Originally published in BREITBART The Christian aid group Open Doors revealed on Wednesday a Christian is violently killed for their faith in Nigeria every two hours on average, 365 days a year. “That’s nearly 13 people a day, 372 a month and almost 5,000 a year,” writes Lindy Lowry, the […]
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Kidnapped pastor preached Jesus to captors before they killed him
Originally published in CBN NewsA pastor who was kidnapped by Fulani herdsmen last month in northern Nigeria has reportedly been killed by his captors. The death of Rev Dauda Bature of the First Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in Hayin Narayi, Kaduna state, was announced lasr Sunday on Facebook. The […]
Nigeria Gospel crusade draws 1.2 million people
Originally published in Uganda Christian News The ministry organisation founded by late Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke, has witnessed more than 1.2 million people hear the gospel of Jesus Christ, during a 4-day crusade in Nigeria. According to the current president and CEO of Christ for All Nations (CfaN), Evangelist Daniel Kolenda, “hundreds of thousands” gave their lives […]
Alarm at ‘baffling error’of US removing Nigeria from list of ‘countries of particular concern’
Originally published by Religious News Service On Wedneday, as required by the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA), US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken identified the “Countries of Particular Concern” — those who are in severe violations of religious freedom. Burma, the People’s Republic of China, Eritrea, Iran, the DPRK, Pakistan, […]
Nigerian Christian girl sticking to faith three years after kidnapping
Originally published in CajNews. There is glimmer of hope the Nigerian girl held by the Boko Haram since 2018 after refusing to deny her Christian faith will eventually be rescued. Leah Sharibu (now 18), was one of 109 school girls abducted by the Islamist group in town of Dapchi in […]
Jihadist genocide of Christians in Nigeria intensifies
Raymond Ibrahim is a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. This article was first published by the Gatestone Institute. What several international observers have for years characterised as a “pure genocide” of Christians in Nigeria has reached new levels. Since the Islamic insurgency earnestly began in July 2009 — first at the […]
49 killed, 27 abducted in southern Kaduna attacks
Originally published in CSW At least 49 people have been killed and 27 were abducted in attacks by armed assailants of Fulani ethnicity on communities in three Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Kaduna state, central Nigeria, on September 26 and 27. Eight people were killed, six were injured and several […]
Soldiers complicit in herdsmen attacks in Nigeria, Christians say
Originally published in Morning Star News Soldiers and security personnel failed to intervene this month as Fulani herdsmen killed 70 Christians in one area of Plateau state, Nigeria, while in other areas soldiers helped herdsmen destroy farmland, Christian leaders said. Muslim Fulanis killed 70 Christians, displaced 30 000 others and […]
1 500 Christians killed in Nigeria in first four months of this year
Originally published in Christian Today A staggering 1 470 Christians were killed by Islamist jihadists in Nigeria in the first four months of 2021, a non-profit in the country has said. The claim came in a report by the Intersociety for Civil Liberty and Rule of Law, which said that another 2 […]
Militants in Nigeria use national lockdown as cover to launch deadly attacks on Christians
Compiled from reports in Barnabas Aid and International Christian Concern. Nineteen people were killed by Fulani militants in attacks in Plateau State, Nigeria early this month and at least eight people died in a Boko Haram attack near Auno village in Borno State on April 12. In one Plateau State […]