Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab

Simon Kolawole: Is poverty really behind terrorism?

by Simon Kolawole Religious extremism is neither a class nor an economic issue. It is a mentality issue. You can be poor and still refuse to be a terrorist. You can be rich and still be a terrorist. You can be well educated and still be a suicide-bomber. Let me scare you a bit... Read More

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July 6, 2012

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#InCaseYouMissedIt: Nigerians with (alleged) Al-Qaeda links arraigned

by Isi Esene In a pattern which bears close similarity to the Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab case, two men, Olaniyi Lawal, and Luqman Babatunde have been accused by an Abuja Federal High Court of receiving money from Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The two were accused of receiving “monies in Saudi riyals and US dollars equivalent... Read More

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