By George Conger — Eternity News President Donald Trump asked the President of Nigeria to explain his nation’s indifference to the plight of persecuted Christians, Nigerian leader Muhammadu Buhari told reporters last week. Speaking in Abuja on September 8 at the First Year Ministerial Performance Review Retreat of his second […]
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Easter devotion and call to pray into ‘Silent Slaughter’ of Christians in Nigeria — Elizabeth Kendal
By Elizabeth Kendal — Originally published in Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin. EASTER DEVOTION: Justice and salvation will reach ends of the earth Isaiah’s Servant Songs cannot but elicit a response. We all, like sheep, have gone astray; trusting in idols and walking in rebellion. Lost, captive and condemned to death, […]
Boko Haram executes brave Nigerian Christian leader
Originally published by CSW The Abubakar Shekau faction of the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram executed the chair of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Adamawa state, Reverend Lawan Andimi yesterday. Rev Andimi was abducted on January 2, when terrorists wearing military fatigues ransacked Michika town and forced him […]
Pastor pleads for international support as Christians face deadly persecution in Nigeria
In the latest of seemingly never-ending reports of deadly violence in Nigeria comes news that suspected Boko Haram terrorists killed at least 65 people at a funeral in a village in the north-east of the country last Saturday. In the past decade tens of thousands of people — mainly Christians […]
WATCH: Buhari re-elected in Nigeria — what it means for Christians
Originally published in CBN News This week on CBN News Worldbeat, Nigeria’s Muslim president Muhammadu Buhari has been re-elected to another term in office. CBN News Senior International Correspondent George Thomas looks at the impact of his presidency on the Christian population.
Nigerian pastors tell president army complicit in attacks on Christians
Originally published in Morning Star News Christian leaders meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, Nigeria this month delivered a sharp rebuke, saying the military is complicit in attacks on Christians. With the governor of Plateau state in attendance, the Rev. Dacholom Datiri, president of the Church of Christ in […]