Originally published in Morning Star News. A Christian in north-central Nigeria who led a team of civilians that apprehended Muslim Fulani herdsmen after they allegedly killed five Christians on Thursday night (May 28) was blunt about their motives. “These Muslim Fulani herdsmen have been attacking our communities because we are […]
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As ISIS attacks Nigerians, Christians step up to bring healing
By Christine D. Johnson — Originally published in Charisma News Burned homes and churches, contaminated food supplies and secret killings left Nigerians in Kaduna state desperate and displaced over the weekend. With attacks by Boko Haram, now known as Isis West Africa, on the increase, an organisation called Equipping the […]
Terrorists destroyed building but church still gathers
Originally published in UG Christian News Uganda Christian News has learnt of Christian worshippers in Nigeria who still come together for prayer despite their church building being razed by terrorist group Boko Haram. The Barnabas Fund, an international Christian aid agency, reports that four church elders in the village of […]
Global prayer vigil for kidnapped Christian Leah Sharibu
Originally published in Charisma News Save the Persecuted Christians (STPC), which advocates on behalf of hundreds of millions of persecuted Christians worldwide, is linking arms with the Leah Foundation, other concerned believers and religious freedom advocates to call on Christians to join a Global Prayer Vigil for kidnapped Nigerian Christian […]
Islamist terror and supernatural deliverance in Nigeria
By Steve Warren – Originally published in CBN News The news out of Nigeria is getting progressively worse as it is being reported that more than 300 people were killed in at least seven predominantly Christian villages across Nigeria in February and March this year, according to multiple sources that […]
Nigeria ‘aiding’ Boko Haram by freeing hundreds of jihadis who’ve repented, activist warns
Originally published in The Christian Post The Nigerian government is “aiding and abetting” the deadly Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram by releasing captured militants who have “repented,” a Christian activist has said. As the Borno state-based Boko Haram has made a name for itself as one of the world’s deadliest […]
Boko Haram demands R4bn for release of Christian schoolgirl ; family turns to prayer
Originally published in The Christian Post The family of kidnapped Christian schoolgirl Leah Sharibu have asked for prayers after Islamic radical group Boko Haram demanded for $275-million USD (R4-billion) for her release. Gloria Samdi Puldu, a friend of Sharibu’s mother, told Punch newspaper that the $275-million (R4-billion) asking price, or […]
Boko Haram executes second hostage, says Leah Sharibu will be a ‘slave for life’
Originally published in The Christian Post The Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram has executed a second humanitarian worker and vowed that Christian schoolgirl Leah Sharibu will be a slave for life. The Islamic State West Africa Province, as the group is officially called, a testament to its ties to the […]
Christian ‘genocide’: naming Nigeria’s mass slaughter
Originally published in BR Now The mass slaughter of Christians in Nigeria is calculated genocide abetted by the government in the nation that is Africa’s most Christian, cries a growing number of leaders calling on the United States to intervene. Evangelical John Stonestreet, president of the Colson Centre for Christian […]
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 […]