By Obed Minchakpu — Compass News Direct Security officials are trying to determine suspects and motives for two weekend bomb explosions in predominantly Muslim areas of Jos where three churches and the residences of Islamic sect leaders are located. The explosions led many Christians to remain indoors on Sunday (July […]
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Churches in Nigeria shuttered, reduced as terrorism rises
By Obed Minchakpu – Compass Direct News MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, July 13 – Christians in northern Nigeria’s Borno state, already forced to abandon worship services due to attacks by Islamic sect Boko Haram, are bracing for a massive assault to commemorate the death of the extremists group’s leader at the end […]
CAN fears Nigerian Islamisation via banking
By Joseph DeCaro – Originally published in Worthy News The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said a proposal by the Central Bank of Nigeria to introduce Islamic Banking is part of a hidden agenda by Muslims to Islamize the nation. Bishop Goddy Okafor, CAN Chairman, Abia State Chapter, called on […]
Christian communities near Nigerian town disappearing
By Obed Minchakpu – Compass Direct News TAFAWA BALEWA, Nigeria — In a village outside this Bauchi state town in predominantly Muslim northern Nigeria, what was once a Christian community has vanished. Last March the Christian peasant farmers of Mdandi village, eight kilometers northwest of the Government Girls Secondary School […]
Christians in northern Nigeria live in fear of their lives
Originally published in the Nigerian Tribune The Bishop of Gusau Anglican Diocese, Zamfara State, the Right Reverend John Danbinta, has said that Christians in the northern part of the country live in daily fear of being killed through the brute force of anti-Christian elements. Bishop Danbinta spoke on Thursday in […]