Tag: Extremism
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Pantamism, Talibanism, Americanism and extremism: Ingredients cooking terrorism, By Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa NIGERIA’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim, also known as Pantami, is busy fighting off those who accuse him of holding extreme Islamic views. He seemed particularly frightened by claims that the United States of America, USA, sees him as an extremist. I laugh at this because America…
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Buhari in Jordan, reiterates Nigeria’s commitment to leading fight against extremism
President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated Nigeria’s commitment to playing a leading role in bringing together countries of the West African sub-region in a collective security arrangement against extremism. Speaking in Jordan at a security meeting hosted by King Abdullah II, Buhari said with what Nigeria had gone through, it was ready to share the experiences…
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London terror attack: Facebook wants ‘hostility’ against terrorists
Facebook says it wants to make its platform “hostile” to terrorists after an attack in London left at least seven people dead this weekend. Simon Milner, the company’s director of policy, issued a widely reported statement Sunday that said the social media platform works “aggressively” to remove terrorist content. “We want Facebook to be a…
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UK attack: Osinbajo urges global community to act with greater vigour
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday said that the latest attack in the U.K. reinforced the need for the global community to act with greater vigour to overcome the extremist ideologies which underpin terrorism. Osinbajo in a statement by the Acting Presidential Spokesman, Mr Laolu Akande, described Saturday’s terror attack in the London Bridge as…