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 […]
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 -
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 […]
Pastor in Nigeria Appeals for Release from Islamist Terrorists
ISWAP militants capture two Christian women along with church leader.
October 29, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A church pastor in Nigeria who went missing on Oct. 19 has been captured along with two Christian women by militants of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), according to a video released by the terrorist group. In the video clip uploaded on YouTube today (Oct. 29), the Rev. […]
Fulani Herdsmen Kill, Wound Christians in Ambushes in Nigeria
Muslim terrorists attack in north-central and northeast; six kidnapped.
October 28, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen wounded two Christians in north-central Nigeria on Sunday (Oct. 25), a little more than week after herdsmen in the country’s northeast killed another church member while a Christian woman and pastor were kidnapped, sources said. Herdsmen shot and wounded the two Christians at Ratsat-Rat Junction in Plateau state’s […]
Churches Attacked amid #EndSARS Protests in Nigeria
Several dead, and seven worship halls damaged.
October 23, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Protests against police brutality in Nigeria that grew into generalized unrest over poor government took on a religious dimension this week with attacks on Christians and church buildings. Following peaceful protests that began earlier this month against torture and killings by Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) forces, counter-demonstrations against the #EndSARS […]