NIGERIA: MORE THAN 20 CHRISTIANS DROWN IN LATEST OF ONGOING ATTACKS IN NORTH-EAST
World Watch Monitor reports on the latest of ongoing attacks on predeminantly Christian communities in north-east Nigeria…
Buhari does not stop Fulani because they are his “kith and kin” – Christian Association of Nigeria
World Watch Monitor Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari’s leadership is more divided than at any time in the country’s history, the Christian Association of Nigeria’s Adamawa State chapter has declared in a letter sent to him on 1st August. Condemning the “mindless massacre” of the predominantly Christian farming communities by Fulani herdsmen, CAN claims that no […]
NIGERIA: BUHARI PLEDGES TO PROTECT NIGERIANS AS KILLINGS CONTINUE
World Watch Monitor’s ILLIA DJADI reports…
Christian Association of Nigeria calls for presidential intervention after five Christian youths sentenced to death
World Watch Monitor The Christian Association of Nigeria has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene after five Christian youths were sentenced to death in the north-eastern state of Adamawa, warning of a “miscarriage of justice” and bemoaning a lack of consistency in bringing killers to justice. On 11th June, a judge at the High […]
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 […]
Chibok abductions: “We are bitter, 122 girls are still in the hands of Boko Haram”
World Watch Monitor Saturday, 14th April marks the fourth anniversary of the abduction of 276 girls from a secondary boarding school in Nigeria’s north-eastern town of Chibok. At least 165 of them were believed to be Christian, according to a list of names and a statement released by the Christian Association of Nigeria weeks after their kidnapping. The statement, issued […]
Nigerian Christians want International Criminal Court to investigate Air Force ‘complicity’ in ‘genocide’
World Watch Monitor Six Christian communities in north-eastern Nigeria have announced their intention to take the national air force to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over its alleged bombing of their communities in December. Lawaru, Dong, Nzoruwe, Pulum, Kodomti and Shaforon – in the Demsa and Numan Local Government Areas of the Adamawa state – […]
Fulani Christians call for peace as violence continues in Nigeria’s Plateau state
World Watch Monitor Rev Buba Aliyu (right), to Chief Ronku Aka (left): “We have come to condole with the entire Irigwe chiefdom, the Plateau people and Nigeria as a country.” PICTURE: World Watch Monitor Fulani Christians in Nigeria have spoken out against the persistent attacks and killings attributed to Fulani herdsmen in the central state […]
Christian Association of Nigeria asks President about Fulani violence
World Watch Monitor The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), the main umbrella organisation of the major churches, has expressed concern to President Muhammadu Buhari over ongoing violence by Fulani herdsmen in the country’s Middle Belt states. Throughout September and October, repeated attacks against Christian communities left more than 75 dead, according to an NGO on […]
FOOD CRISIS: DISPLACED BY BOKO HARAM’S VIOLENCE, NIGERIANS FINALLY GET FOOD TO PREVENT FAMINE
World Watch Monitor reports from Nigeria…