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Outrage as Bishop Dayo Olutayo introduces new wife

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… Bishop Professor Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies Call for Repentance and Reconciliation A major controversy has erupted within Nigeria’s Christian community following the public introduction of a new wife by Bishop Dayo Olutayo, the General Overseer of Unity Worship Centre, barely months after the alleged divorce of his wife of over three decades, Boluwatife (Bolu)
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Nigeria Must Reaffirm Secularism, Expunge Sharia from Constitution — Prof. Adesanya-Davies

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A former presidential candidate and public affairs analyst, Professor Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies, has called on the Federal Government and the National Assembly to urgently reaffirm Nigeria’s secular identity by removing Sharia—particularly Sharia-based criminal law—from constitutional recognition and state practice. In a strongly worded position paper released on Tuesday,
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NSCEA, CAN laud U.S. Intervention against ISIS militants

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Commend Tinubu–U.S. Security Cooperation The Nigerian Supreme Council for Ecclesiastical Affairs (NSCEA) and the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) have welcomed recent United States intervention against ISIS-affiliated militants operating in parts of Northwest Nigeria, describing the action as a positive step in weakening transnational extremist networks. The
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US Airstrikes on ISIL in Nigeria: A Linguistic and Socio-political Exposition

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By Prof. Funmilayo Adesanya-DaviesProfessor of Applied Linguistics On December 25–26, 2025, the United States carried out what its leaders described as “powerful and deadly strikes” against groups it claims are affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/ISIS) in northwestern Nigeria. These strikes — reportedly the first direct U.S. military action on
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Adesanya-Davies calls for arrest of Sheikh Gumi over statements on U.S.–Nigeria military cooperation

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A public affairs commentator and rights advocate, Prof. Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies, has called on the Federal Government to arrest and investigate Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi over recent comments she described as threatening Nigeria’s national security and sovereignty. In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, Adesanya-Davies condemned Sheikh Gumi’s reported warning