Nigeria kidnap spike threatens to create lost generation of students
Kaduna, NigeriaReuters Yusuf Lado had not yet learned to read or write when his school closed for fear of attacks by armed gangs, which have been snatching students across northwest Nigeria in hopes of lucrative ransom payouts. The seven-year-old has now set aside his dream of becoming a doctor and is training to be a […]
CSW calls for action to address rising number of attacks against Christians in Nigeria as President Muhammadu Buhari visits UK this week
Religious freedom advocacy CSW has called on the British Government to raise the deteriorating security situation in Nigeria with President Muhammadu Buhari when he visits the UK this week. The call comes after recent weeks have seen a renewed surge of violence targeting Christian communities in Nigeria’s Kaduna state. Recent incidents include the abduction of […]
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 […]
At least 40 Christians killed in two attacks in Kaduna State, Nigeria – sources
Morning Star News At least 32 people were killed in a Muslim Fulani herder attack on a Christian area of north-central Nigeria on Tuesday, sources said. The early morning assault on villages in and around Maro, in Kajuru County of Kaduna state, came after a 10th February herdsmen attack on Angwan Barde, in the same […]
Nigeria: bishop blames government after 12 killed in Easter rampage
World Watch Monitor At least 12 worshippers were killed and many more were injured when suspected Fulani herdsmen opened fire on Easter Saturday evening, 15th April, in a village in the Christian-dominated south of Nigeria’s Kaduna state. The local Catholic bishop, Joseph Danlami Bagobiri of Kafanchan, accused the local governor, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, of complicity with […]