The Spirit Newspapers https://thespiritmag.com The Alternative Christian Newspapers Sun, 10 Dec 2023 03:02:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://thespiritmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cropped-logo-32x32.png The Spirit Newspapers https://thespiritmag.com 32 32 Nigerian Woman, Rhoda Jatau, Released from Bauchi Prison After 18 Months for Condemning Deborah Samuel’s Murder in a Video https://thespiritmag.com/welcome-to-eventnext-where-thoughts-matter/ https://thespiritmag.com/welcome-to-eventnext-where-thoughts-matter/#respond Wed, 19 Jun 2019 05:21:15 +0000 https://www.jibdara.com/tf-wp-demo/elkevent/?p=483 Rhoda Jatau, a healthcare worker from Bauchi State, has been released from detainment after 18 months of imprisonment for publicly denouncing the murder of Samuel Deborah in Sokoto State. Jatau received bail on Friday after human rights activists, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council, and the Christian Solidarity Worldwide Nigeria intervened on her behalf.

“We are pleased to report that Mrs. Rhoda has been granted bail and subsequently released from detention today. We have high hopes that the case will end in praise. Let’s continue to uphold her in our prayers. The leadership of NIREC played a key role. Praise be to our God,” an official confirmed on Friday.

Jatau’s arrest in May 2022 by the Department of State Services (DSS) followed her sharing a video that condemned the lynching of Deborah Samuel, a Christian female student at Sokoto College. She was accused of blasphemy by Islamic extremists in Sokoto. Jatau faced charges of inciting public disturbance, “exciting contempt of religious creed,” and cyberstalking.

The prosecution had closed its case, but the defence’s attempt to present its no-case argument was repeatedly stalled as the presiding judge deferred court dates, resulting in a prolonged timeline. The submission was eventually made on October 16, with Jatau’s husband, Ya’u Adamu, and other observers present.

The court had previously ruled that Jatau’s sharing of a social media video was offensive to extant laws. Her lawyers will now work to prove that her action was justified rather than the initial stance that her action did not constitute the alleged offences.

Jatau’s arrest and prolonged detention had raised international concerns, with the United Nations and organizations such as Christian Solidarity International expressing worry. They contended that Jatau’s incarceration represented an infringement on her fundamental rights to freedom of expression, religion, or belief.

Of particular concern was the repeated denial of bail to Jatau. The United Nations and CSI pointed out that the denial of bail not only restricts her freedom but also raises questions about the fairness and proportionality of the legal measures taken against her.

Deborah, a 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, was brutally murdered after advising against posting religious materials on a WhatsApp page.

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5 Event Planning Tips You Never Learned in School. https://thespiritmag.com/5-event-planning-tips-you-never-learned-in-school/ https://thespiritmag.com/5-event-planning-tips-you-never-learned-in-school/#respond Wed, 19 Jun 2019 05:05:18 +0000 https://www.jibdara.com/tf-wp-demo/elkevent/?p=473 Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words.

It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout. The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters, as opposed to using ‘Content here, content here’.

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Johannes Doni

On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment, so blinded by desire, that they cannot foresee the pain and trouble that are bound to ensue.

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