Christian leader urges people to pray for kidnapped women in Nigeria
The leader of Nigeria’s Evangelical Church Winning All has called on Christians to pray for a number of women kidnapped by Islamic extremist groups in north-east Nigeria in recent years. Morning Star News reports that Rev Stephen Baba Panya, president of the ECWA, said church leaders were troubled at the lack of efforts from the Nigerian Govermnment […]
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 […]
Armed gunmen kidnap 19 Christians, kill one in Kaduna state, Nigeria
Morning Star News Suspected Fulani herdsmen stormed a church choir practice and kidnapped 17 Christians in north-central Nigeria the night of 18th May, and the same night gunmen killed a Christian and kidnapped two others at a Baptist church, sources said. Each attack took place in Kaduna state, where assaults on Christians with impunity have […]
Christian clergy among those caught in wave of kidnappings in Nigeria
Jos, NigeriaMorning Star News A Protestant pastor and a Catholic priest in two different states in north-central Nigeria were kidnapped by gunmen on Monday (25th March), sources said. Amid a nationwide wave of kidnappings including last week’s discovery of the body of another abducted Catholic priest in southern Nigeria, Rev Emmanuel Haruna of the Evangelical […]
Church leaders in Nigeria not giving up on rescue of Leah Sharibu
Morning Star News Church leaders in Nigeria have said they are not giving up on pressing for the rescue of high school girl Leah Sharibu, despite an announcement by Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram that it will keep her as a slave. Leaders at the Evangelical Church Winning All have intensified discussions with government officials urging […]
Nigerian church calls for three days of prayer and fasting for kidnapped girl
Nigeria’s Evangelical Church Winning All has called for three days of prayer and fasting for the release of a Christian schoolgirl held by Boko Haram who reportedly refused to renounce her faith in exchange for freedom. Leah Sharibu, 15, was among 110 schoolgirls abducted by a faction of the terror group on 19th Feburary from […]
Kidnapped pastor in Nigeria released after five days in captivity
A pastor kidnapped in Nigeria has been released after five days, Christian leaders have told Morning Star News. Rev Jen Tivkaa Moses, kidnapped by young Fulani men on 4th August on the highway from Jos to Abuja in Plateau state, was brought back to Jos at about 1 am on Wednesday, according to a statement […]
Nigerian churches criticised for not helping persecuted north
World Watch Monitor Christians in the south of Nigeria are failing to help their persecuted compatriots in the north, according to a veteran humanitarian campaigner. British peer, Baroness Caroline Cox, who has made numerous aid missions to the country, including a recent trip, told World Watch Monitor: “My personal view is that many of those […]
Nigerian church calls for three days of fasting amid concerns over ongoing attacks
BosNewsLife A major evangelical denomination in Nigeria has urged Christians to join in three days of fasting amid concerns over a surge in anti-Christian attacks by mainly Muslim Fulani herdsmen that killed at least dozens of people in recent weeks. The Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) said the 21st to 23rd November fasting period follows […]