In northern Nigeria, Muslims and Christians take small steps toward reconciliation
Kampala, UgandaRNS Recently, a group of Muslims visited Christian widows and orphans in north-western Nigeria and donated food, clothing and school items as part of efforts to enhance peaceful coexistence among different faiths. “I can’t believe they came and visited me,” said Judy Ugwu, a mother of four who lives in Kaduna state in northwestern […]
Christians in Mali offer condolences after at least 150 massacred in Fulani village
The Catholic bishops of Mali have joined with the country’s evangelical Christian leaders in expressing their condolences after at least 150 Fulani people, including some 50 children, were massacred in an attack on a village on Sunday. Fr Alexandre Denou, secretary general of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Mali, told Agenzia Fides that prayers would […]
“Emerging crisis” as thousands flee rising farmer-herder violence in Nigeria
Thomson Reuters Foundation Tens of thousands of people have been uprooted by a recent surge in violence between farmers and herders in central Nigeria that may spiral further, aid workers and analysts said on Wednesday. Nomadic herdsmen and local farmers have for decades clashed over land and resources in the West African country, but fighting […]
Herdsmen mount another slaughter of Christians in Benue State, Nigeria
Morning Star News Still shocked over a deadly attack on a Catholic congregation on Tuesday, Christians in Nigeria’s Benue state yesterday suffered another onslaught by Muslim Fulani herdsmen that reportedly left at least 39 people dead. More than 160 houses also were reported to have been set ablaze in heavily armed attacks that began late […]
Muslim Fulani herdsmen gun down Christians in Catholic church in Nigeria
Morning Star News Muslim Fulani herdsmen on Tuesday attacked a Roman Catholic Church service in central Nigeria, killing two priests and 17 other parishioners during an early morning Mass, sources said. In Ayar-Mbalom village in Benue state, the assailants shot dead Rev Joseph Gor and Rev Felix Tyolaha of St Ignatius Quasi Catholic Parish, Ukpor, […]
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 […]
Pastor, other Christians slain in attacks in north-east Nigeria
Morning Star News Armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen in northeast Nigeria killed a pastor and 19 other Christians on 27th February in apparent retaliation for attacks by ethnic Bachama militia on Fulani families, sources said. Rev Haruna Enoch was killed along with the others in herdsmen attacks on four predominantly Christian areas in the Numan and […]
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 […]
LIFESTORY: HOW ONE NIGERIAN EVANGELIST ENDURES PERSECUTION AS A “LIFESTYLE”, PART II
In the second part of a two part article, Nigerian evangelist Habibu Adam Mohammed talks to Morning Star News about the impact his conversion to Christianity had in his relationship with his family, how God has provided him with a new ‘family’ and his messages for both the persecuted church – and their persecutors…
Religious leaders in Nigeria unite in ‘Appeal of Peace’ after violence in Jos
World Watch Monitor Many young people attended the meeting of Jos together with the Christian and Muslim leaders in Plateau State. PICTURE: Sant’Egidio Nigeria’s Christian and Muslim leaders have called for peace following a recent surge of violence in the central state of Plateau. On 14th September, three people lost their lives after an eruption […]