Originally published in Open Doors USA We recently heard from our team in Africa who visited with the family of Leah Sharibu — the only girl who wasn’t freed from Islamic extremist group Boko Haram after they kidnapped more than 100 girls from a secondary school in the town of […]
Tag: Nigeria
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 […]
More than 100 captured Nigerian girls freed with a warning to their parents
Originally published in Fox News African terrorist group Boko Haram has released almost all of the 110 girls abducted from a Nigerian boarding school last month witnesses said, but it came with a warning: “Don’t ever put your daughters in school again.” Democrats must act to stop Islamists from subjugating […]
Nigeria Christians want ICC to investigate Air Force ‘complicity’ in ‘genocide’
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Six Christian communities in north-eastern Nigeria have announced their intention to take the national Air Force to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over its alleged bombing of their communities in December. Lawaru, Dong, Nzoruwe, Pulum, Kodomti and Shaforon — in the Demsa and Numan […]
16 000 Christians dead in less than three years in Nigeria
Originally published in The Christian Post US President Donald Trump and his counterpart, Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, have been told that at least 16 000 Christians have been killed in Nigeria since June 2015, many of them victims of radical Islamic violence. The International Society for Civil Liberties and the […]
First Nigerian to qualify for action sport in Winter Olympics
Originally published in CBN News Simidele Adeagbo is the first African woman to qualify for the Winter Olympics in the sport of Skeleton. The 36-year-old athlete will be representing Nigeria after only taking up the sport last year — a feat for which she gives all glory to God. “It’s […]
Nigerian Primate predicts positive future despite ongoing violence
Originally published in Anglican Communion News Service The Bishop of Abuja, Nicholas Okoh, has used his New Year Message to predict a “year of optimism and happiness” for Nigerians. Archbishop Okoh, the Primate of All Nigeria, made his comments in a New Year’s Message as it emerged that 17 churchgoers […]
A season of acceleration — Lindy-Ann Hopley
A monthly column bringing you frontline testimonies of what God is stirring up across the globe. By international revivalist Lindy-Ann Hopley, Beautiful Witness Ministries. 2017 has flown by! And at an accelerated pace! This is the season of acceleration! Things are on the move! The latter rain is being poured […]
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 […]
Boko Haram releases 82 Chibok schoolgirls
Originally published in World and Christian Headlines Eighty-two of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls have been released by their Boko Haram captors, according to a report from The Christian Post. The nearly 300 girls were abducted three years ago, and while several of them were released previously, were able to escape, […]