JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – The killing of the Rev. Silas Yakubu Ali and more than 50 other Christians in an area of Kaduna state, Nigeria in the past two months shows that Christians are under siege from Muslim Fulani herdsmen, community leaders said. Dominic Gambo Yahaya, leader of the predominantly Christian Atyap ethnic group […]
Christians ‘Under Siege’ in Kaduna State, Nigeria, Area Leaders Say
Pastor killed along with more than 50 other Christians in two months.
September 29, 2021 By -
Herdsmen Kill Christian at Worship, 30 Others in One Day
After church attack on Sunday, two villages raided that night.
September 28, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed a Christian at a worship service in Kaduna state, Nigeria on Sunday (Sept. 26), and 30 others were slain in attacks later that night, sources said. The herdsmen attacked the worship service of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in Gavaciwa, Kachia County, killing one member of […]
Christians Slain in and near Jos, Nigeria, including 12 Children
Suspected local Muslims kill seven church members, herdsmen kill 33.
September 6, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and suspected local Muslims killed 40 Christians in and near Jos, Nigeria in attacks on Aug. 25 and Aug. 15, sources said. Armed with machetes and guns, herdsmen attacked the predominantly Christian community of Yelwa Zangam, Jos North County on the night of Aug. 25, killing 16 Christians […]
Fulani Herdsmen Kill 36 Christians in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Anglican bishop laments government inaction.
August 30, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed 36 Christians in multiple attacks in Kaduna state, Nigeria this month with impunity, while a church leader complained that authorities arrested only Christians for defending themselves. The attacks from Aug. 4 to Saturday (Aug. 28) on Zangon Kataf, Kaura and Chikun counties took the lives of 17 […]
Soldiers Complicit in Herdsmen Attacks in Nigeria, Christians Say
30,000 people displaced, 500 homes burned this month.
August 25, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (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 burned 500 homes in attacks on villages […]
Fulani Herdsmen Kill Pastor in North-Central Nigeria
Cleric kidnapped along with sons and nephew.
July 28, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen in north-central Nigeria on Saturday (July 24) killed a Christian pastor they had kidnapped two weeks before, a church source said. The Rev. Danlami Yakwoi of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) was kidnapped on July 12 along with two of his sons and a nephew in Tawari, […]
Area in Nigeria Attacked Unimpeded for One Week
At least 33 dead, four church buildings burned.
July 18, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen attacked villages in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria unimpeded from July 8 to Wednesday (July 14), killing 33 Christians, sources said. “My mother’s village, Warkan, was attacked by Fulani herdsmen – several houses were burned, and I lost my uncle, his wife and children, eight family members in one […]
Suspected Fulani Kidnap Christian High School Students in Nigeria
Most of nearly 180 children taken away at gunpoint, sources say.
July 5, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen early this morning kidnapped most of the nearly 180 students at a Christian high school in Kaduna state, Nigeria, sources said. Shooting wildly, the armed assailants breached the walls of Bethel Baptist High School in Maraban Rido, on the outskirts of the city of Kaduna at about […]
Armed Fulani Kill Doctor, 17 other Christians in Nigeria
Predominantly Muslim herdsmen attack in Niger, Plateau states.
June 24, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Armed Fulani shot a Christian doctor to death on June 17 in Niger state, Nigeria following attacks that killed 17 Christians in Plateau state. Precious Emeka Chinedu was killed after five Fulani herdsmen walked into the private hospital he operated in Salka village, Magama County, and abducted him the evening […]
Fulani Herdsmen Kill Pastor, 3-Year-Old Son in Nigeria
Attack on mission takes another key Christian worker.
May 30, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen in Niger state, Nigeria have shot to death a missionary and pastor and his 3-year-old son, sources said. Leviticus Makpa, 39, had established a Christian school in Kamberi village, where he served as a pastor and church planter. His son, Godsend Makpa, was killed in the attack on […]