Gunmen kill 38 villagers in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state
Kaduna, Nigeria Reuters Gunmen killed at least 38 villagers in north-western Nigeria’s Kaduna state, residents and a local community group said on Tuesday, a region chronically marred by armed violence. During the attack, which started late on Sunday night and continued into the early hours of Monday morning, armed men shot people and burned at […]
Two Catholic priests abducted in Nigeria, diocese says
Abuja, NigeriaReuters Two Nigerian Catholic priests have been abducted in Nigeria’s northern state of Kaduna, the local diocese said, nearly two weeks after another priest was taken from his parish in the same state. Fathers John Mark Cheitnum and Donatus Cleopas were abducted in the town of Lere after they arrived for a parish function […]
Catholic priest abducted in Nigeria, diocese says
Kano, Nigeria Reuters A Nigerian Catholic priest was abducted from his rectory in the town of Zambina in the northern state of Kaduna in the early hours of Monday, the local Catholic diocese said on Monday. It said parishioners went to look for Father Emmanuel Silas after waiting in vain for him to conduct the […]
Eight killed, 38 kidnapped in latest Nigeria church attacks, says official
Eight people were killed and 38 others kidnapped in an attack on two churches in the northern state of Kaduna on Sunday, an official from the Christian Association of Nigeria said on Monday, weeks after a similar deadly attack in the south west. The attack occurred during the morning service of a Catholic and Baptist church […]
Two Nigeria churches attacked; worshippers killed, abducted
Abuja, Nigeria AP Gunmen attacked two churches in rural north-western Nigeria on Sunday, killing three people, witnesses and a state official said, weeks after a similar attack in the West African nation left 40 worshippers dead. The attack in Kajuru area of Kaduna State targeted four villages, resulting in the abduction of unspecified number of […]
Some 150 students missing after gunmen raid Nigerian school – parent, administrator
Bauchi/Kaduna, NigeriaReuters About 150 students are missing after armed men raided a boarding school in Nigeria’s Kaduna state, a parent and an administrator said on Monday, and police said they were in hot pursuit alongside military personnel. The attack on the Bethel Baptist High School is the 10th mass school kidnapping since December in north-west […]
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 […]
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 […]
Another 10 Christians killed in Kaduna state as carnage continues in Nigeria
Morning Star News Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed 10 Christians in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria on Saturday, bringing the lives lost in the past five weeks to 140 with 160 houses destroyed, sources said. “We were all asleep in our various homes when at about 4am [Saturday], we heard gunshots everywhere in my village,” Amos Samuel, 40, […]
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 […]