JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Muslim Fulani herdsmen in southwest Nigeria on Jan. 16 shot and killed a pastor who was also a university professor, sources said. Amos Arijesuyo, pastor at Christ Apostolic Church and professor at the Federal University of Technology (FUTA) in Akure, Ondo state, was returning to Akure from Ibadan when […]
Suspected Fulani Herdsmen Kill Pastor in Southwest Nigeria
Killings continue unchecked in north-central part of country.
January 25, 2021 By -
Kidnapped Christian Professor in Nigeria Released, Sources Say
Cracking top 10 countries with most persecution, Nigeria leads the world in abductions of Christians.
January 21, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A professor at a Christian university has reportedly been released after being kidnapped in Nigeria, which leads the world in abductions of Christians, sources said. John Fatokun, professor of computational mathematics and numerical analysis and deputy vice chancellor of Anchor University in Lagos, was released on Wednesday (Jan. 20) after […]
ISWAP Terrorists Execute Five Christians in Nigeria, Video Shows
Executions a 'warning to Christians,' militant says.
December 31, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremist terrorists who kidnapped 11 Christians in northeast Nigeria on Christmas Day have executed five of them, according to a video released by the Islamic State’s AMAQ News agency. The 49-second video, dated Dec. 29, shows five armed members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) lining up […]
Seven Christians Killed in Christmas Eve Attacks in Nigeria
More than 30 Christians killed in prior attacks in Kaduna state, sources say.
December 27, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremist militants killed seven Christians in Christmas Eve attacks in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, according to area residents, while two people were reportedly killed in neighboring Adamawa state. Residents of the villages of Pemi and Debro, near Chibok, Borno state said the insurgents were members of Islamic extremist group […]
Christians Killed in Central and Southwestern Nigeria
Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill pastor in Ekiti state.
November 29, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen attacks on predominantly Christian communities in Kaduna state on Saturday night and Sunday morning (Nov. 28-29) killed seven Christians, two days after a pastor was slain in southwestern Nigeria, sources said. The “Fulani terrorists” in Kaduna state also kidnapped two children and wounded four people in the attacks […]
Christian Leaders Urge Prayer for Nigeria’s Forgotten Victims
Violence escalating despite pleas to government, Family Research Council reports.
November 19, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Their pleas for government help falling on deaf ears, Christian leaders issued calls for prayer this month as Islamic extremist groups continued terrorizing northeast Nigeria. In the wake of attacks and kidnappings by Islamic extremist group Boko Haram and its offshoot Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), leaders of the […]
Fulani Kill Four Christians, Abduct Others in North-Central Nigeria
In northwest, five daughters of pastor kidnapped.
November 12, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Armed Fulani killed four Christians in north-central Nigeria on Friday (Nov. 6) and the next day kidnapped seven persons, including five daughters of a church pastor, according to a local advocacy group. Surviving witnesses in Kaduna state’s Dande village, part of Kasaya in Chikun County, described the killers as armed […]
Muslim Fulani Seize Christian Villages in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Three Christians killed in late October, rights advocate says.
November 5, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Having taken over more than 100 once predominantly Christian villages in four counties of southern Kaduna state, Nigeria, Muslim Fulani militia killed three more Christians in late October. a rights advocate said. Fulani attacks in the areas have driven 50,000 people to live with relatives or in camps for Internally […]
Islamist Militants Kill, Kidnap Christians in Northeast Nigeria
Pastor killed, women and children abducted from village near Chibok.
November 3, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremist militants in northeast Nigeria attacked a predominantly Christian village near Chibok, Borno state on Sunday morning (Nov. 1), killing 12 Christians and kidnapping women and children, sources said. In Takulashi, less than 10 miles from Chibok, where Boko Haram insurgents kidnapped 276 Christian girls in 2014, the assailants […]
Abducted Pastor in Nigeria Not Released; 6-Year-Old Kidnapped
Father killed in Fulani attack on home in Nasarawa state.
November 1, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A pastor abducted in northeastern Nigeria has not been released as his church members were told, and Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Nasarawa state have kidnapped a 6-year-old Christian boy after killing his father, sources said. Members of Zongo’s congregation had told Morning Star News that militants from the Islamic State […]