ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Christians in a village in Nigeria remain traumatized by violence even as a priest held hostage for 61 days was released last month, sources said. The Rev. Bobbo Paschal of St. Stephen Catholic Parish in Kushe Gugdu village, Kagarko County, Kaduna state was released on Jan. 17 after terrorists […]
Christians in Nigeria Live in Fear amid Kidnappings, Killings
Abducted Catholic priest regains freedom after two month in captivity.
February 10, 2026 By -
Pastor, Daughter and Son-in-Law Slain in Plateau State, Nigeria
3-month-old granddaughter left with severe machete wound.
February 6, 2026 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen last month killed a pastor, his daughter and her husband, leaving the couple’s 3-month-old baby with a machete wound, in Plateau state, Nigeria. The Christian family was ambushed as they traveled on the Jos-Barkin Ladi highway to a village in Barkin Ladi County on Jan. 16, the […]
Mass Kidnapping from Churches in Kaduna State, Nigeria Confirmed
Wife, daughter of slain Anglican priest regain freedom.
January 20, 2026 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Residents of a village in Kaduna state have confirmed to news outlet Truth Nigeria that 177 Christians were kidnapped from three churches on Sunday (Jan. 18) following government attempts to impede access and block information about the crime. Interviews with church officials, survivors and community leaders in Kurmin […]
Officials in Nigeria Deny Mass Kidnapping at Churches
Three congregations simultaneously targeted, sources say.
January 20, 2026 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani militias in Kaduna state, Nigeria raided three church worship services on Sunday (Jan. 18) in what local leaders said could be the largest mass kidnapping of Christian farmers in the area. The number of those kidnapped varied from 100 to 177, with facts unclear as state authorities […]
Fulani Herdsmen Kill 12 Christians in Central Nigeria
Ambushes launched across several areas of Plateau state.
January 15, 2026 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed at least 12 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria from Jan. 1 to Jan. 9, sources said. In the Gero area of Gyel District in Jos South County, Fulani herders on Friday (Jan. 9) killed one Christian and critically wounded another, said resident Tengwong Yohana Thomas. “Two […]
Missing Christian Girl in Nigeria Held by Islamic Police
Family, pastor fear 15-year-old could be forcefully converted to Islam.
January 14, 2026 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Muslim police force in Kano state, Nigeria is holding a 15-year-old Christian girl missing since Dec. 1 amid fears that she may be forcefully converted to Islam, sources said. Pastor Kabiru Usman said he discovered that the Kano State Hisbah Board, a Muslim police force charged with enforcing […]
Fulani Herdsmen Kill 13 Christians in Central Nigeria
Massacres in January follow attacks in December.
January 13, 2026 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen in Benue state, Nigeria killed four Christians on Monday (Jan. 12) and nine others on Jan. 5-6, sources said. In Otobi Akpa village, Otukpo County, Fulani herdsmen arrived at midnight on Monday and shot four Christians who had been asleep in their homes, said resident Franca Akipu, […]
Fulani Herdsmen Kill 10 Christians in Eastern Nigeria
Four villages attacked and burned.
January 12, 2026 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen in eastern Nigeria killed 10 Christians in four villages on Saturday night (Jan. 10) and into the predawn hours of Sunday, sources said. The assailants attacked the predominantly Christian villages of Iornem, Kyahar, Uhula and Samgambe in Taraba state’s Donga County, said Orlaer William, a resident of […]
Two Slain in Church Shooting in Southeast Nigeria
Some of kidnapped children in Niger state are released.
December 9, 2025 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Gunmen on Sunday (Dec. 7) attacked Christians in southeast Nigeria as they were gathering for worship, killing an Anglican priest’s wife and another church member and abducting another priest, sources said. In the early morning assault on St. Andrews Anglican Church in Isiokwe, a Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) […]
Kidnapped Anglican Priest Dies in Captivity in Nigeria
Wife, daughter remain with captors amid rash of abductions.
November 28, 2025 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Amid a rash of mass kidnappings in Nigeria, an Anglican priest in Nigeria abducted along with his wife and daughter has died in captivity, leaders of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion announced on Wednesday (Nov. 26). The Rev. Edwin Achi was kidnapped on Oct. 28 along with […]