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  Mr. Benjamin Kalu, a spokesman of the House of Representatives, has said cannabis would aid Nigeria’s industrial drive and boost her internally generated revenue (IGR). Kalu spoke on Monday, 17 th  May, 2021. But an Islamic human rights group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has countered this claim. According to the group, the legalisation of cannabis will be the last nail in the coffin of morality in Nigeria.     MURIC’s reaction came through its director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, on Wednesday, 19 th  May 2021.   He said, “A spokesman of the House of Representatives, Mr. Benjamin Kalu, has solicited for the legalisation of cannabis in Nigeria. We strongly condemn this attempt to compartmentalise Nigerians into vicious drug cartels. Benjamin Kalu wants to turn Nigeria into another Mexico on the African continent.     “We already have serious security challenges. Boko Haram has been here for more than a decade. We have homegrown kidnapping crisis. Desperate separatist movements ha

  The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condemned the ongoing bombardment of Palestine by Israel’s war planes and artillery. The group described the attacks as crimes against humanity.     The position of MURIC was revealed in a press statement issued on Monday, 17 th  May, 2021 by its director, Professor Ishaq Akintola.   According to MURIC, “We strongly condemn the ongoing aggression of Israel against Palestine. A people that does not possess a single war plane is being harassed, killed and dehumanised by an apartheid state that is armed to the teeth while the world looks on carelessly.     “Israel’s war planes are carrying out bombing raids on Gaza and other Palestinian cities. Whole blocks of flats and civilian tower buildings are being sunk to ground zero. The occupants perish with no hope of being rescued. The Palestinians have no single war plane. They have no standing army.     “The United Nations have failed to stop Israel’s aggression because America and other Western powers