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EponObi:
A lot of you are too ignorant on this forum

It's not ignorance, it's a troll farm.

Previous thread:

Spain Bans U.S From Using It's Bases To Attack Iran (Video)
https://www.nairaland.com/8628092/spain-bans-u.s-using-bases


Trump Threatens Spain With Sanctions
https://www.nairaland.com/8628777/trump-threatens-spain-sanctions

Pedro Sanchez @sanchezcastejon

The world, Europe, and Spain have faced this critical moment before. In 2003, a few irresponsible leaders dragged us into an illegal war in the Middle East that brought nothing but insecurity and pain.

Our response then must be our response now:

NO to violations of international law.

NO to the illusion that we can solve the world’s problems with bombs.

NO to repeating the mistakes of the past.

NO TO WAR.

Source

Previous threads:


Middle East Developments: Police Reassures Nigerians Of Sustained Security
https://www.nairaland.com/8627618/middle-east-developments-police-reassures


IMN Protests Across Nigeria Over Death Of Ayatollah Khamenei
https://www.nairaland.com/8628315/imn-protests-across-nigeria-over

Background

1) I wrote a series on this thread about things that happened in northern Nigeria in the 1970s and 1980s. There was a lot of tension because there was competition between Saudi Arabia /Sheikh Gummi The First (who were promoting Sunni Islam) and Iran/Sheikh Zakzaky (who were promoting Shia Islam).

2) At this point we need to address an issue that has often cropped up on Nairaland since 2005. Iran has not been involved in Al-Qaeda, ISIS, ISWAP and those other terrorist groups (there's always a nairalander that props up with that false claim, but he is usually schooled). Al-Qaeda, ISIS, Boko Haram and all those other groups say that they are affiliated to Sunni Islam, while Iran is the biggest Shia country. They are of different denominations and they are actually opponents.

If you are looking for the group that Iran supports in Nigeria, look no further than the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) led by Sheikh Zakzaky.

3) I have written about the IMN and I'll simply tell you why I wrote about them (because that's the most important thing and it's what you need to know).


The IMN has a habit of staging marches and these marches have become a problem.

The IMN usually stages marches on their holy days and you'll see large number of IMN members walking down an important expressway in Kaduna. Nobody can pass when they are marching. This often causes unbelievable traffic jams and disturbs the lives of people living in the area.

To make matters worse, the IMN do not believe in Nigeria, they do not believe in the constitution or any earthly authority. Therefore they've often had clashes with government.

Sometimes government tries to ignore them, but General Sani Abacha's regime detained Sheikh Zakzaky, some of his children were killed during the Goodluck Jonathan era and many of his followers were killed when they blocked the road (because they were marching) and they refused to allow the chief of army staff (General Buratai) convoy to pass.

Generals in the convoy came down to beg the IMN members to move and allow the convoy to pass, but IMN youths were threatening the generals and hitting their chests (I actually saw the video of IMN youths tapping the chests of generals).

Then the bodyguards opened fire and were able to clear a path for the convoy to pass. (If I remember correctly, General Buratai was travelling between Kaduna and Zaria to attend the NDA graduation ceremony, but the IMN had blocked the highway).

Soldiers invaded the IMN compound later that night.

4) I once created a thread an in that thread I praised the inspector general of police because he did something that I had always wondered why IGPs had not done in the past.

This was the first Trump tenure and President Trump launched an attack that killed a senior Iranian general.

The inspector general of police put all policemen in Nigeria on high alert after that attack. That was the right thing to do.

You see, the IMN has a habit of staging marches anytime Iran is attacked and this always causes a lot of disruption. I want you to understand what I mean by disruption, so I'll tell you about something else.

The Army invaded Zakzaky's compound and IMN members also rioted. Therefore Zakzaky was arrested and had many court cases that were separately instituted by the Federal Government and the Kaduna State Government. The IMN staged marches any time Zakzaky appeared in court and I need you to go to YouTube and watch videos of those marches and see the chaos it caused in Abuja and Kaduna.

5) The purpose of this post is to say that the security services in Nigeria (especially in Abuja and Kaduna) need to be on high alert because the IMN might stage more marches to protest against the attacks on Iran.

2020 thread:

Death Of Soleimani: Nigerian IGP Adamu Places Policemen On Red Alert Nationwide
https://www.nairaland.com/5615427/death-soleimani-nigerian-igp-adamu

This was in 2025

Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), popularly known as Shiites, clashed with security operatives during a protest in Abuja on Friday.
The demonstration, which took place around Banex Junction in Wuse 2, saw protesters waving Palestinian flags and chanting slogans… pic.twitter.com/NFg51hteYS

— Zagazola (@ZagazOlaMakama) March 28, 2025

Clashes between the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (on one hand) and the army or police (on the other hand) has often resulted in violence.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEvJkfrh97w?si=hcVNuxYX6Sf-EB2Y

U.S. Mission Nigeria @USinNigeria

SECURITY ALERT: POSSIBLE PROTESTS IN ABUJA

Location: Abuja, Federal Capital Territory

Event: Potential Demonstrations

The U.S. Embassy in Abuja informs U.S. citizens that there is a high potential for protests in Abuja today, March 4, 2026, due to the current conflict with Iran.

Previous protests by some groups have resulted in violent clashes between the group and Nigerian security forces.

The Embassy strongly recommends that all U.S. citizens in Abuja remain in their residences on Wednesday, March 4.

Actions to Take: 
•Avoid areas where protests are taking place.
•Avoid crowds.
•Exercise caution if unexpectedly in the vicinity of large gatherings or protests.
•Monitor local media for updates.
•Be aware of your surroundings.
•Keep a low profile.
•Review your personal security plans and keep your cell phone charged in case of emergency.
•Carry proper identification.
•Stay alert, including at shopping centers, movie theaters, and places of worship.
•Familiarize yourself with emergency exits and egresses when you enter buildings.
•Vary travel routes and times to reduce predictability.

The Consular Sections of Embassy Abuja and Consulate General Lagos remain open. Please monitor our website for updates.

Assistance:
U.S. Embassy Abuja, Nigeria 
Plot 1075 Diplomatic Drive, Central District Area
+234 209 461 4328 and after hours +234 209 461 4000, press zero
AbujaACS@state.gov
ng.usembassy.gov 

U.S. Consulate General Lagos   
2 Walter Carrington Crescent, Victoria Island
+234 201 460 3400 during business hours and after hours
LagosACS@state.gov
ng.usembassy.gov 

State Department – Consular Affairs   
+1 888-407-4747 or +1 202-501-4444

travel.state.gov/content/travel…

Enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP)   to receive security updates

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https://x.com/i/status/2029118760724898047

Anglican divisions deepen as rebel clerics pick rival to first female leader

Lebo Diseko
Global religion correspondent, Lagos

Clergy from a conservative grouping of the Anglican Church are meeting this week in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, to choose a rival to the first female Archbishop of Canterbury.

The UK's Sarah Mullally will officially be installed as the leader of the world's Anglican communion at a lavish ceremony later this month but her appointment has divided opinion in Nigeria, and elsewhere.

Many conservative Christians believe that only men should be consecrated as bishops.

The Vining Memorial Church Cathedral in Nigeria's main city Lagos was full of women in gold, green and purple "geles" or headwraps and men resplendent in white-flowing "agbada" robes for its weekly highlight, the Sunday service.

Some of the hymns and liturgy were the same as those sung by Anglicans around the world, but there were also differences, like the upbeat worship music that had the congregation dancing in the pews.

Some congregants, like Bunmi Odukoya, were supportive of the appointment.

"The work of God is an individual thing. If you're called - you can be a man, you can be a woman - you need to fulfil the calling of the Lord," he told the BBC.

Others, like Uche Nweke, strongly disagreed: "I don't think it's Christian. When you look at the Bible and the apostles, there was no woman in there, so a woman being the head of the Anglican church in England, I don't think it's going to go well."

In addition to being the most senior cleric in the Church of England, the Archbishop of Canterbury is also "primus inter pares" - or first among equals - of the primates of the worldwide Anglican Communion, meaning she is the spiritual leader of almost 95 million Anglicans.

At its four-day meeting that has just started in Abuja, Gafcon, which describes itself as a global movement of "authentic Anglicans, guarding God's gospel", plans to elect its own "first among equals", just weeks ahead of Archbishop Mullaly's installation at Canterbury Cathedral.

The move threatens to turn divisions within the global church into a full-on split.

"This is a schism, even if they don't want to say that," Diarmaid MacCulloch, Emeritus Professor of the History of the Church at the University of Oxford in England, told the BBC.

"This is a set of leaders, all male, going to a conference in Africa to assert [an] identity which no longer satisfies many Anglican churches - that is an all-male episcopate calling the shots."

Gafcon was formed in 2008 in response to theological differences within the Anglican Communion over the issue of same-sex unions.

In recent years those divisions have deepened, and in 2023 the group rejected the leadership of the previous Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, over proposals to bless same-sex couples, a position also held by his successor, Dame Sarah.

The group says it speaks for the majority of the world's Anglicans, although that is contested.

It does draw much of its support from Africa, but the view on the continent is by no means monolithic.

For example, the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, and Kenya's first female bishop Emily Onyango, both celebrated Sarah Mullally's appointment.

And while Gafcon accuses the Church of England of maintaining a colonial relationship with churches in the Global South and imposing its more progressive views, some of the organisers of this week's conference are based in the Americas and Australia, where the organisation also has a presence.

In October last year, Gafcon resolved to "reorder the Anglican Communion", refusing to take part in meetings convened by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and encouraging members to cut remaining ties with the Church of England.

The group said it had not left. Instead it claimed that it was the true Anglican Communion.

The election of its own global spiritual leader will bring the Church a step closer to an irrevocable split, and is "a very aggressive thing to do", said Prof MacCulloch, who is an Anglican.

The Anglican Communion is made up of 42 provinces in 165 countries around the world. Each has its own system of governance, but they share heritage, and ways of worshipping.

"We see ourselves as a family of autonomous, yet interdependent churches," Bishop Anthony Poggo, secretary general of the Anglican Communion, told the BBC.

It is the third largest Christian denomination after Catholicism and the Eastern Orthodox Church, giving its leaders a huge platform when speaking about issues such as climate change, human rights, or efforts for global peace.

Churches within it support each other spiritually and in terms of resources through what are known as companion links.

"These are examples of very positive things that we get out of this relationship," Bishop Poggo tells the BBC.

While there is no formal constitution, it is held together by four "Instruments of Communion", led by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Proposals to broaden the leadership of the Anglican Communion to better reflect its global nature will be discussed at the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) in June. But that is one of the instruments that Gafcon no longer recognises, so its members will not be there.

According to Bishop Poggo, any church or province that wants to leave the Communion ought to follow the process by which they joined, but in reverse.

"We need to go through our existing processes, namely, a standing committee, or the synods that we have in each of the provinces, rather than doing it outside of these processes."

So what happens when one part of the family refuses to do so, but behaves as if it has left?

"There is not much you can do," concedes Bishop Poggo, adding: "It saddens us."

The relationship between the first Anglican church and the rest of the world is looking increasingly precarious. But there are still some who value the connection with Canterbury.

Despite disagreeing with the Church of England's more liberal view, Nigerian youth pastor Alexander Olasinde says that the connection to the Church of England still matters to him

"All of us [as Christians] have one goal, and that is to make [it to] heaven. We need to find a common ground," the 34-year-old told the BBC.

"If we continue in this trend we'll have grudges, unsettled issues between us. So how do we even make it to heaven?"

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgrz1rx0ejzo?


Photo 1) Sarah Mullally was confirmed as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury in January

Photo 2) Worshippers at the Vining Memorial Church Cathedral were divided over the issue of being led by a woman

Photo 3) The former Archbishop of Canterbury (R) struggled to keep the Church together

Mynd44:
This is how ISIS started.

They armed localmilitia against the Syrian Government

Not only ISIS, but also Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. The CIA armed them to fight the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s.

Obafemi Hamzat @drobafemihamzat

Today, I joined Governor @jidesanwoolu at the State Congress of the All Progressives Congress, at Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan.

The renewed mandate of the State Executive carries a responsibility to uphold our values and continue strengthening the party for the future.

https://x.com/i/status/2028872916062945579

Governor Sanwo-Olu, Former Governor Ambode, Deputy Governor Hamzat, Former Deputy Governor Orelope-Adefulire and other members of the GAC arrive Onikan Stadium.

Members of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC) arrives Onikan Stadium for the Lagos State APC Congress

These are the MEN that you feel President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will disobey? pic.twitter.com/nsT9E9gRaT

— Senior Pst Okezie James Atañi. (@Onsogbu) March 3, 2026

Babajide Sanwo-Olu @jidesanwoolu

Today, I joined party leaders and delegates at the state congress of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos, where Hon. Cornelius Ojelabi was returned as State Chairman.

Lagos remains the bedrock of our party. Our goal is to uphold its position as the gold standard for progressive politics and to ensure it remains a welcoming home for all. We leave this congress stronger and more focused.

I congratulate the chairman and the executive members on their renewed mandate. The real work is to keep strengthening the party and staying connected to the people we serve.

https://x.com/i/status/2028860240989417621

Aha! I have found this clip again!

The very first clip is quite old and I found it again because I was searching for the missile and rocket launches in the rest of the video.

The missile and rocket launches will catch the attention of most people, but I'm more impressed by the first clip.

In the first clip a soldier in the Niger Delta lights an oil flare by shooting at it with a pistol while standing on a bobbing boat.

The rest of the video is filled with multiple missile and rocket launches.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keYYdjd8kt8?si=9CftQhvpjrtMkmvY