Bishop says Islamist insurgency ‘has no limits’ to its targets The militant Islamist sect Boko Haram is suspected of killing at least 110 people of various faiths across Nigeria during the past week, prompting the country’s top Catholic bishop to declare the rebel movement “has no limits.” On Thursday, Sept. […]
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Pastor and son killed in Nigeria, church burned by suspected Islamic militants
Originally published by The Blaze A Christian pastor and his son were killed and a church was burned by suspected Islamic militants using automatic weapons and explosives in northeast Nigeria early yesterday (Thursday, September 26) morning, according to Nigerian police. A village leader was also killed in Dorawa, the Associated […]
Nigeria: weekend attacks in North East claim at least 50 Lives
Originally published in Assist News Service At least 50 civilians were killed and dozens more injured in a series of weekend attacks in north-eastern Nigeria by the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram. According to Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), twelve people are reported to have been killed when Boko Haram members […]
Boko Haram under investigation for crimes against humanity
By World Watch Monitor At least 1 200 people have been killed in the last four years in Northern Nigeria by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram, according to a preliminary investigation by the International Criminal Court. The Court’s chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, said on Monday (August 5) the ICC […]
Dying Nigerian Christian leader: ‘I will never deny my Saviour’
Originally published in Charisma News On May 14, in plain view of his wife and one daughter, the Rev. Faye Pama Musa, general overseer of the Rhema Assembly International Church and secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Borno State, was gunned down by suspected Boko Haram Islamic […]
Terror blasts kill at least 45 in Nigerian Christian district
Originally published in Morning Star News Suspected terrorists from the Islamic extremist Boko Haram group set off four bombs that hit two churches in Kano city on Monday night (July 29), killing at least 45 people, sources said. The Rev Ramsey Noah, chairman of the Kano state chapter of the […]
Boko Haram 4 sentenced to life for church bombing
Originally published in Persecution.org Four alleged members of the Islamist Boko Haram group have been sentenced to life for their role in bomb attacks that killed 19 people. They were found guilty of masterminding and carrying out attacks on an electoral commission office and a church last year. These are […]
Boko Haram kills over 40 children in school attack
Originally published in Christian News Over 40 Nigerians, some of whom may have been Christians, were killed on Saturday in a ruthless attack by Muslim militants affiliated with Boko Haram. According to an Open Doors USA press release, several Islamic militants carrying containers full of fuel descended upon a boarding […]
Youth militia kill more than 60 Boko Haram terrorists after 11 die at ‘fake’ funeral attack
Originally published in Assist News Service Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamists have stormed a neighborhood in the uneasy Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, killing at least 11 people with weapons hidden in a coffin, local residents have said. Since then, more than 60 alleged Boko Haram terrorists […]
US offers $7m reward for capture of Boko Haram leader
Originally published in Bloomberg Business Week The US has offered to pay a reward of as much as $7 million for information leading to the arrest of Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamist group. Shekau is among five alleged Islamist militants active in northern and western Africa […]