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By Open Doors News Amidst continuing attacks on Churches and Christian communities in Northern Nigeria, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair has launched a faith-based programme to promote religious tolerance in the country. Eleven people were killed and thirty others injured in two successive suicide attacks on […]
Originally published in Christian Post At least 15 people, mostly children and women, were killed and about 150 others were injured after a suicide bomber disguising himself as a Christian attacked a large Catholic church in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna city during Sunday morning service, raising fears of renewed sectarian violence. […]
Originally published in Baptist Press / Open Doors News New details from Open Doors News reconfirm earlier reports that Christians were the focus of an Oct. 1 massacre of 29 students in Mubi, Nigeria. Jerry Dykstra, media relations director for Open Doors, said post-massacre follow-up by Open Doors workers at […]
In yet another bombing targeting Christians in Nigeria, four people and the suicide bomber were killed and more than 48 people were injured outside a Catholic church in the northern city of Bauchi on Sunday. The suicide bomber, suspected to be a member of the Islamist terror outfit Boko Haram, […]
Gunmen armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles surrounded a church in central Nigeria and opened fire during a Monday night worship service. According to the Associated Press report, the attackers killed 19 of the worshippers at Deeper Life Bible Church in the town of Otite in Kogi state, located 155 miles […]
[notice]An Open Doors News profile on Gyang Dantong and his legacy to Nigeria’s suffering church.[/notice] He was among a handful of elected members of Nigerian government attempting to bury the more than 100 Christians killed just the day before, when Muslim gunmen had rampaged through several villages in Nigeria’s central […]
Amidst the incessant bombings of Christians by the Muslim extremist organisation, Boko Haram, in the north of Nigeria, there is a thriving Christian community in the south. This community is growing in leaps and bounds and one of the organisations playing a role in this phenomenal growth is Redeemed Christian […]
Dozens of people, including two politicians, have been killed in a triple attack on a Christian farming community in Plateau state, Nigeria, by Muslim herdsmen. The first incident happened on Thursday morning (5 July) when Muslims from the Fulani ethnic group destroyed 43 Christian-owned farms. Nobody was arrested. They followed […]
By Compass Direct News Suspected Islamic extremists bombed three churches in Kaduna state yesterday morning, the third consecutive Sunday that worship services in Nigeria have ended in lethal bloodshed. In a predominantly Christian area of Zaria known as Wusasa, a suspected Islamic extremist crashed a car into a barricade at […]
Originally published on Compass Direct News An Islamic extremist ran a car full of explosives at a Pentecostal church in this Plateau state city yesterday morning, killing at least two Christians and injuring more than 40 others, military and police officials said. In Borno state also yesterday, gunmen reportedly killed […]