Nigeria's Religious Leaders Have Been Short-Listed For A Nobel Peace Prize

Date: 06-10-2012 9:29 am (11 years ago) | Author: franel
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- at 6-10-2012 09:29 AM (11 years ago)
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«§» 6 October 2012

Two of Nigeria's religious leaders have been short-listed for a Nobel Peace Prize. They are the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Onaiyekan, and the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammed Sa’ad Abubakar III.



The Agence France Presse reported on Thursday that the International Peace Research Institute said that Prof. Gene Sharp of the United States, a theorist on non-violent struggle, and the Echo of Moscow radio station were the main contenders for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.

The IPRI noted that Onaiyekan and the Sultan may have made the list alongside the former US President Bill Clinton, for their efforts at campaigning against the misuse of religion.

Prof. Chinua Achebe, was once nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature, being one of the awards by the Nobel Foundation.

In 1986, the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Prof. Wole Soyinka, making him the first African to receive the award.

The Head of the IPRI, Kristian Berg Harpviken, had described the Peace award as, “The most talked-about of the Nobel Prize awards, which appears to be a wide open race this year with no clear frontrunner.”

Harpviken, who follows the work of the Peace Prize committee closely, publishes his own list of possible winners every year.

He hinted that a total of 231 nominees have been shortlisted, and although the prize committee never discloses the nominees’ names, Bill Clinton, Helmut Kohl, the EU and WikiLeaks suspect, Bradley Manning, are known to be on the list.

The Nobel Foundation has slashed the prize sum because of the economic crisis to 8.0m Swedish kronor ($1.2m, €930,940) per award, down from the 10m kronor awarded since 2001.

The Peace Prize winner will be announced next Friday, although the Medicine Prize will open the award season on Monday.


What do you think?


Posted: at 6-10-2012 09:29 AM (11 years ago) | Hero
- Unikpearl at 6-10-2012 10:15 AM (11 years ago)
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Thats nice
Posted: at 6-10-2012 10:15 AM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- winace at 6-10-2012 12:10 PM (11 years ago)
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Good
Posted: at 6-10-2012 12:10 PM (11 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- ZION7ZION at 6-10-2012 12:31 PM (11 years ago)
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what of prophet TB Joshua?Huh?Huh?Huh?Huh?Huh??
Posted: at 6-10-2012 12:31 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- PidginMOUTH at 6-10-2012 03:02 PM (11 years ago)
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 Cry
Posted: at 6-10-2012 03:02 PM (11 years ago) | Hero
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- Senegal at 6-10-2012 03:04 PM (11 years ago)
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Wow, if the Sultan of boko haram, Alhaji Muhammed Sa’ad Abubakar was truelly nominated, then it becomes obvious that peace has another meaning which the rest of the world is yet to know about
Posted: at 6-10-2012 03:04 PM (11 years ago) | Hero
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- Senegal at 6-10-2012 03:05 PM (11 years ago)
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Yeye dey smell
Posted: at 6-10-2012 03:05 PM (11 years ago) | Hero
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- sandra78 at 6-10-2012 04:11 PM (11 years ago)
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destroyer and war monger been nominated for noble peace prize ?    its impossible
Posted: at 6-10-2012 04:11 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- proly at 6-10-2012 05:25 PM (11 years ago)
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Ok
Posted: at 6-10-2012 05:25 PM (11 years ago) | Hero
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- Biafranwar at 6-10-2012 05:26 PM (11 years ago)
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OK O
Posted: at 6-10-2012 05:26 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- dickman2 at 6-10-2012 08:03 PM (11 years ago)
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na lie..
Posted: at 6-10-2012 08:03 PM (11 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- reallarry at 6-10-2012 08:09 PM (11 years ago)
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Quote from: Senegal on  6-10-2012 03:04 PM
Wow, if the Sultan of boko haram, Alhaji Muhammed Sa’ad Abubakar was truelly nominated, then it becomes obvious that peace has another meaning which the rest of the world is yet to know about

So, it is a catholic homosegxwal that should be nominated for peace to reign Huh?
Posted: at 6-10-2012 08:09 PM (11 years ago) | Newbie
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- Amor1444 at 6-10-2012 09:12 PM (11 years ago)
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Can you give what you don't have? where's the peace in Nigeria, especially in the North. Ok, lets hope one day El bashir of Sudan will be nominated.
Posted: at 6-10-2012 09:12 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming
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- jabanz at 6-10-2012 10:16 PM (11 years ago)
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nice

Posted: at 6-10-2012 10:16 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- dizhadah at 6-10-2012 10:40 PM (11 years ago)
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i will remember that.
Posted: at 6-10-2012 10:40 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- dlimelite at 6-10-2012 11:50 PM (11 years ago)
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OK
Posted: at 6-10-2012 11:50 PM (11 years ago) | Hero
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- ajanni at 7-10-2012 05:03 AM (11 years ago)
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Quote from: ZION7ZION on  6-10-2012 12:31 PM
what of prophet TB Joshua?Huh?Huh?Huh?Huh?Huh??
not meant for his like
Posted: at 7-10-2012 05:03 AM (11 years ago) | Grande Master
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- ajanni at 7-10-2012 05:04 AM (11 years ago)
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Quote from: reallarry on  6-10-2012 08:09 PM
So, it is a catholic homosegxwal that should be nominated for peace to reign Huh?
Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin
bravo
Posted: at 7-10-2012 05:04 AM (11 years ago) | Grande Master
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- ajanni at 7-10-2012 05:05 AM (11 years ago)
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SULTAN deserved it even more
Posted: at 7-10-2012 05:05 AM (11 years ago) | Grande Master
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- analyzation at 7-10-2012 06:17 AM (11 years ago)
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wish u the very best His Grace
Posted: at 7-10-2012 06:17 AM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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