JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed two more Christians in Plateau state on Friday night (May 21), the same day a Catholic priest was found slain in northwest Nigeria’s Katsina state, sources said. Following the killing of a young Christian mother and a 19-year-old Christian man in Jebbu Miango village, Miango District on […]
Two More Christians Killed in Miango, Priest Slain in NW Nigeria
Clergyman in his 70s kidnapped.
May 23, 2021 By -
Young Mother, 19-Year-Old Christian Killed in Central Nigeria
Muslim Fulani herdsmen earlier threatened family.
May 21, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria, May 21, 2021 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed the wife and nephew of a Christian in Plateau state, Nigeria in an attack on their home on Thursday night (May 20), sources said. Jeffrey Moses, 26, said he and his wife, 21-year-old Ladi Jeffrey, and nephew Shadrach Zwewhie, 19, were asleep when […]
Muslims Burn Down Christian Widow’s Reconstructed House
Mother of five fled in 2015 after her husband was killed.
May 16, 2021 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A widow and her children who fled their home in eastern Uganda after her husband was killed in 2015 returned this year, only to narrowly escape an attack this month that burned down her reconstructed home, sources said. Muslim extremists burned down the home of Kanifa Namulondo in Kaliro, Bulamogi […]
Ransom Demanded for Pastor Abducted in Southwest Nigeria
Muslim Fulani herdsmen suspected.
May 14, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen have demanded 30 million naira (US$73,600) for the release of a Pentecostal church pastor they kidnapped in southwestern Nigeria on Monday night (May 10), according to a local report. Pastor Otamayomi Ogedengbe of Deeper Life Bible Church was taken away at gunpoint from a Bible study […]
Pastor Slain after Leading Muslims to Christ at Religious Debate
Father of 11 planted 50 churches in eastern Uganda.
May 12, 2021 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda are suspected in the May 3 killing of a Christian pastor hours after he engaged in a public debate about Christianity and Islam, sources said. Pastor Thomas Chikooma, a resident of Komolo village, Pallisa town, was killed after he was invited to an open-air debate […]
Kidnappings Terrorize Christians in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Nurses, pastor’s wife taken, plus mass abduction from one village.
May 9, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen in north-central Nigeria kidnapped a pastor’s wife from her home and two nurses from a hospital, while other Islamic extremists may have joined herdsmen in abducting more than 70 people from one village, sources said. Fulaki Ozigi was kidnapped along with her husband, Mercy Place Ministry Church pastor […]
Herdsmen Kill Christians in Nigeria’s Nasarawa, Plateau States
Muslim Fulani attack homes, funeral.
May 6, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed 12 Christians in Nasarawa state and three others in Plateau state the last part of April, sources said. In north-central Nigeria’s Nasarawa state, herdsmen killed 12 Christian farmers in Ajimaka, Doma County, in attacks there and in 13 other villages from April 24 until April 29, […]
Another Christian Nurse Falsely Accused of Blasphemy
She goes into hiding after threats to maim and kill her.
May 5, 2021 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Nurse Sakina Mehtab said she was stunned to see videos of her Muslim colleagues marching on hospital premises in Lahore, Pakistan last week, shouting Islamist slogans and accusing her of blasphemy. She has since gone into hiding after receiving anonymous calls threatening to “maim and kill” her over the false […]
Police Rescue – then Jail – Christian Family Attacked in India
Authorities again succumb to pressure by Hindu extremists.
May 4, 2021 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Police in India who initially took a pastor and his family into custody to protect them from an attack by a 300-member Hindu extremist mob were pressured into jailing them under a baseless charge of forcible conversion, sources said. Pastor Manu Damor, 35, remains in Depalpur jail a month after […]
Muslims Allegedly Poison Pastor over Plans for Church Building
Church leader in Uganda refused to sell land for proposed mosque.
May 2, 2021 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslims in eastern Uganda upset with a pastor’s plans to build a church on land they sought to buy are suspected in his death by poisoning, sources said. Pastor Yolonim Oduchu was poisoned on April 5 in Raraka village, Oloki Sub-County, Pallisa District after he declined to sell a five-acre […]