Kidnapped Christian student killed in north-east Nigeria
Abuja, NigeriaMorning Star News Islamic State-affiliated terrorists have executed a Christian university student kidnapped earlier this month in north-east Nigeria. In a video that Site Intelligence Group reported was released on the Islamic State’s Amaq news website, a boy of indeterminate age with a pistol shoots and kills Ropvil Daciya Dalep, a member of the […]
Muslim Fulani herdsmen kill 13 Christians, wound three in central Nigeria
Jos, NigeriaMorning Star News Armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed 13 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria, last Wednesday, the same day four students were kidnapped from a Catholic seminary in Kaduna state. About 20 herdsmen attacked the predominantly Christian village of Kulben, in Plateau state’s Mangu County, at about 8pm, area residents told Morning Star News. […]
Christian slain in Nigeria’s Kaduna state, 13 others killed in Plateau state
Jos, NigeriaMorning Star News Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed a young Christian man after stopping him on a highway in Kaduna state on 5th October, while in Plateau state another 13 Christians have been slain in less than a month, sources said. Armed herdsmen stopped the vehicle of Bartholomew David, 23, and a female passenger shortly after […]
Boko Haram executes two Christian aid workers in Nigeria – sources
Jos, NigeriaMorning Star News Islamic extremist group Boko Haram released a video last week showing the execution of two Christian aid workers in Nigeria, sources have told Morning Star News. Lawrence Duna Dacighir and Godfrey Ali Shikagham, both members of the Church of Christ in Nations in Plateau state, are shown kneeling while three masked, armed […]
Death toll from weekend of violence in Nigeria’s Plateau state more than 200, not 86 originally claimed, say sources
The death toll from those killed in a weekend of violence in Nigeria’s Plateau state is much higher than the officially released figure of 86, sources have told Morning Star News. That was the figure released by police in Jos following the attacks on Saturday. But the news agency said based on information from residents […]