ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Terrorists attacked a church service in northwestern Nigeria on Sunday (Jan. 15), shot and wounded the pastor and kidnapped 25 congregation members, sources said. The assailants stormed into the morning worship service of New Life for All Church in Katsina state’s Dantsauri village, Gidan Haruna District, Kankara County, said Gambo […]
Pastor Shot, Christian Worshippers Kidnapped in Northwest Nigeria
Nigeria moves up to No. 6 among countries with the worst persecution.
January 18, 2023 By -
Catholic Priest Burned to Death in Niger State, Nigeria
Assistant priest shot, hospitalized.
January 15, 2023 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A Roman Catholic priest in northwest Nigeria was burned to death before dawn today when assailants set his parish living quarters ablaze and wounded an assistant priest, sources said. Police said the assailants tried to enter the home of the Rev. Fr. Isaac Achi, on the premises of the St. […]
Killings in Kaduna State, Nigeria Darken Christmas Season
More than 40 people slaughtered and 53 kidnapped.
January 2, 2023 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – One Christian was killed and 53 were kidnapped on Dec. 25 in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria after more than 40 Christians were slain in the week leading up to Christmas, sources said. Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists on Dec. 25 attacked Angwan Aku village in Kajuru County, Kaduna state, at […]
Terrorists Attack Christian Communities in Northeast Nigeria
Homes, harvested crops destroyed; woman slain in same area.
December 28, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) on Dec. 19 burned homes in Borno state, Nigeria, nine days after terrorists killed a pregnant Christian woman in the same area, sources said. The ISWAP terrorists attacked predominantly Christian Jibwiwi (Debiro) village in Hawul County and Ngulde village in Askira/Uba […]
Fulani Herdsmen Kill Christians in Benue State, Nigeria
20-year-old wounded in attack that killed her father, mother and sister.
December 27, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Dec. 17 killed three Christians as they worked on their farm in Benue state, Nigeria, sources said. “The three affected victims, who were males and Christians, were killed a farm” in Adaka village, Guma County, said Paul Hemba, special adviser to the Benue state governor on security […]
Herdsmen, Other Terrorists Slaughter 46 Christians in Nigeria
Killings in southern Kaduna state continue unchecked.
December 23, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected herdsmen and other terrorists killed 46 people Sunday night to Wednesday (Dec. 18-21) in attacks in predominantly Christian areas of southern Kaduna state, sources said. Attacks by Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists on Malagum and Abun (Broni Prono) villages in Kaura County Sunday through Tuesday (Dec. 18-20) left 38 […]
Christians Kidnapped in Separate Attacks in Southwest Nigeria
One group on bus to wedding, another en route to funeral.
December 1, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen in southwestern Nigeria last week kidnapped Christian workers taking a bus to a wedding, while another group of Christians was kidnapped en route to a funeral in the same state. A relative of one of 48 Christians who were kidnapped off a Coaster Bus going from Ondo […]
Terrorists in Nigeria Kill, Kidnap – and Demand Ransom for Corpse
Attacks in Plateau and Kaduna states leave at least 40 Christians dead.
November 30, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists in the past month killed at least 30 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria and 10 in Kaduna state, where they also demanded payment for a corpse after collecting ransom for the Christian they kidnapped and killed. In Plateau state’s Bokkos County, hundreds of suspected […]
Islamic Extremists Kill 15 Christians in North-Central Nigeria
Assailants cut off woman’s breast, community leader says.
October 27, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists killed two Christians in north-central Nigeria on Friday (Oct. 21) after slaughtering 13 others in two prior attacks, sources said. The assailants attacked Gidan Ityotyev village, Obi County, at about 11 p.m., killing Moses Saaku and Aondofa Saaku and wounding a Christian woman, all […]
Fulani Terrorists Kill More than 70 Christians in Central Nigeria
Benue state officials seek to arm citizens to defend themselves.
October 25, 2022 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen last week killed more than 70 Christians in a village in central Nigeria, prompting state officials to state that lack of government protection means citizens must defend themselves, sources said. In what a Benue state police official suspected was a revenge attack for the alleged killing of five […]