Originally published in World Watch Monitor The Archbishop Canterbury, Justin Welby, has challenged the British government on how much it is doing to help end violent attacks on Christians in Nigeria. His comments, made in a House of Lords debate on Fulani herdsmen and Boko Haram on Tuesday (17 July), […]
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About 200 Christians murdered in Nigeria killing spree
By Emmanuel Ogebe/Assist News — via Charisma News In a 60-hour killing spree that began last weekend, about 200 Christians were slaughtered in Plateau State even as the US ambassador at large for international religious freedom was departing Nigeria. Ambassador Sam Brownback’s one-week visit was pockmarked with six suicide bombings by […]
Nigeria’s clock ticking over Christian deaths, warn bishops
Originally published in Pulse After the murder of 19 people at a Catholic Church, including two priests, Christians in Nigeria mobilised on Tuesday, urging the president to help “end the killings” because the “clock is ticking, and the bomb must be defused quickly.” The rallies took place simultaneously in different […]
Trump tells Buhari: ‘We cannot allow Christians to be murdered’
Originally published in World Watch Monitor US President Donald Trump decried the killings of Christians in Nigeria as he met with the country’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, in Washington yesterday (April 30). Nigeria has been plagued by violence attributed to Fulani herdsmen in the Middle Belt and northeast. Benue state has […]
Democrats must act to stop Islamists from subjugating whole of Nigeria, say top Christian leaders
The influential National Christian Elders Forum of Nigeria (NCEF) — which speaks on behalf of all Christian groups in Nigeria — has called on democrats in the nation to take a firm stand against what it identifies as a deadly, systematic campaign of terror being waged by northern Islamists intent […]
Fulani Christians call for peace as violence continues in Plateau
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Fulani Christians in Nigeria have spoken out against the persistent attacks and killings attributed to Fulani herdsmen in the central state of Plateau, calling on them to embrace peace and shun all acts of violence. Rev Buba Aliyu, chairman of the Fulbe Christian Association […]
9 dead as suspected Fulani herdsmen ambush Christians in central Nigeria
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Nine Christians were shot dead by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria’s central Plateau State on Tuesday night (7 November), as they returned from a weekly village market. Four more were injured during the incident in the Riyom Local Government Area (LGA), which happened at […]
Fulanis massacre villagers, missionaries kidnapped, in separate Nigeria incidents
Originally published in Christian Today Islamic Fulani herdsmen have reportedly killed at least 28 people, including Christian women and children, in a raid on a village in Plateau State, Nigeria. Persecution watchdog International Christian Concern reported on the recent attack on Tuesday, explaining that the violent raids by the Fulani […]
‘No hope of peace for Nigeria’s Middle Belt without equality and justice’
Originally published by World Watch Monitor Obscured by Boko Haram’s headlines, violence has also raged further south, in Nigeria’s Middle Belt: a less reported, years-long campaign which experts now believe has been responsible for more deaths than Boko Haram. Perspectives on Nigeria’s Fulani crisis Nigeria — when Fulani herdsmen and […]