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Nigeria First: A Call for Fairness in Our Media

It is deeply painful to witness how some media houses in Nigeria handle sensitive issues, especially when Muslims are involved. Recently, a tragic bomb blast occurred in a mosque in Maiduguri. According to reports, lives were lost and many were injured. This alone should have moved every conscience.

Yet, what made the situation even more disturbing was how some media outlets chose to report it.

For example, a headline from Channels TV read:
“Many Feared Dead As Bomb Blast Rocks Maiduguri On Christmas Eve.”

This headline is misleading. It subtly creates the impression that Christians were targeted during Christmas, without clearly stating that the incident occurred inside a mosque and that Muslims were the victims. This is not just poor journalism — it is unfair, insensitive, and dangerous.

Sadly, this is not the first time such a pattern has appeared. When victims are Christians, headlines often clearly state it. But when Muslims are affected, the language becomes vague or carefully framed in a way that distorts public perception.

Where is the justice?
Where is the professionalism?
Where is the humanity?

Journalism is meant to inform, not inflame. It should unite, not divide. A journalist must rise above personal beliefs and sentiments. Lives are lives — Muslim or Christian — and pain does not have a religion.

It is even more troubling that credible bodies like the NSCIA have reportedly raised concerns that some media houses reject Muslim-sponsored programmes, even when willing to pay, which clearly goes against ethical broadcasting standards. This should worry every fair-minded Nigerian.

Before we are Muslims or Christians, we are Nigerians.
Before religion, there is humanity.
Before bias, there must be truth.

Nigeria cannot heal when truth is selective and empathy is conditional. Media houses must do better. We must all do better.

May Allah grant justice to the oppressed, guide our leaders and institutions, and heal our nation.

Between this and calling terrorists bandits, which is worse?
Or between this and imposition of sharia on territories instead of consenting individuals, which is more disturbing to the OP?

Maybe the tourist or bandit use those area for bomb assiblings and mistake happened my thought for them to bomb there own never them no dey so..

When the Muslims are hiding the terrorists?

Sheik Gumi is already a big reason why Muslims issues are not deserving such conscience

Dhury:
The attribution of terrorist complicity to Muslims as a collective is analytically unsound , Terrorism is a criminal phenomenon enacted by discrete actors, not an expression of any religious traditions .

the views or conduct of Sheikh Gumi cannot be generalized to indict an entire faith community.

humans don't act based on ideals but on reality.
Until Northern Muslim clerics begin to dissociate from terrorism, we will continue to show no conscience.
Nobody has linked Yoruba Muslims to the madness of these terrorists cos their body language has always shown they don't support it.

Are Muslims fair to themselves: radical Muslims that is! Radical Islam discriminates against Christians and anyone not a Muslim is not fit to live a worthy life or at all. Is that fair? Best to live and let live. That is the best way to live life!

Education?
Go to twitter and scrap the comments of northern Nigerians regarding last night air strikes, for a sentiment analysis, and you will find out how much education is worth to a northern Nigerian.

CodeTemplarr:
Between this and calling terrorists bandits, which is worse?
Or between this and imposition of sharia on territories instead of consenting individuals, which is more disturbing to the OP?

Bandits, Herdsmen, unknown g men , ipob are all Terrorist

It is because the media houses have now realized that majority of the moslems are complicit in the fight against terrorism.
Was the bomb blast not happening on the Christmas Eve? What if the bomb was kept in the mosque to be used for an attack at Christian gathering on Christmas day?
You can fool some people some of the time, but you can't fool all the people all the time.

A religious sect that is not fair to its own self and the world? Same sect that has given us the paedophiles and terrorists? Abeg make we hear word

But there are fair to the terrorist for sending videos of themselves beheading Christians and military personnel on their social media handles.??


Oga!!! These guys bombed are terrorists and not Muslims.

Don't turn it to Muslim something.


There are capital letter TERRORIST.

AND THE MEDIA WOULD NOT BE FAIR WITH THEM

Lukgaf:
Nigeria First: A Call for Fairness in Our Media

It is deeply painful to witness how some media houses in Nigeria handle sensitive issues, especially when Muslims are involved. Recently, a tragic bomb blast occurred in a mosque in Maiduguri. According to reports, lives were lost and many were injured. This alone should have moved every conscience.

Yet, what made the situation even more disturbing was how some media outlets chose to report it.

For example, a headline from Channels TV read:
“Many Feared Dead As Bomb Blast Rocks Maiduguri On Christmas Eve.”

This headline is misleading. It subtly creates the impression that Christians were targeted during Christmas, without clearly stating that the incident occurred inside a mosque and that Muslims were the victims. This is not just poor journalism — it is unfair, insensitive, and dangerous.

Sadly, this is not the first time such a pattern has appeared. When victims are Christians, headlines often clearly state it. But when Muslims are affected, the language becomes vague or carefully framed in a way that distorts public perception.

Where is the justice?
Where is the professionalism?
Where is the humanity?

Journalism is meant to inform, not inflame. It should unite, not divide. A journalist must rise above personal beliefs and sentiments. Lives are lives — Muslim or Christian — and pain does not have a religion.

It is even more troubling that credible bodies like the NSCIA have reportedly raised concerns that some media houses reject Muslim-sponsored programmes, even when willing to pay, which clearly goes against ethical broadcasting standards. This should worry every fair-minded Nigerian.

Before we are Muslims or Christians, we are Nigerians.
Before religion, there is humanity.
Before bias, there must be truth.

Nigeria cannot heal when truth is selective and empathy is conditional. Media houses must do better. We must all do better.

May Allah grant justice to the oppressed, guide our leaders and institutions, and heal our nation.

all terrorists in the world bear one thing in common! ISLAM

The man was on point, but Muslims can create their own media houses and report news from their perspectives, aljazeera is an example.

Nigerian police execute sect leader


Thu 30 Jul 2009
Thursday 30 July 2009
A building which allegedly housed an Islamic sect in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri

Rooted out: A building allegedly used by the sect burns in the city of Maiduguri (AFP)
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The leader of a radical Islamic sect in northern Nigeria has been shot dead in police detention hours after being captured by the security forces, a police spokesman says.

Security forces captured radical preacher Mohammed Yusuf, the leader of a militant Islamic sect responsible for days of unrest which have killed more than 180 people and displaced thousands.

A Reuters reporter saw Yusuf at a military barracks in the northern city of Maiduguri after his capture. Yusuf had no visible injuries and was standing up. He was later transferred to the city's police headquarters, where he was killed.

"He has been killed. You can come and see his body at the state police command headquarters," said Isa Azare, spokesman for the police command in the northern city of Maiduguri.

Another policeman said Yusuf "pleaded for mercy and forgiveness before he was shot".

Footage of his bullet-riddled body was shown on state television.

Yusuf, whose Boko Haram sect wants a wider adoption of sharia (Islamic law) across Nigeria, was seized after a manhunt involving military helicopters and armed police.

Army and police earlier battled the remnants of his sect in Maiduguri after shelling his compound.

Bursts of gunfire rang out and helicopters hovered overhead as the security forces went from door to door hunting his followers.

The violence erupted when members of the group were arrested on Sunday in Bauchi state, 400 kilometres south-west of Maiduguri, on suspicion of plotting to attack a police station.

Yusuf's supporters, armed with machetes, knives, home-made hunting rifles and petrol bombs, then went on the rampage in several states across northern Nigeria, attacking churches, police stations, prisons and government buildings.

President Umaru Yar'Adua, on an official visit to Brazil, spoke by telephone with northern governors and urged traditional and religious leaders to use Friday prayers to warn people about the dangers of such sects.

"The president stated that religious groups such as Boko Haram, which seeks to disrupt the peace and security of the Nigerian state, should not be the bride of any true Muslim individual or group," his spokesman Olusegun Adeniyi said.

Nigeria's Muslim umbrella group Jama'atu Nasril Islam has already condemned the violence and backed the security forces.

Boko Haram - which means "Western education is sinful" - is loosely modelled on the Taliban movement in Afghanistan.

Its members wear long beards and consider anyone not following their strict ideology, whether Christian or Muslim, as infidels.

Its views are not espoused by the majority of Nigeria's Muslim population, the largest in sub-Saharan Africa.



National defence spokesman Colonel Mohammed Yerima said there would be a military "show of force" on Friday to reassure civilians they would be protected.

Maiduguri has borne the brunt of the fighting. Local residents said they were still too afraid to venture out despite assurances from the authorities.

"This city is like a battlefield," said Muhammed Yakubu, a local journalist and a resident of Maiduguri.

Yar'Adua has said intelligence agencies had been tracking the group for years and that its members were procuring arms and learning to make bombs to force their views on Nigerians.

He ordered the security forces to take all necessary action to "contain them once and for all".

Police in Maiduguri said the security forces had killed 90 sect members on Monday alone. Eight police officers, three prison officials and two soldiers were also killed.

In neighbouring Yobe state, police said they had recovered the bodies of 33 sect members after a gun battle near the town of Potiskum on Wednesday.

More than 50 people were killed in the initial fighting in Bauchi on Sunday.

Police said they freed 95 women and children on Wednesday being held by the sect in Maiduguri.

Its members believe their wives should not be seen by other men and their children should receive only a Koranic education.

The violence in the north is not connected to unrest in the Niger Delta in the south, where militant attacks have prevented Nigeria from pumping much above two-thirds of its oil capacity. The delta's main militant group has condemned the violence.
- Reuters

Muslims who spoke against terrorists are always targeted as well but bandits(most especially), and other terrorists have always targeting the churches and christian populated area.
Do u remember, st Teresa, deeper life in otete kogi state, owo church massacre, Deborah, woman evangelist in Abuja, so many I can't even recall.

Nigeria govt can't even arrest Deborah killer let alone curb terrorists scandalous act. Only foreign intervention is needed now.

Lukgaf:
Nigeria First: A Call for Fairness in Our Media

It is deeply painful to witness how some media houses in Nigeria handle sensitive issues, especially when Muslims are involved. Recently, a tragic bomb blast occurred in a mosque in Maiduguri. According to reports, lives were lost and many were injured. This alone should have moved every conscience.

Yet, what made the situation even more disturbing was how some media outlets chose to report it.

For example, a headline from Channels TV read:
“Many Feared Dead As Bomb Blast Rocks Maiduguri On Christmas Eve.”

This headline is misleading. It subtly creates the impression that Christians were targeted during Christmas, without clearly stating that the incident occurred inside a mosque and that Muslims were the victims. This is not just poor journalism — it is unfair, insensitive, and dangerous.

Sadly, this is not the first time such a pattern has appeared. When victims are Christians, headlines often clearly state it. But when Muslims are affected, the language becomes vague or carefully framed in a way that distorts public perception.

Where is the justice?
Where is the professionalism?
Where is the humanity?

Journalism is meant to inform, not inflame. It should unite, not divide. A journalist must rise above personal beliefs and sentiments. Lives are lives — Muslim or Christian — and pain does not have a religion.

It is even more troubling that credible bodies like the NSCIA have reportedly raised concerns that some media houses reject Muslim-sponsored programmes, even when willing to pay, which clearly goes against ethical broadcasting standards. This should worry every fair-minded Nigerian.

Before we are Muslims or Christians, we are Nigerians.
Before religion, there is humanity.
Before bias, there must be truth.

Nigeria cannot heal when truth is selective and empathy is conditional. Media houses must do better. We must all do better.

May Allah grant justice to the oppressed, guide our leaders and institutions, and heal our nation.

the word fairness shouldn't be demanded by you, when the genocide was against Christians no Muslims came out to condemn it , as such you now understand what fairness means.

how are we so sure the recent attack on Muslims and Islamic facilities aren't motivated in one way or the other? if anyone has being following the trend, it was soon after the American call for drastic action, claim and confirmation of Christian genocide that the attack on Muslim facilities began.

I know this is being done to seek sympathy and change the narratives like it currently being done. the thing here is every life matters.

rather than come out to condemn in strong terms the Islamic fundamentalist you are seeking sympathy. Islamic terrorist killed Christians yes, the question is, who bombed the mosque? who is killing the muslims? not sympathy or fairness.

you are waiting for channels television to help you label them Christian terrorist or Islamic terrorists. I could remember president Jonathan back then saying "Nigeria is only having it fair share of the evil happening around the world", for there to be fairness there must be fair share, as such 'you guys (muslims) are only experiencing your fare share of what the Christians have being experiencing'. quote me anytime, RIP to the dead and solace to families affected.

But sheik Gumi is fair to the Muslims…you habor terrorist,you suffer the same fate with them

Those who destroy, yet claim to be the victims
The fear of Trump’s bombing is the beginning of wisdom to some crooked northern leaders. Whether they like it or not, terrorism nationwide must stop!

If you are wondering why I posted the above ^^^^, it's because of this comment👇

nairalanda1:
SO, the christians should ignore the sin because person na christian?

Charity begins at home. Una see how the muslims dey enjoy boko haram because they did not relaize the importance of that saying.

👇

SixSeven:
I disagree with this but that is a discussion for another day. I was in the media when Boko Haram started. And I clearly remember in 2009-11, the headline news was always about an Islamic cleric being murdered by these boys. Any Islamic cleric who condemned them was kpaid and the government didn't do anything until they progressed into suicide bombing and advanced terror. So the talk that Muslims kept quiet is false. If I have some time, I will bring some of those headlines to you. It was clearly in the news then and I got tired of it because Muslims were condemning it but down south, they thought they were condoning it.

That comment made me to look for archives of newspapers and it's so sad that just in a space of 20 years, you can't find good proof, I had to use AI to help me bring it up. We don't keep records of our own events.

At topic, I rely on facts and I share the sentiments. I read comments here on NL and I have observed that non-Muslims are worse than the people they claim are terrorists. I read a report on Palestine yesterday and I was shocked that even some Christians don't have good knowledge of history to know where Jesus was born. They hear Gaza, Palestine and the next thing they want is die.

When the Australian Jews were attacked this month, they already went with the hate rage only for someone to point out that the rescuer was a Muslim.

I don't like to play isms because I have realized that whichever side you belong to, it will make you an extremist. I think Muslims will suffer more of this because of the right wing campaign that even Trump and his friend Musk are making popular. It unfortunately has a counter effect because the more you attack a people, the more it makes people curious when they see what you preach vs what you do. I know this because this is 9/11 repeating itself again. You don't want to be identified as Muslim during the period but it made people more curious about the religion to know the truth. I will give you an example. I just came across this video and it's a classic example of what is going on with the right wing propaganda and their attack:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlBseHR-4_U

If you are online, you will know about this story and how they are trying to attack these guys. Organized religion in my opinion doesn't allow people think of human beings as theirs. They come into this world blind, then they start to divide and conquer. Better use your head to think. UAE is supporting something sinister against fellow Muslims in Darfur, the US and Israel know the pressure their people are putting on them but they want to pretend like that are fighting for Christians while we know that it was Shettima's statement and others at the UN that made them turn eye on Nigeria. If you doubt this, go and read the recent statements of Venezuela's President Maduro on what US is trying to do with them and his views on Israel. Politicians don't really care about your faith, oppression is united at the TOP.

Whether you are Muslim, Christian, Traditional worshipper or whatever creed you claim, if you discriminate on the basis of religion, tribe or something else, I have no respect for you and your beliefs. You are inhumane.

Maybe it's because it was a case of family matter! Muslims killing Muslims, brothers killing brothers. Both killers and the killed will be given 7 virgins each.

Did you observe we had the most peaceful Christmas Celebration yesterday since 2014 when APC was trying to grab power by all means?

Lukgaf:
Nigeria First: A Call for Fairness in Our Media

It is deeply painful to witness how some media houses in Nigeria handle sensitive issues, especially when Muslims are involved. Recently, a tragic bomb blast occurred in a mosque in Maiduguri. According to reports, lives were lost and many were injured. This alone should have moved every conscience.

Yet, what made the situation even more disturbing was how some media outlets chose to report it.

For example, a headline from Channels TV read:
“Many Feared Dead As Bomb Blast Rocks Maiduguri On Christmas Eve.”

This headline is misleading. It subtly creates the impression that Christians were targeted during Christmas, without clearly stating that the incident occurred inside a mosque and that Muslims were the victims. This is not just poor journalism — it is unfair, insensitive, and dangerous.

Sadly, this is not the first time such a pattern has appeared. When victims are Christians, headlines often clearly state it. But when Muslims are affected, the language becomes vague or carefully framed in a way that distorts public perception.

Where is the justice?
Where is the professionalism?
Where is the humanity?

Journalism is meant to inform, not inflame. It should unite, not divide. A journalist must rise above personal beliefs and sentiments. Lives are lives — Muslim or Christian — and pain does not have a religion.

It is even more troubling that credible bodies like the NSCIA have reportedly raised concerns that some media houses reject Muslim-sponsored programmes, even when willing to pay, which clearly goes against ethical broadcasting standards. This should worry every fair-minded Nigerian.

Before we are Muslims or Christians, we are Nigerians.
Before religion, there is humanity.
Before bias, there must be truth.

Nigeria cannot heal when truth is selective and empathy is conditional. Media houses must do better. We must all do better.

May Allah grant justice to the oppressed, guide our leaders and institutions, and heal our nation.

Muslim terrorists are kpaing Christians left and right in the country, this one is looking for fairness.

Na "Holy Michael" Boko Haram dey shout when them wan kill person? Abi na Bible verse ISWAP dey quote when dem won behead people?

You're not serious!

Maybe the suicide bomber's went to the mosque to pray for 72 virgins before going to carry out the act, while praying, the suicide vest might have malfunctioned.
Just saying

But it's the same sect Muslims killing everyone
And the so called moderate plus radicals one cheering them in secret or indirectly
You are just deceiving yourselves because when you are ready you people should be the ones to fishout and condemn the sects destroying your reputation which is beyond repair

Then moosleems should stop terrorism and killing it Christians

Nonsense talk again. Fanatics are stupid any day, anytime. Always talking from hell.

I saw that news headline and I immediately thought terrorists had attacked a church in maiduguri, but I later got to learn it was even a mosque that was hit and moslem worshippers were the casualties. This was carefully obfuscated inside "Christmas Eve"

It seems after Trump's threat, every media house is trying to frame reportage to suit the Christian genocide narrative, probably to be in the Americans good books. No Nigerian wants anything that will jeopardise their chances of one day travelling to America.

That's true. We can do better

Op, what is the ratio of terrorist attack on mosques and churches in Nigeria ?

Which kain nonsense perspective be this? All the years cartoon from another country led to Christian killings, nko? What about the proposed hosting of the Miss World Beauty Pageant in Nigeria once upon a time? How many Muslims ever spoke out against Christian killings and the destruction of their businesses?