As Nigeria votes, family and churches urge candidates to remember Christian teen Leah Sharibu
World Watch Monitor One year since the Christian teenager Leah Sharibu was abducted from her boarding school in north-eastern Nigeria by an Islamist group, a coalition of groups have called on presidential candidates to tell Nigerians how they plan to secure her release. “We are urging the political parties and their candidates that now that the campaigns […]
Nigeria’s herder-farmer conflict escalates due to government inaction – Amnesty International
World Watch Monitor Almost 4,000 people have been killed and thousands displaced in fighting between herders and farmers in Nigeria’s middle belt in the past three years, Amnesty International says in a new report. Amnesty, who started documenting clashes in January 2016, said this week violence was increasing with more than half (57 per cent) of the […]
Nigerian church leader calls for an end to “rumour mongering” in wake of violence in Kaduna state
World Watch Monitor A senior church leader in Nigeria has said that “rumour mongering” was at the heart of last week’s violence in north-western Kaduna state, which killed 55 people, reports Nigeria’s Daily Post. Following the violence a curfew was imposed. The Catholic Archbishop of Kaduna, Rev Mathew Ndagoso, urged citizens to refrain from spreading rumours […]
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…
Dozens more killed in Nigeria as Fulani herdsmen violence continues in Plateau state
World Watch Monitor In Nigeria, dozens lost their lives during the first week of September as Fulani militants continued their killing spree in the central state of Plateau. Last month, more than 20 people – including a pastor and four members of his family – were killed in various raids attributed to Fulani militants, as World […]
Nigerian church leaders, families continue to die; US top diplomat blames ‘climate of impunity’
World Watch Monitor The acting US ambassador to Nigeria has reiterated the call of his government to the Nigerian authorities to stop ongoing killings in the Middle Belt, and the north-east of the country. Violence attributed to militant Fulani herdsmen reached a record high this year with more than 1800 deaths from January to June, […]
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…
Calls for better protection for Christians in northern Nigeria as archbishop’s home attacked for fourth time
Release International has again called for better protection of Christians in Nigeria following news the home of the Anglican Archbishop of Jos, Benjamin Kwashi, was among those attacked in recent raids. The archbishop was home with some 60 orphans in his care when cattle rustlers, said to be Fulani herdsmen, seized nine cows and shot and […]
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 […]