Originally published in My Christian Daily The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Friday March 7 upheld the death sentence for a Christian who defended himself against an attack by Fulani herdsmen. Calling the ruling a “horrendous miscarriage of justice”, attorney and international human rights advocate Emmanuel Ogebe said in a […]
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Boko Haram kills sleeping pastor, 2 other Christians on Sunday as terror spreads in Nigeria
Originally published in The Christian Post Suspected militants of Islamic extremist group Boko Haram killed a pastor at his home in Gombe state, Nigeria on Sunday, as violence continued to terrorise the country’s northeast, sources said. The Rev Bala Galadima of the Evangelical Church Winning All was shot to death […]
Thousands of Christians in Nigeria displaced after latest Boko Haram attacks
Originally published in My Christian Daily Boko Haram is escalating attacks on Christian communities in Chibok, Borno state, displacing more than 4 000 Christians in recent days. In a series of coordinated raids, Boko Haram targeted the Christian villages of Njila, Banziir, Shikarkir, and Yirmirmug, burning homes, torching churches, and […]
Herdsmen kill 48 Christians in central Nigeria between November 24 and December 1
Fulani herdsmen killed 48 Christians in central Nigeria’s Benue state between November 24 and December 1, sources said. The gunmen killed 18 Christians, including women and children, who were on their way to church services in Azege village, Logo County on December 1, and 30 others were slain in Logo […]
Nigerian Christian nurse describes daring escape from terrorist captors
After being abducted by an offshoot of Boko Haram in Nigeria six years ago, a Christian nurse describes her daring escape and how faith kept her alive. Originally published in The New York Times For more than six years, Alice Loksha Ngaddah bided her time, waiting for an opportunity to […]
Fulanis in Nigeria kill more Christians than Boko Haram and ISWAP, report says
Originally published in Christian Today Fulani herdsmen and other “bandit” terrorists often allied with them killed more civilians in Nigeria over a four-year period than Islamic extremist groups Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a new report states. “Other Terrorist Groups,” commonly called “Fulani bandits,” killed 12 039 […]
Muslims burn down church building in central Nigeria for second time
Originally published in Morning Star News Muslims burned down a church building in the early hours of Saturday Auguust 10 in central Nigeria’s Niger state, sources said. The razing of the building of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) congregation in Kontagora town at about 3am was the second […]
Fulani slaughter 50 Christians in Benue state, Nigeria
At least 50 Christians were murdered in Nigeria’s Benue state last week during an attack on their villages by Fulani jihadist herdsmen and a criminal gang, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. On Thursday August 8, Fulani terrorists and affiliated bandits raided the predominantly Christian village of Ayati village in Ukum […]
Prominent Christian politician, evangelist found dead after abduction from church
Originally published in Worthy News Prominent Nigerian evangelist and politician Joan Onyemaechi Mrakpor, who was abducted from her church in Nigeria’s Delta state on July 30, was found dead in a river on August 1, her body naked and showing signs of torture, the Gist Mania news outlet reports. The […]
Prominent Christian woman kidnapped from church in Nigeria
Originally published in Morning Star News Gunmen in southern Nigeria on Tuesday kidnapped a prominent Christian woman and wife of the attorney general of Delta state, Nigeria, from a church Bible study in an attack that left her driver and a policeman dead, according to various sources. Joan Onyemaechi, also […]