Nigerian gunmen kill eight, including police chief
Reuters Gunmen in north central Nigeria have killed eight people, including a divisional police chief, in the latest violence ahead of a presidential and parliamentary election later this month, police and a security source said on Wednesday. Insecurity is a big issue for voters in a country where armed gangs terrorise people in villages and […]
West African court faults Nigerian Government for failing to stop killings in Benue State
Morning Star News The Nigerian Government failed to protect people massacred by Muslim Fulani herdsmen in predominantly Christian areas of Benue state in 2016 and should prosecute those responsible, a West African court has ruled. The Economic Community of West African States Court of Justice on 26th February ordered the government to investigate the attacks that killed […]
NIGERIA: BUHARI PLEDGES TO PROTECT NIGERIANS AS KILLINGS CONTINUE
World Watch Monitor’s ILLIA DJADI reports…
Trump tells Buhari: “We cannot allow Christians to be murdered”
World Watch Monitor US President Donald Trump decried the killings of Christians in Nigeria as he met with the country’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, in Washington on Monday. Nigeria has been plagued by violence attributed to Fulani herdsmen in the Middle Belt and northeast. Benue state has been particularly affected, with attacks happening almost on a […]
Nigerian bishops call for President Buhari to resign over church massacre
World Watch Monitor The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria has urged the country’s President to step down in the wake of a massacre at a church last week. Muhammadu Buhari was due to meet with US President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday where they were expected to discuss strategies for fighting terrorism. Thousands of […]
Herdsmen mount another slaughter of Christians in Benue State, Nigeria
Morning Star News Still shocked over a deadly attack on a Catholic congregation on Tuesday, Christians in Nigeria’s Benue state yesterday suffered another onslaught by Muslim Fulani herdsmen that reportedly left at least 39 people dead. More than 160 houses also were reported to have been set ablaze in heavily armed attacks that began late […]
Nigerian bishops accuse government of failing to protect citizens from ‘terrorist’ herdsmen
World Watch Monitor Nigeria’s Catholic bishops have told President Muhammadu Buhari that attacks attributed to members of the Fulani pastoralist tribe have been carried out by “terrorists masquerading as herdsmen” and accused the government of being “incapable or unwilling” to protect citizens from them. A delegation of 11 bishops delivered a strongly worded message on […]
A year after Agatu massacre, Christians continue to be killed in Benue, Nigeria
A year after Muslim Fulani herdsmen slaughtered an estimated 300 predominantly Christian farmers in Agatu, Benue state, deadly attacks continued in the state the first 10 weeks of the year, sources have told Morning Star News. The organisation reports that more than 29 Christians in Agatu and other rural areas were reported to have died […]