ABUBAKAR SANUSI YAKUBU RECEIVES ROYAL BLESSINGS AND ENDORSEMENT FROM ATTAH OF IGALA.

Igala, Nigeria – September 19th, 2025

In a significant show of support ahead of the forthcoming Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) national election, Alhaji Abubakar Sanusi Yakubu, a frontline candidate for the office of National President, paid a courtesy visit to the revered Attah of Igala today.

The visit, which drew attention from both cultural stakeholders and members of the creative industry, was marked by prayers, royal blessings, and an emphatic endorsement from the paramount ruler. The Attah of Igala, in his wisdom and fatherly role, extended his blessings to Alhaji Abubakar Sanusi, describing him as a man of proven integrity, vision, and leadership capacity.

Alhaji Abubakar Sanusi Yakubu, popularly described by his supporters as experienced, versatile, focused, trusted, a strategist, and a team player, expressed gratitude for the warm reception and endorsement. He reiterated his commitment to advancing the fortunes of AGN through continuity with fresh innovations for a better AGN, noting that his vision is anchored on unity, progress, and sustainable growth for the guild.

Supporters have hailed the endorsement as a testament to Sanusi’s wide acceptance and credibility across cultural and professional circles. Many believe this development further strengthens his candidacy as the incoming President of AGN.

With the campaign theme “Continuity with Fresh Innovations for a Better AGN – God is Involved,” Alhaji Abubakar Sanusi Yakubu continues to consolidate momentum as the election approaches, winning the trust and blessings of both the grassroots and traditional institutions.

Here is the attendance at the courtesy visit of the Attah of Igala

Alhaji Abubakar Sanusi Yakubu, AMB. Princess Chelsea R.C Nwodo ASST National Secretary AGN, CHIEF Tony Goodman (Veteran Actor), AMB. Patience Nnedinso, AMB. Hamza Abudullah Caretaker Chairman Kogi State Chapter, Abdulmuaz Raji Adavize, Mall Bashiru Agbodu – Igawood National President AND HIS TOP MEMBERS

Religion: Africa’s Oldest Weapon of Enslavement and the Forgotten Truth.

By George Omagbemi Sylvester | Published by SaharaWeeklyNG.com

The day Africans stop worshipping their OPPRESSORS’ gods is the day true freedom begins.

Introduction: Chains Broken, But Minds Still Bound.
The history of Africa is incomplete without acknowledging the dual weapons that tore through its body and soul: the physical chains of slavery and the psychological shackles of religion. While the chains of iron rusted and fell off, the chains of the mind (enforced through CHRISTIANITY and ISLAM) remain deeply embedded in the African consciousness. Africans today reject the brutality of slavery, yet cling to the very tools that justified and sustained their oppression.

Religion in Africa, particularly Islam and Christianity, did not arrive as benevolent gifts of spiritual enlightenment. They were imposed, force-fed and institutionalized through violence, coercion and cultural destruction. The Trans-Saharan slave trade spread Islam across North, East and West Africa, while the Transatlantic slave trade embedded Christianity in Central and Southern Africa. Both were instruments of conquest, designed to dismantle African identity, demonize indigenous spirituality and create a submissive, divided people.

The Forgotten Prophets of Africa.
Before the arrival of Arab slave traders and European colonizers, Africa was not without its spiritual compass. The continent was rich with systems of belief rooted in ancestral reverence, herbal medicine, astronomy and moral codes handed down from sages and seers. These men and women were CUSTODIANS of TRUTH; the true prophets and visionaries of Africa.

When the foreign religions came, these prophets were branded as witches, pagans and devil worshippers. They were hunted, imprisoned and executed. Temples of knowledge (the schools of Kemet – ancient Egypt- and Kush) were either destroyed or appropriated. The herbalists who understood the earth’s healing were demonized; the diviners who read the stars were silenced. In their place came the holy books of the slave masters, which demanded blind faith, obedience and loyalty not to the ancestors but to foreign gods.

As the Kenyan scholar John S. Mbiti observed, “Religion was not brought into Africa; it was found in Africa. Africans were religious before the Europeans and Arabs came.” Yet the narrative taught today erases that truth, convincing Africans that their salvation must come from outsiders.

Religion as a Tool of Slavery.
To understand how religion was weaponized, one must confront the history:

Islam and the Trans-Saharan Slave Trade:
From the 7th century onward, Arab traders exported millions of Africans across the Sahara and Indian Ocean. Islam became the cloak under which Africans were told slavery was divinely sanctioned. Quranic justifications were twisted to brand black Africans as “FIT FOR SERVITUDE.” This trade persisted for over 1,000 years; longer than the Atlantic trade.

Christianity and the Transatlantic Slave Trade:
By the 15th century, European powers (Portugal, Spain, Britain, France) embarked on a mass kidnapping campaign that displaced over 12 million Africans. The Bible was the silent whip. Slaveholders cited verses like “Servants, obey your masters” (Ephesians 6:5) to sanctify brutality. Churches were not just silent bystanders; they owned plantations, profited from slavery and baptized captives before shipping them to death across the ocean.

Professor Chinweizu, the Nigerian critic of neo-colonialism, warned: “The white man’s God was never your God. He was invented to enslave you.”

King James and the Bible of Chains.
The King James Bible, often treated as holy scripture in African churches, has its own dark origins. King James I of England was a monarch deeply enmeshed in the politics of empire and colonization. His version of the Bible (1611) was commissioned not as a neutral spiritual text but as a political instrument to unify his kingdom and justify authority.

King James granted the Royal African Company its charter, enabling English merchants to dominate the Atlantic slave trade. This made him not only a ruler but a slave trader. As historian Edward Rugemer notes, the Bible under King James was deployed to discipline slaves, teaching them that obedience was a Christian duty. Africans who glorify this text without scrutiny fail to see the blood-soaked ink in its pages.

Jesus: The White Man’s Idol or the Black Messiah?
Perhaps the deepest deception lies in the image of Jesus. The “white boy with blue eyes” worshipped in Africa today was the creation of European Renaissance art, modeled on Cesare Borgia, the son of Pope Alexander VI. This image became propaganda, replacing the historical Jesus; a dark-skinned, woolly-haired man from the line of David.

The Book of Revelation 1:14-15 describes him plainly: “His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace.” This is not the image of a pale European, but of a Black man.

As Marcus Garvey thundered: “We Negroes believe in the God of Ethiopia, the everlasting God. God the Son, God the Holy Ghost, the one God of all ages. That is the God in whom we believe, but we shall worship Him through the spectacles of Ethiopia.”

The Book Jesus Spoke About.
When Jesus asked his disciples, “Have you not read? Is it not written?” he was referring not to the King James Bible, which did not exist, but to the ANCIENT SCROLLS of the TORAH, the PSALMS, and PROPHETIC WRITINGS. Africans must ask themselves: why are we handed a colonial compilation of texts while our own sacred writings (the PAPYRUS SCROLLS of KEMET, the ORAL TRADITIONS of IFA, the HIEROGLYPHIC WISDOM of NUBIA) are discarded as “pagan”?

Dr. Yosef Ben-Jochannan, the eminent Egyptologist, said: “The Bible is a rewritten book of African spiritual writings. What was stolen in Kemet became holy in Europe.”

The Psychological War: Why Africans Still Cling to Religion.
If religion was a weapon, why then do Africans still cling to it? The answer lies in psychology. After centuries of enslavement, colonial education and missionary indoctrination, religion became synonymous with morality, civilization and hope. To reject it feels like rejecting identity itself.

This is the illusion. As Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o warns in Decolonising the Mind: “The most important area of domination is the mental universe of the colonized.” The colonizers may have left physically, but they left behind a spiritual operating system designed to keep Africa submissive.

The Call for African Awakening.
True liberation for Africa begins not in politics or economics, but in spirituality. Until Africans restore respect for their ancestral wisdom, the continent will remain trapped in foreign systems of thought. The task is not to erase faith but to redefine it, to honor the AFRICAN PROPHETS, HERBALISTS and SAGES who were silenced and to reclaim the spiritual traditions demonized by slave masters.

As Cheikh Anta Diop, the Senegalese historian, put it: “The African who loses his culture loses himself.”

Africa’s Last Awakening: Breaking the Final Chain.
The chains of slavery were visible; the chains of religion are invisible; but both are real. Africa cannot rise while bowing to the idols of its oppressors. To pray to the image of a white Christ while rejecting the wisdom of our ancestors is to spit on their struggle.

The day Africans wake up and realize that their dignity lies not in imported religions but in the reclamation of their own divine heritage, that day the continent will stand tall again.

The final battle is not fought with guns or protests, but with the awakening of the African mind.

*United Kingdom of Atlantis Sends Security Notification to Nigerian President, Proposing Task Force

A self-described “Decentralized Sovereign Kingdom” known as the “United Kingdom of Atlantis” (UKA) has sent a formal “Security Notification” to the Nigerian government, sparking curiosity and concern among officials. The letter, addressed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu via his Security Advisor, is dated September 15, 2025, and bears multiple official-looking stamps indicating its receipt by various government offices, including the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and the Chief of Naval Staff Secretariat.

The letter, signed by Dr. Mike E. Kelechi, identified as the “Executive Prime Minister, UKA Decentralized Government,” makes sweeping claims about the organization’s legal and international standing. It states that the UKA is a “Sovereign Kingdom, acknowledged by the First Republic Registrar Foundation (FRRF)” and is “listed as part of the Moorish Empire.”

The document further asserts a litany of impressive, if unverified, credentials, stating: “We are Member, International Court of Justice (ICC), Certificate No:28526847-006. We are Member, United Nations (UN) under Moorish Empire, UN Charter Seat No:215/93. We’re Member, International Police Commission (IPC): which is a MEMBER UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL NO:122023 DA 05222020 UN Consultative UN-ECOSOC(A-1 ROSTER) etc.”

The core of the message is a proposal to introduce a new security force. The letter explains: “This is to notify your Authority’s and the Government of Nigeria, on the presence & functions of UKA SPECIAL TASK FORCE & UKA SPECIAL RESCUE SQUAD, which was set up by My Authority to protect UKA’s Name, Asset’s & Personalities.”

The head of this new task force is identified as IRUKAEZE OREGBU, described as “a retired Senior Police Officer.” The letter explicitly outlines the group’s mandate: “They are saddled with the duty of Protecting UKA good name, ensure effective flushing out of bad eggs among us, protect our personal’s & guide our assets.”

One of the most striking parts of the letter is the direct request for cooperation with the Nigerian government. It concludes with a call for partnership, stating: “Its our sincere expectations that you’ll give us your usual hand of fellowship. Our Men of the force are directed to bear arms, for the defense and protection of the same while we last.”

The letter also lists several of the UKA’s “assets,” including the “Atlantian Crown (ATC), E-Currency of UKA” and the “United K of Atlantis Limited (UK) Certificate No:15701943.” The document is carbon copied to a wide range of top Nigerian officials, including the heads of the military, police, state security, and the EFCC, underscoring the sender’s desire to be recognized at the highest levels of government.
The lack of any public comment from Nigerian authorities on this highly unusual letter leaves its true purpose and the government’s response unknown.