Islamist Nigerian militants press attacks against Christians to foment religious war
Abuja, Nigeria RNS Islamist Fulani militants in the central Nigerian state of Plateau are continuing an anti-Christian killing spree that began with a devastating Christmas-time attack that left almost 200 Christians dead and hundreds others injured. On 18th February, six people were ambushed, with one killed and others injured, including a woman who was raped. […]
Essay: After Christmas attacks in Plateau State, 2024 must be the year Nigeria’s nightmare ends
ELLIS HEASLEY, of UK-based religious freedom advocacy CSW, calls for action – both from Nigerian authorities and the international community – to address the ongoing “nightmare” of violence in Nigeria…
Essay: Nigeria’s security situation has got worse – what Tinubu’s administration needs to do about it
In an article first published on The Conversation, SALLEK YAKS MUSA looks at the deteriorating security situation in Nigeria and what steps new President Bola Tinubu needs to take to address it…
“Hard to be a Christian”: Christians in Nigeria recount experiences of trauma following church attacks
TONNY ONYULO reports on how Christians in Nigeria are coping in the wake of attacks on churches…
Gunmen kill 36 villagers in Nigeria’s divided Plateau state
Abuja, NigeriaReuters Attackers shot dead at least 36 people and destroyed buildings in a night raid on a village near the central Nigerian city of Jos, officials said, in an area hit by repeated ethnic clashes. The gunmen went house to house killing residents in Yelwa Zangam late on Tuesday, a military spokesman said. Troops […]
Essay: Praying for breakthrough in Nigeria in 2021
ELLIS HEASLEY, of UK-based religious freedom advocacy CSW, calls for Christians to join in prayer for the strife-torn nation of Nigeria where Christians are the target of escalating levels of violence which some are saying increasingly looks like genocide…
Burkina Faso: Fulani pastor brings hope to stigmatised communities
World Watch Monitor The disproportionate presence of ethnic Fulani among Islamist militants wreaking havoc in the Sahel and West Africa has led to a stigmatisation of the Fulani generally, says a Protestant pastor from Burkina Faso. In April security forces went into Djibo, a town in the northern part of Burkina Faso and killed 31 […]
More than 600 Christians killed in Islamic extremists attacks in first five months of 2020 – report
More than 600 Christians have been killed in attacks by Fulani herdsmen and Islamic extremist groups in Nigeria in the first four-and-a-half months of this year, according to a report released earlier this month. The report, from the Nigerian-based International Society for Civil Liberties & Rule of Law, found that no fewer than 620 Christians had […]
Six girls, two staff members kidnapped from Christian-run highschool in Nigeria
Jos, NigeriaMorning Star News A day before the Kaduna governor said kidnappers terrorising the state are working with Boko Haram, six teenage girls and two staff members were kidnapped from a Christian-run high school in north-central Nigeria, sources said. Suspected to be herdsmen who have carried out numerous kidnappings and attacks in southern Kaduna state, armed […]
Kidnapped – and tortured, Baptist pastor in Nigeria freed after 17 days
Morning Star News A Baptist pastor kidnapped last month in Nigeria was released over the weekend after his family and Christian leaders paid a ransom, sources said. Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Kaduna state, who abducted Rev Elisha Noma on 14th August, received three million naira ($US8,181) before freeing him on Saturday (31st August), the chairman […]