{"id":8544,"date":"2025-11-13T16:46:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T16:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/?p=8544"},"modified":"2025-11-13T16:46:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T16:46:19","slug":"why-yusuf-tuggar-wants-his-full-piers-morgan-interview-aired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/13\/why-yusuf-tuggar-wants-his-full-piers-morgan-interview-aired\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Yusuf Tuggar Wants His Full Piers Morgan Interview Aired"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"259\" data-end=\"554\">Nigeria\u2019s <strong data-start=\"269\" data-end=\"300\">Minister of Foreign Affairs<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"302\" data-end=\"318\">Yusuf Tuggar<\/strong>, has demanded the <strong data-start=\"337\" data-end=\"357\">unedited release<\/strong> of his recent interview on <em data-start=\"385\" data-end=\"410\">Piers Morgan Uncensored<\/em>, insisting that the full version be aired to counter what he described as <em data-start=\"485\" data-end=\"508\">misleading narratives<\/em> about <strong data-start=\"515\" data-end=\"540\">religious persecution<\/strong> in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"556\" data-end=\"818\">In a post shared on <strong data-start=\"576\" data-end=\"600\">X (formerly Twitter)<\/strong> on Wednesday, November 12, Tuggar explained that his appearance on <strong data-start=\"668\" data-end=\"705\">Piers Morgan\u2019s flagship programme<\/strong> was intended to present a factual and contextual perspective on the issue of <strong data-start=\"783\" data-end=\"804\">religious freedom<\/strong> in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"820\" data-end=\"1040\">\n<p data-start=\"822\" data-end=\"1040\">\u201cI appeared on @piersmorgan\u2019s flagship programme, @PiersUncensored, where I presented a factual and contextual perspective on the misleading narratives and allegations of religious persecution in Nigeria,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 data-start=\"1042\" data-end=\"1096\">Minister Calls for Transparency and Full Context<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1098\" data-end=\"1365\">Tuggar noted that his remarks were supported by <strong data-start=\"1146\" data-end=\"1165\">verifiable data<\/strong>, even if they challenged existing biases. He urged that the <strong data-start=\"1226\" data-end=\"1246\">entire interview<\/strong> be broadcast \u201cexactly as recorded,\u201d stressing the need for <strong data-start=\"1306\" data-end=\"1336\">integrity and transparency<\/strong> in global media reporting.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1367\" data-end=\"1444\">\n<p data-start=\"1369\" data-end=\"1444\">\u201cNigeria\u2019s truth must not be distorted to fit external biases,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1446\" data-end=\"1579\">As of press time, <em data-start=\"1464\" data-end=\"1489\">Piers Morgan Uncensored<\/em> has yet to publish the <strong data-start=\"1513\" data-end=\"1533\">unedited version<\/strong> of the interview on its official platforms.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1581\" data-end=\"1634\">Ongoing Debate Over Nigeria\u2019s Religious Freedom<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1636\" data-end=\"1899\">Tuggar\u2019s comments come amid renewed international scrutiny of Nigeria\u2019s <strong data-start=\"1708\" data-end=\"1736\">religious freedom record<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1741\" data-end=\"1765\">governance structure<\/strong>. The Minister reiterated that Nigeria remains committed to protecting the rights of all citizens, regardless of faith or ethnicity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has demanded the unedited release of his recent interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored, insisting that the full version be aired to counter what he described as misleading narratives about religious persecution in Nigeria. In a post shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday, November 12, Tuggar explained that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"Yusuf Tuggar urges full airing of his Piers Morgan interview, dismissing misleading narratives on religious persecution in Nigeria.","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8544"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8544"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8548,"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8544\/revisions\/8548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}