JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists in northeast Nigeria retained the only Christian among more than 100 kidnapped girls who were freed last week, prompting the head of her church denomination to call on President Muhammadu Buhari to obtain her release. Boko Haram refused to release Leah Nathan Sharibu, 15, because she would not […]
Kidnapped Girl’s Church Calls on Buhari to Win Her Release from Boko Haram in Nigeria
Leah Nathan Sharibu remains hostage for refusing to renounce Christ.
March 26, 2018 By -
Christian Widow, Bereaved Father Show Reality behind Herdsmen Attacks in Nigeria
Mother of nine loses husband to killers.
March 19, 2018 By -
MIANGO, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Crestfallen, the 48-year-old Christian sat in his house in Miango, central Nigeria, where three of his children were killed a week before. “These series of attacks have been carried out against us Christians in this area for some time now by these armed herdsmen, and we don’t know precisely why […]
Christian Woman in Hiding after Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Kill Husband in Nigeria
Predominantly Christian village abandoned.
March 17, 2018 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A young Christian mother of three has been in hiding for more than four months since Muslim Fulani herdsmen threatened her ter lling her husband, she said. Soon after the herdsmen killed her husband in an attack on Zanwra village, near Jos in central Nigeria’s Plateau state, 25-year-old Lami Bulus […]
Pastor, Other Christians Slain in Herdsmen Revenge Attacks in Northeast Nigeria
Muslim Fulanis appear to use outside arms, mercenaries.
March 2, 2018 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday (Feb. 27) killed a pastor and 19 other Christians in apparent retaliation for attacks by ethnic Bachama militia on Fulani families, sources said. The Rev. Haruna Enoch was killed along with the others in herdsmen attacks on four predominantly Christian areas in […]
Kidnapping of Christian Girls in Kaduna, Nigeria Leads to Casualties, Area Christians Say
Attempt to rescue teenage girls prompts Muslim rampage, they say.
February 27, 2018 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim residents of Kasuwan Magani in northern Nigeria yesterday killed 12 Christians after an attempt to rescue two Christian teenage girls from Muslims who had kidnapped them and coerced them to convert, area residents told Morning Star News. James Madaki, a 50-year-old member of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), said […]
Muslim Herdsmen, Terrorists Kill Eight Christians in Central Nigeria, Sources Say
Church building, 50 houses set on fire.
February 2, 2018 By -
JEBU-MIANGO, Nigeria, (Morning Star News) – Attacks on villages in north-central Nigeria that killed eight Christians in the past two weeks were carried out by Muslim Fulani herdsmen aided by terrorists from Islamic extremist groups, a local pastor said. The Rev. Sunday Gado Biri told Morning Star News that the assailants also torched 50 houses belonging […]
Reporter’s Notebook, Nigeria: A Journey to Kidnapping Central
As kidnappings increase, Christians are often targeted.
January 12, 2018 By -
KADUNA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – At first the commercial motorcycle drivers I needed clamored for my business, but when they found out I was going to Kwanti village, in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state, they all dispersed without haggling over prices. Kwanti and its surrounding villages of large estates inhabited mostly by farmers have been taken […]
Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Launch More Large-Scale Attacks in Benue State, Nigeria
At least 65 people killed in predominantly Christian areas.
January 8, 2018 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A mass burial on Sunday (Jan. 7) was announced for 49 of at least 65 Christians killed in Muslim Fulani herdsmen attacks in Benue state, Nigeria that began on New Year’s Day, sources said. Benue Gov. Samuel Ortom announced on Saturday (Jan. 6) that coffins would be provided for the […]
Mother, Daughter in Nigeria Pressured to Convert to Islam, Accused of Kidnapping
Children threatened, forcefully taken from Christian.
January 2, 2018 By -
KANO, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A Christian woman and her adult daughter face kidnapping charges filed to pressure them into following the family patriarch’s conversion to Islam, sources said. Amina Isa, 40, of Kano state’s Gidan Kuran village in Tudun Wada Local Government Area, told Morning Star News that her husband left Christianity to obtain […]
Muslim Fulani Kidnappers Ravage Village in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Killings, abductions terrorize families, close churches.
December 18, 2017 By -
KADUNA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – The latest in a series of Muslim Fulani attacks on a village in northern Nigeria has killed a Christian’s two adult sons, closed churches and sent residents fleeing the area. “We pray God will convict our attackers and make them to repent from these evil acts against us,” Madami Agiya, […]