Fifth Floor

Discovering the real TB Joshua

Jan 12, 2024

BBC Africa Eye investigation uncovers evidence of abuse by late TB Joshua. Russian secret trains and penal colonies revealed through the disappearance of Alexei Navalny. Serbia experiences election protests and opposition's call for international probe. Sindh's sibling rappers challenge taboos in their community through rap music.

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The investigation into TB Joshua revealed evidence of widespread abuse, including false claims of curing HIV/AIDS and instances of sexual abuse and abortions within the church.

Russia's secretive and harsh prison transit system uses trains to transport prisoners, subjecting them to overcrowded and windowless conditions for days or weeks, serving as a tool of pressure and punishment.

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Investigation reveals widespread abuse by late TB Joshua

The BBC Africa Eye team conducted an investigation into the late Nigerian pastor, TB Joshua, and found evidence of widespread abuse within his church. The investigation revealed that TB Joshua made false claims of curing people with HIV/AIDS, leading to a rise in European visitors to his church. The report also revealed instances of sexual abuse and the procurement of abortions within the Church. The investigation has sparked shock and outcry, with calls for justice and accountability.

Introduction

2min

Investigation on the Late TB Joshua

16min

Searching for the Disappeared

6min

Elections and Protests in Belgrade

6min

The Formation of the Opposition Coalition and the Impact of Mass Shootings in Serbia

2min

Hunger strike to protest election results in Serbia

2min

Rapping for Change in Rural Pakistan

9min

A BBC Africa Eye investigation has found evidence of widespread abuse and torture by the late TB Joshua, founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos, which has followers around the world. The team was supported by Nigerian investigative journalist Adejuwon Soyinka, who tells us when the pastor first came to his attention and what he discovered about him.

Secret trains and Russian prisoners The disappearance of imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, and his reappearance three weeks later in the so-called 'Polar Wolf' Arctic penal colony, has shed light on Russia's long history of secret trains and penal colonies, as BBC Russian's Oleg Boldyrev reports.

Election protests in Serbia: the bigger picture Serbia has seen weeks of protests after alleged voting irregularities during parliamentary and local elections last month, won by the ruling party. President Aleksandar Vučić has rejected calls for an international probe, but the opposition coalition Serbians Against Violence continues to dispute the results, as BBC Serbian's Aleksandar Miladinović explains.

Sindh's sibling rappers Two siblings from Sindh in Pakistan have been using rap to tackle taboo topics rarely discussed in their communities, including menstruation, domestic violence and religion. Shumaila Khan of BBC Urdu met them.

Presented by Irena Taranyuk.

(Photo: Nigerian pastor TB Joshua. Credit: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images)

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Fifth Floor

Discovering the real TB Joshua

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

Investigation reveals widespread abuse by late TB Joshua

Prisoner transit in Russia

Protests and allegations of irregularities in Serbian elections

Rap duo from rural Sindh tackles taboo topics

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts