controversy involving Lionel Messi has sparked a storm in the Arab world after Algerian journalist Mustafa Al-Muizzawi made antisemitic remarks on live television, claiming the Argentine star was protected by “the Jewish lobby.”
The comments came after Argentina’s 3-0 victory over Algeria, a match in which Messi scored a hat trick but was not shown a card for a controversial tackle on Algerian defender Aïssa Mandi. Messi appeared to challenge for the ball but struck the Algerian player’s leg, prompting criticism from some viewers and commentators who argued the incident should have been reviewed as a possible red card offense.
The referee awarded only a foul and did not issue even a yellow card. VAR did not intervene.
But the debate quickly moved beyond soccer after Al-Muizzawi linked the decision to Jews and global influence.
“Messi is protected. They acknowledged that. Messi is protected by the Jewish lobby. This lobby controls the world, they run it however they want as if they were the mafia.
Infantino doesn't want us to do well. We are a country with dignity, we are a country named Algeria. We have political stances regarding Western Sahara and the Palestinian issue, and therefore they don't want us to do well. If we had the ability to win the World Cup, they would prevent it from us,” he said during the broadcast.
Al-Muizzawi accused FIFA President Gianni Infantino of working against Algeria’s success and claimed the country’s political positions on international issues, including the Palestinian issue and Western Sahara, affect how it is treated in global soccer.
The remarks triggered backlash because they echoed classic antisemitic conspiracy theories that portray Jews as secretly controlling global institutions, politics and sports.
The controversy began with criticism of the decision not to send off Messi, but Al-Muizzawi’s comments turned the dispute into a broader row over antisemitic rhetoric in sports commentary.
Some men use the claim that "men are polygamous by nature" to justify cheating and avoid responsibility. While attraction to multiple people may be common, infidelity is still a choice. Faithfulness depends on honesty, self-control, and respect for agreed relationship boundaries. True commitment is not the absence of temptation but the decision to remain trustworthy despite it. You think otherwise?
A Yoruba man or woman is anyone who can trace his or her paternal and/or maternal ancestry to any of the Yoruba sub groups like the Ijebu, Egba, Ekiti, Ijesha, Owu etc.
DomPerignon is a brand of expensive alcohol. By your logic, DomPerignon is also haram.
Shebi na all of una like haram tins. That's why you're using Dom Perignon as your username instead of something Arabic
DomPerignon: The flogging Kwankwasso got in Kano's bye-elections no be here.
And the reason is very clear .
Kano people rejected PORK because of Peter Obi and his Zionist IPOB followers masquerading as Obidients.
The northern NDC that is under Kwankwaso performed so badly in the Kano bye-elections for Federal Rep that was carried out across several LGAs in Kano.
This is a declaration of rejection of PORK and the reason remains because Peter Obi is not in anyway liked in the north and can never be repackaged as was the case in the south in 2023.
Northerners don't talk too much and don't have time for social media rants.
They have long memories that serve them well and they used their long held position on Obi being a sectarian and tribal bigot to reject him.
Obi even added fuel to the dumpster fire that is PORK by coming out just a week ago to demand for Kano's release claiming he is innocent.
Northerners did not respond to him in Social media. They don't have time for too much turanchi. They act and they have done so in the last Kano bye-elections by rejecting Kwankwasso's hand picked candidate.
Kano people have sent a message to kwankwaso that they are not in anyway interested in any PORK .
If Kano which is Kwankwasso's stronghold can have his Kwankwassai reject him, what does that spell for PORK across the core north were Kwankwasso's influence is next to zero?
Kwankwaso had planned to use the NDC to get his loyalists into position ahead of 2031 but his biggest mistake was to agree to run under Peter Obi.
Now that gamble has failed with Kano rejecting Kwankwasso's chosen candidate.
I see Kwankwasso decamping from NDC anytime soon and returning to APC or joining PRP.
Obi will be searching for a new northern Muslim candidate from the north and he might have to settle for Tanko because I don't see any northern Muslim candidate agreeing to run alongside Obi.
Datti should have been an option but that bridge has since been burned .
42 South African nationals removed from the State on chartered flight
A total of 42 individuals were removed from the State on a chartered flight back to their home country of South Africa.
The Garda National Immigration Bureau carried out an operation on Thursday removing individuals from the State on foot of deportation orders issued by the Minister for Justice, Jim O’Callaghan.
As a result of this operation, 42 South African nationals were deported from Ireland.
This included 27 adults - nine men and 18 women - and 15 juveniles, who were all part of family groups.
All people were removed on a chartered flight which left Dublin on Thursday afternoon for South Africa, arriving on Friday morning.
Two of the individuals deported from the State had been convicted of offences in this jurisdiction.
Their removal supports ongoing operations by gardaí nationwide, a Garda spokesperson said.
“Gardaí continue to work closely with the Department of Justice in implementing immigration policy and the Irish Prison Service in the implementation of these operations”, a spokesperson added.
In 2024, the Department of Justice took over administrative immigration registration functions from the gardaí.
The Trump administration issued sanctions on Thursday against Lebanese officials aligned with Hezbollah, the Iran-backed terror group that controls Southern Lebanon, marking the first such action since the signing of an agreement between Washington and Tehran.
The move came ahead of another round of direct Israel-Lebanon security talks in Washington, D.C., as Jerusalem and Beirut seek ways to remove Hezbollah forces from areas within striking range of Israel’s northern border.
“Hezbollah must disarm for Lebanon to achieve a secure and prosperous future,” Scott Bessent, U.S. treasury secretary, said. “Treasury will continue to target Hezbollah’s financial networks and hold accountable those who enable the group to undermine the Lebanese state and threaten prospects for lasting peace.”
Those sanctioned include Sleiman Antoine Frangie, leader of the Lebanese Marada Movement. The Treasury Department said Frangie “has used his strategic alliance with Hezbollah to benefit his own political ambitions,” including by accepting financial support from the terror group in exchange for helping it challenge more moderate members of parliament for their seats.
Mahmoud Qamati, deputy head of Hezbollah’s political council, was also designated for coordinating cash smuggling from Iran.
The sanctions also targeted members of a Hezbollah-linked business network overseen by Alaa Hassan Hamieh, largely for financial ties to previously designated individuals and companies.
The network includes companies and associates operating across Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Oman, with activities tied to real estate, insurance and technology sectors, including dealings with the regime of since-deposed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.
adams123: Person committed a crime and you guys brought in his religion as if his religion permitted the act is what I cant finetune. Treat the fellow and leave his religion aside. No be here we are when part of us are known criminals all over the world, is the bible that instructed them to do that act? And are we calling them by their religion?? I'm a Muslim, and a very proud one because I'm sure no one can enter paradise if you are not a Muslim, I'm begging you guys to keep your pride aside and study Islam as there is no repentance after death
A man who created more than 100 fake social media profiles to blackmail and sexually assault other young Muslim men has been jailed for 16 years.
Waleed Saeed, a British-born Muslim of Somali descent, was sentenced in what one Metropolitan Police officer described as the biggest "sexploitation" case he has dealt with.
Snaresbrook Crown Court, London, heard how the 31-year-old used a network of fake Snapchat, Instagram and Grindr profiles to solicit intimate images of Muslim men and teenagers as young as 15, many of whom privately identified as gay or bisexual.
He would then threaten to "out" them to their friends and family.
On occasions when victims could not pay his ransom, he would attempt to coerce them into meeting in person so he could sexually assault them.
Saeed had been convicted of 17 offences, including rape, blackmail and making indecent images of children.
In March, Saeed pleaded guilty to nine charges relating to four victims, including two counts of threatening to share intimate images, two counts of blackmail and two counts of making indecent images of a child.
A jury then found him guilty of eight other counts of charges including rape, attempted rape and blackmail.
The BBC understands The Met is now looking into around 100 more potential victims.
DC Peter Collington, who led the force's investigation, told the BBC: "I am making a direct appeal to other victim-survivors who may not have had the confidence to come forward.
"We want to treat you with compassion, with sensitivity and with absolute confidentiality. What has been done to you is wrong, and we will do everything in our power to support you."
Saeed's offending, which dates back to 2018, was discovered in August 2024 when a rape in a London park was reported.
The 18-year-old victim told police he had exchanged sexual images with someone he believed to be a transgender woman, but was in fact Saeed
Shortly afterwards, he received threatening messages from another account run by Saeed, revealing his true identity and demanding payment in exchange for not releasing the images.
When the victim could not pay, Saeed coerced him into meeting in a London park late at night on three separate occasions, where he sexually assaulted and raped him, while wearing a face covering to hide his identity.
Forensic evidence recovered from the victim's phone led police to arrest Saeed and seize two mobile phones containing further intimate images of victims, some of whom are believed to be children.
He used usernames such as "Trans Girl Leah", "amzyyyy09", and "ComeDeal" to target victims in London and across the UK.
Police uncovered a series of reports dating back as far as 2018, following what police called a "sinister pattern of offending".
Handing down the sentence, Judge HHJ Greene addressed Saeed directly: "You, yourself, are gay and like some of your victims, deeply troubled by what you perceive as your culture's negative views of homosexuality.
"Your victims were all young men of similar age, teenagers. You took advantage of the fact that cultural issues made them particularly vulnerable to the threat of exposure."
The judge told the court Saeed was "adept" at "catfishing and sexploitation."
"Once your victims had been lured into believe you were someone they might find attractive, they would be tricked into sharing intimate images of themselves, images you would be careful to insist would include their faces, so they could then be threatened by your exposure."
The court heard how one victim - a university student who had shared sexual videos and pictures with Saeed - felt unable to confide in family because of their "strict culture".
A victim impact statement read to the court said: "I don't go home much because I am constantly afraid they'll find out.
"They would be very ashamed of me and not want to talk to me anymore."
The statement also detailed how he had needed to take anti-anxiety medication.
"Whenever I hear the Snapchat notification I feel scared and have to check it straight away, the first thing I think is it could be a picture or video of me he could've posted."
Detectives are now appealing for other victims, or those who may know of other victims, to come forward.
A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: "Please be assured that victims will have their identity protected and privacy completely respected.
"Victims will not be required to share details of their experiences to their family members or friends if they do not wish to.
"Alternatively, for anyone looking for support that is independent from the police, you can contact Galop, the UK's LGBT+ anti-abuse charity."
The Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi and eight members of a production team, including musicians, have been reportedly sentenced to 74 lashes for performing in a concert livestreamed on Ahmadi’s YouTube channel in 2024.
According to court documents, the criminal court of Qom province sentenced the artists to flogging, a two-year ban on leaving the country and a two-year ban on engaging in artistic activities on charges that include offending public decency through the production and publication of “vulgar and immoral content” online.
Although the official judiciary news agency has yet to publish the ruling, rights groups and lawyers who reviewed the documents said the pattern of arrests and legal cases against artists publicly defying the regime reflects a broader effort to deter cultural dissent.
In December 2024, the 29-year-old singer performed the patriotic song Az Khoone Javanane Vatan (From the Blood of the Youth of the Homeland) without a hijab in a livestreamed performance that went viral.
She was briefly detained along with several musicians shortly after its release before being freed. Authorities later filed a formal case over the publication of the video, which has since accumulated millions of views on YouTube.
Bahar Ghandehari, the director of advocacy at the US-based Center for Human Rights in Iran, said “Ahmadi’s punishment of 74 lashes for merely singing and appearing without a hijab is yet another reminder that human rights conditions in Iran have not changed, despite the Iranian authorities’ wartime propaganda campaign aimed at improving their image.”
She added that the contrast between official imagery and the prosecution of artists exposed “the gap between the regime’s propaganda and reality”.
Moein Khazaeli, a human rights lawyer at Dadban, a legal counselling centre for Iranian activists, said the sentence lacked legal basis.
“Singing, performing music and producing or disseminating musical works by women are not criminalised under Iranian criminal law. Consequently, such activities cannot reasonably be construed as the ‘production, distribution or publication of obscene content’,” he said.
“The imposition of a flogging sentence against artists, civil society activists or other citizens is not merely a matter of domestic criminal law. It also raises serious concerns regarding states’ international obligations to prohibit torture and safeguard human dignity.
“For this reason, numerous human rights organisations consider flogging not a legitimate form of punishment, but rather a form of torture and inhuman treatment.”
For Iranian artists, the ruling, though not unexpected, has deepened fears of escalating cultural repression.
The Iranian-British actor Nazanin Boniadi said: “The sentencing of singer Parastoo Ahmadi to flogging for the simple act of singing publicly without a hijab is a stark reminder that, despite talk in Washington of a ‘new regime’ in Iran, the Islamic republic’s machinery of repression remains unchanged.
“Accommodating a regime that flogs women for their voices and kills citizens for demanding their rights only emboldens it to continue down its tyrannical path.”
The Iranian actor Setareh Maleki, who was forced into exile after starring in Mohammad Rasoulof’s Oscar-nominated film The Seed of the Sacred Fig, said the performance had a powerful emotive impact on her.
She told the Guardian: “When I watched the video of Parastoo Ahmadi’s concert, it reignited the spirit of resistance in me. For days, I kept watching the videos over and over again, and I felt immensely proud of Parastoo.
“Knowing all the consequences she would have to face, she still refused to give up her right, as a woman, to live, to sing and to be heard. Iranian women never stop fighting against tyranny, not even for a moment, and that is truly remarkable.”
She added: “For an Iranian artist who refuses to comply with censorship inside Iran, the daily routine is a form of resistance.
“We’ve come a long way but there is still a long road ahead. I’m grateful that every day another beloved artist reminds us of hope again and becomes a guiding light.”
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned that Washington could resume military strikes against Iran if a proposed peace agreement breaks down, insisting that the memorandum of understanding being negotiated between the two sides is not yet final.
“It’s a memorandum of understanding. And if I don’t like it, we’ll go back to shooting at them, dropping bombs on their head. If I don’t like it, if they don’t behave, we’ll go right back to dropping bombs right smack in the middle of their head, OK?” said Trump, at the G7 summit in France.
No immediate sanctions relief Trump said the Iran memorandum of understanding did not include immediate sanctions relief for Iran, while adding he would talk about this matter later, news agency Reuters reported.
G7 leaders back Trump’s plan to end Iran war
Trump’s fresh warning comes after Leaders at the Group of Seven summit threw their support behind Trump’s tentative agreement with Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz and further extend a shaky ceasefire, even though he is offered scant specificity about how that would be implemented.
In a declaration issued overnight, the leaders called the deal a “historic opportunity to prevent Iran from acquiring any nuclear weapon and tackling the threats related to its regional and ballistic activities”.
The leaders said they were “ready to contribute to its implementation,” although neither the White House nor Iran has released the text of the agreement. According to leaked copies of an interim agreement, Iran will immediately take steps to reopen the Strait of Hormuz once the deal is signed and will be allowed to sell its oil without restrictions.
Officials say the leaked text broadly matches the document. The accord, due to be formally signed in a ceremony in Switzerland on Friday, lays out that the US would work to end all American and United Nations sanctions imposed on Tehran if a final agreement addressing Iran’s nuclear program is reached.
G7 Day 2: Trump last to arrive, says ‘I’m the boss’
Trump, however, said the deal is still under wraps. He was speaking at a one-to-one meeting with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.“Nobody knows what it is, but it’s very strong,” he told reporters.
The final day of summit talks started late with Trump, the last to arrive, saying “I’m the boss” as he entered the room and sat next to host French President Emmanuel Macron. The assembled leaders laughed, and Trump grinned.
The G7 leaders were closing the formal talks of the leading industrial democracies at a lakeside resort in the French Alps on Wednesday with sessions on the future of artificial intelligence and fostering economic growth. They discussed concerns that China is flooding export markets with subsidised products, unfairly out-competing their own industries and destroying jobs. Leaders of India, South Korea, Kenya and Brazil also joined the meeting.
The US leader later plans to make a stop for a glitzy dinner at the Palace of Versailles outside of Paris before he jets back to Washington.
They're setting up this country for the kind of economic ruin that it will never recover from. The example of Malaysia and Singapore already shows the serious systemic flaws and deficiencies of the Halal ecosystem.
A system rooted in religious ideology and not sound, time honoured economic principles is doomed to fail.
I'm surprised that the Deputy Chief of Staff to the President (Office of the Vice President), who is hailing the idea couldn't even read between the lines and properly evaluate the data he is relying on.
He told us that the only Islamic nation among the top 10 Halal ecosystems in the world is ranked number 9, but failed to mention why that is the case or why all the other countries in the list are non Muslim countries with large domestic economies which are successfully integrated into the global economy.
It is because the Halal ecosystem can only survive in a robust economy built on sound free market practices. That's why it is thriving amongst muslim migrants in the West, but it has failed everywhere else, including in the Islamic world. In the West, there is a safety net to bail them out of failure.
But who will bail Nigeria out of failure when the Halal ecosystem inevitably collapses as it will most likely do in the not so distant future?
As part of its economic policies and reforms, the President Bola Tinubu administration is now focusing strategically on developing the Halal ecosystem to boost the economy, the Deputy Chief of Staff to the President (Office of the Vice President), Senator Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia, has said.
Hadejia exclusively told THISDAY Wednesday at the sidelines of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group Annual Meeting taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, that barely a year ago, the Tinubu administration inaugurated a process of developing and creating a Halal ecosystem for Nigeria to key into the fastest-growing sector of the global economy.
The Halal economy (also referred to as the Islamic economy) is a global economic sector structured around products and services that comply with Islamic law (Sharia).
While traditionally associated with dietary laws, specifically meat prepared according to Islamic laws, the modern Halal economy has expanded far beyond food and now represents a lifestyle-driven market rooted in ethical, health, and safety standards that appeal not only to the world’s Muslim population but also to non-Muslim consumers looking for organic, ethical, or cruelty-free options.
According to the presidential aide, “After, of course, the advent of the private sector doing it alone, the government has to come in because Nigeria, without any effort, is the seventh largest Halal consumer country on earth and the second largest in Africa.
“So, with the government now coming in to develop the ecosystem, helping with certification and infrastructure, we want to tap into the fastest-growing sector of the global economy.”
He noted that it used to be a niche, in which it was perceived as a religious thing, “but now, it has exploded in economic growth, and it’s heading toward seven trillion dollars, and it has nothing to do with religion.
Among the ten largest Halal economies in the world, I believe it’s only one, Turkey, which is number nine, that would be said to have some religious affiliation to the Halal ecosystem.
The rest are all, you know, including Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, the United States, and others.
“It’s simply economy, and we believe that Nigeria needs to move in and tap into that very fast-growing sector because we have the numerical advantage.
“I mean, if you imagine that even our local economy is a market in itself, let alone now shifting towards exporting livestock and derivatives, with the fact that we have the largest livestock population on the African continent.”
Hadejia posited further that: “We now have a dedicated ministry (Ministry of Livestock), and of course, just like with everything else, Nigerian livestock is particularly demanded by the Middle East and Arabian countries because of the unique flavour of our goat meat. So, it is something that they are doing currently informally, and we want to ensure that we capture it and integrate it into a larger economic policy.”
On how the halal ecosystem would impact the common man, he said the focus is on creating micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), adding: We’re talking of MSMEs. We’re not talking about mega industries out of the reach of the common man; it is for MSMEs.
“So, obviously, by the time we establish that economic framework, it will be a part of the economic inclusion initiative of the government. This is an ecosystem from the ground up. We’re not starting in the middle; we’re not starting at the top. We’re moving directly to the production sector.”
He noted that the government has brought reforms to the foreign exchange, oil sector, and infrastructure development, “which, you know, we are very focused and dedicated to taking to the end.
“By the time you consider them, even the road infrastructure that is ongoing across the country, in the next two, three years, that’s going to have a significant impact on the economy.
“We also look at the fact that Nigeria’s inflation is essentially driven by food inflation. Food inflation is driven by logistics. If you resolve those issues, you know, the differential between foodstuff in Kano and Lagos would probably be 15 to 20 percent instead of 3,000 percent that we have now because of logistics issues.”
Hadejia lauded IsDB’s contributions to the Nigerian economy by simplifying lending.
According to him, “Talking about the Islamic Development Bank impact on our economy, if you look at the basket of the lenders we have in Nigeria, when you talk to anybody in the Ministry of Finance, you would know that ISDB financing is probably the cheapest, the least technical, and the most uncomplicated.
“It’s very straightforward looking at it from the perspective of risk sharing because of the non-interest financing. So, in fact, the people are actually looking more to ISDB for refinancing now, to take them out of the IMF, World Bank, and others.
“Because of the lower cost and the shared risk, nobody is dumping the risk 100 percent on the lender. So, I commend the IsDB impact immensely, and I guess that that is what is also giving rise to non-interest banking in Nigeria, commanding almost 18 percent of the total banking sector.”
Exactly! I read the 14 point MOU between America and Iran and I laughing all the way through it.
Where do they think the $300 billion fund for rebuilding Iran will come from?
According to Trump, most of it will come from a "private investment vehicle" rather than US government funds or reparations. More than half of the sum has reportedly been committed by companies based in the US and a few allied nations.
In other words, private investors are getting involved. The whole thing is interest driven, meaning that Iran is going to be up to its neck and drowning in debt in the not so distant future.
The private sector investment bankers that are putting up the money, where do you think most of them come from and who do you think owns controlling stakes in most of those financial institutions? Ever heard of Vanguard and Blackrock? They are two of the largest asset managers in the world, worth over $26 trillion. They control most of the lending institutions that will be putting up the money in the 300 billion dollar fund.
Go and find out who controls global finances (and here's a hint: they've been controlling international banking for centuries).
You'll see that the so called freezing out of Israel is only a smokescreen meant for the entertainment of the gullible ones.
TruthHurts1: It seems there's a lot of ignorance on what the Abrahamic Acciords actually are. They are HEAVILY scripted to favour Israel.
People are falling for the script being played out about a feud between Netanyahu and Trump and that is EXACTLY the way they things to fall out.
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⚔️ The Reality A Nigerian private earns about $64 per month while operating in one of Africa’s most challenging security environments.
Behind every security statistic is a soldier expected to defend the country while facing the same cost-of-living pressures affecting millions of Nigerians.
“See what they gave us for feeding for 1-month. How can 9 people survive on 1 paint of garri, 1 paint of beans, 1 bag of spoilt potato and 5 fish?” pic.twitter.com/JZOCZQXoeH
BluntCrazeMan: America had never ever been a normal place.
How can two grown males who have never known what it is like to give birth come to adopt a highly dependent baby -- and the authorities see such a request as "Normal", and approved such?
Crime › Re: Lakurawa Sets N1,500 Bride Price Cap, Orders Marriage For Girls Above 15 by BlackViper(op): 11:15am On Jun 24
