Nigeria’s Tuggar to Trump: State-backed religious persecution impossible under constitution

Nigeria’s Tuggar to Trump: State-backed religious persecution impossible under constitution
Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar attends a joint press conference with his German counterpart Johann Wadephul during the plenary session of the Binational German-Nigerian Commission in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (AP)
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Nigeria’s Tuggar to Trump: State-backed religious persecution impossible under constitution

Nigeria’s Tuggar to Trump: State-backed religious persecution impossible under constitution
  • Tuggar pointed to his country’s constitutional commitment to religious freedom and rule of law

BERLIN: Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar said on Tuesday that state involvement in religious persecution was “impossible” in Nigeria under the country’s laws and constitution.
Speaking in Berlin alongside his German counterpart Johann Wadephul, Tuggar pointed to his country’s “constitutional commitment to religious freedom and rule of law.”
“This is what shows that it’s impossible for there to be a religious persecution that can be supported in any way, shape or form by the government of Nigeria at any level, be it federal, be it regional, be it local, it’s impossible,” he said.
He was responding to a question about US President Donald Trump’s warning of possible “fast” military action in Nigeria if it fails to crack down on the killing of Christians.


Erdogan ally floats releasing jailed pro-Kurdish leader Demirtas

Erdogan ally floats releasing jailed pro-Kurdish leader Demirtas
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Erdogan ally floats releasing jailed pro-Kurdish leader Demirtas

Erdogan ally floats releasing jailed pro-Kurdish leader Demirtas
  • Erdogan ally floats releasing jailed pro-Kurdish leader Demirtas

ISTANBUL: Turkish nationalist party leader Devlet Bahceli, who is President Tayyip Erdogan’s main parliamentary ally, said on Tuesday that it could be beneficial to release from prison the former pro-Kurdish party leader Selahattin Demirtas.
The surprise comment before reporters outside parliament came a year after Bahceli — who has in the past pushed for major policy changes from Erdogan — called for the beginning of a peace process with the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).