WE have just been informed by Leo Igwe, Executive Director of the Nigerian Humanist Movement, that the lunatic head of the Liberty Gospel Church, Helen Ukpabio, failed for the second time to appear in the Federal High Court in Calabar to press a lawsuit she initiated against him and a number of others – and the case [...]
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THE nonsensical belief that children can be possessed by evil supernatural forces is increasingly being spread in the UK by evangelical preachers with African backgrounds. The problem was highlighted a year ago by a Channel 4 Dispatches team – and this week we were reminded of the devastating effects of child witchcraft belief when an [...]
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HELEN Ukpabio, the demented leader of Nigeria’s Liberty Gospel Church, has brought a lawsuit against humanist Leo Igwe and a number of other parties opposed to her campaign against “witches”, claiming two hundred billion Naira ($800,000 dollars) in damages. An email we have just received from Igwe reveals that Ukpabio, whose minions disrupted a conference [...]
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NIGERIAN atheist, Leo Igwe – a regular contributor to the Freethinker – was attacked this week by a mob of Christians at a conference he staged to discuss Child Rights and Witchcraft. According to this report, Igwe had his glasses smashed and his bag, phone and camera stolen by the mob, numbering between 150 and [...]


The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 