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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) said its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has been vindicated by former presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu’s stunning admission that the viral story about rats invading President Muhammadu Buhari’s office in 2017 was intentionally fabricated to shift public attention from concerns over the president’s health.


Shehu made the revelation in his recently-unveiled memoir, ‘According to the President: Lessons from a Presidential Spokesperson’s Experience’.

In a statement signed by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful and sent to Daily Sun on Saturday, IPOB urged the world to take note that Kanu’s assertion that Buhari was gravely ill and incapable of leading Nigeria, and that Aso Rock was enmeshed in a web of lies and deception, has now been confirmed by one of the principal architects of that deception himself.

The group berated Shehu for orchestrating a national charade to fool over 200 million people while accusing Kanu of peddling fake news and hate speech.

IPOB said Kanu told the truth and was persecuted for it.

“He warned Nigerians that their president was missing in action, that shadowy forces had hijacked the machinery of government, and that the people were being ruled by deception.

“Instead of investigating the truth, the Nigerian media and political elite mocked him,” Powerful stated.

He added, “If this level of deliberate misinformation had happened in any sane society, those responsible would be in jail for subverting the constitution, undermining national security, and deceiving the electorate. But Nigeria rewards mediocrity, protects liars, and punishes truth-tellers.”

45-year-old man has taken a six-year-old girl as his bride, an act so disturbing that it even left the Taliban 'horrified.'

The man, who is already married to two other women, bought the young girl from her family. The wedding took place in Marjah district, with both the child's father and the groom since detained but not formally charged.

The Taliban has instructed the groom to wait until the child reaches nine before he can take her home. Child marriage remains rampant in Afghanistan, often fuelled by poverty, compelling families to sell their daughters into matrimony as a means of survival.

A local activist named Mahbob despaired while speaking to The Afghan Times: "There are many families in our village who have given away their daughters for money. No one helps them. People are desperate."

This bartering of girls for marriage, known as walwar, involves trading them for cash based on attributes like appearance, health, and education.

However, financial desperation isn't the sole motive; some girls are traded to settle blood feuds between enemies.

Amiri, 50 from Uruzgan, opened up about marrying off her 14-year-old daughter to a 27-year-old man for 300,000 Afghanis.

She admitted, "I knew she was too young, but we had nothing at home. I used the money to feed the rest of my family.

The practice had dwindled after the US-led invasion but has surged again since the Taliban's 2021 resurgence

The man, who is already married to two other women, bought the young girl from her family. The wedding took place in Marjah district, with both the child's father and the groom since detained but not formally charged.


The Taliban has instructed the groom to wait until the child reaches nine before he can take her home.


Child marriage remains rampant in Afghanistan, often fuelled by poverty, compelling families to sell their daughters into matrimony as a means of survival.

READ MORE:Brit mum, 50, drowns in Corfu in front of husband and 16-year-old son

READ MORE:'I quit my job at a nursery after I saw things that would horrify every parent'

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Even the Taliban were left 'horrified'(Image: Screengrab from AmuTv)
A local activist named Mahbob despaired while speaking to The Afghan Times: "There are many families in our village who have given away their daughters for money. No one helps them. People are desperate."


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This bartering of girls for marriage, known as walwar, involves trading them for cash based on attributes like appearance, health, and education.

However, financial desperation isn't the sole motive; some girls are traded to settle blood feuds between enemies.

Amiri, 50 from Uruzgan, opened up about marrying off her 14-year-old daughter to a 27-year-old man for 300,000 Afghanis.

Article continues below
She admitted, "I knew she was too young, but we had nothing at home. I used the money to feed the rest of my family."

TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-SOCIETY-LIFESTYLE
The return of the Taliban has severely impacted women's rights(Image: Getty)
The practice had dwindled after the US-led invasion but has surged again since the Taliban's 2021 resurgence.


Under their rule, women's freedoms have been drastically curtailed, with full-body coverings and hushed voices in public mandated. They're also barred from travelling without a male relative.

A UN report last year indicated that such oppression has sparked a 25 per cent rise in child and forced marriages.

The International Criminal Court has slammed the treatment of Afghan women as a crime against humanity, issuing arrest warrants for two top Taliban officials.[/b]




Child marriage remains rampant in Afghanistan, often fuelled by poverty, compelling families to sell their daughters into matrimony as a means of survival.

READ MORE:Brit mum, 50, drowns in Corfu in front of husband and 16-year-old son

READ MORE:'I quit my job at a nursery after I saw things that would horrify every parent'

TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-SOCIETY-ECONOMY-WOMEN
Even the Taliban were left 'horrified'(Image: Screengrab from AmuTv)
A local activist named Mahbob despaired while speaking to The Afghan Times: "There are many families in our village who have given away their daughters for money. No one helps them. People are desperate."


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This bartering of girls for marriage, known as walwar, involves trading them for cash based on attributes like appearance, health, and education.

However, financial desperation isn't the sole motive; some girls are traded to settle blood feuds between enemies.

Amiri, 50 from Uruzgan, opened up about marrying off her 14-year-old daughter to a 27-year-old man for 300,000 Afghanis.

Article continues below
She admitted, "I knew she was too young, but we had nothing at home. I used the money to feed the rest of my family."

TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-SOCIETY-LIFESTYLE
The return of the Taliban has severely impacted women's rights(Image: Getty)
The practice had dwindled after the US-led invasion but has surged again since the Taliban's 2021 resurgence.


Under their rule, women's freedoms have been drastically curtailed, with full-body coverings and hushed voices in public mandated. They're also barred from travelling without a male relative.

A UN report last year indicated that such oppression has sparked a 25 per cent rise in child and forced marriages.

The International Criminal Court has slammed the treatment of Afghan women as a crime against humanity, issuing arrest warrants for two top Taliban officials.

Article continues below
The court cited "reasonable grounds" to believe Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and Chief Justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani are culpable for the persecution of women and girls since the Taliban's comeback.

The Taliban rebuffed the accusations, deeming them "a clear act of hostility" and an affront to Muslims globally.

Afghanistan lacks a codified minimum marriage age, with the Taliban nullifying the previous age limit of 16 set after the 2001 Western invasion.

Presently, a girl's marriageable age is determined by Islamic law interpretation, with the Hanafi jurisprudence deeming puberty the threshold for readiness.

WorldRichest:
If not that you need medical examination, you will not suggest that Tinubu should leave his Constitutional responsibilities and go and visit Buhari in hospital

Kusu12:
You shout the loudest, yet achieve the least—just like an empty drum. Your recycled slogans and online noise have never won an election, and in 2027, you’ll face another brutal defeat. Prepare for another dose of reality.

CoronaVirusPro:
Good move. The Federal government should not be maintaining fleets of private jets. Proceeds from such sale can be channeled into other sectors that will benefit Nigerians.

It’s a good one coming of His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR)

olarent:
Wake up brother, nothing is achieved, uranium was moved out bomb could not penetrate deeper. Iran and USA cut deal don't be surprise.

Safyqueen:
Any Nigerian supporting Israel on what they are doing in middle East should not blame the Fulanis on what they are doing in Nigeria. It is perfectly same.