Niger State Orders Preachers to Submit Sermons for Approval, Licensing Required

In Minna, the pulpit is now under a new kind of oversight. Governor Umar Bago has announced that religious preachers in Niger State must now submit their sermons for state approval before delivering them to their congregations. What seemed like a normal Sunday announcement has stirred uneasy murmurs among clergy, congregants, and civil rights watchers. […]