BOKKOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Ethnic Fulani gunmen shouting the jihadist chant “Allahu Akbar” attacked three villages in Nigeria’s Plateau state this month, burning down a church building and killing at least 10 Christians, sources said. Heavily-armed Fulani Muslim extremists on Sept. 14 attacked the Bokkos area, shooting five members of the Church of […]
Islamic Extremists Kill at Least 10 Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria
Fulani herdsmen attack village three times in one week.
September 23, 2014 By -
Bible College, Churches Shut Down as Boko Haram Claims Territory in NE Nigeria
At least 350 Christians killed in the past week, church leaders say.
September 7, 2014 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Leaders of northeastern Nigeria’s Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN) said Boko Haram attacks that have killed more than 300 Christians in the past week have forced the temporary closure of Kulp Bible College and many churches. In an emergency prayer message sent Saturday night (Sept. 6) to Morning […]
Muslim Herdsmen in Nigeria Kill 18 Christians in Plateau, Kaduna States
Slayings add to hundreds killed in areas of the two states this year.
August 19, 2014 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – The 14 people killed in an attack by Muslim Fulani herdsmen last week in Plateau state were Christians killed for their faith, not cattlemen slain for their livestock, area Christians said. In Yelwa, where Muslim Fulani cattlemen have largely replaced Christian ethnicities over the years by means of slash-and-shoot attacks, […]
Massacre in Predominantly Christian Gwoza, Nigeria Said to Leave 100 Dead
Boko Haram shooting, fire-bombing and slashing terrify fleeing residents.
August 8, 2014 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – After weeks of sacking villages and destroying church buildings around Nigeria’s northeastern town of Gwoza, Islamic extremist group Boko Haram on Wednesday (Aug. 6) killed an estimated 100 people in the predominantly Christian town, sources said. The shooting, fire-bombing and slashing of men, women and children in Gwoza, Borno state, […]
More than 76 Christians Killed in Taraba State, Nigeria in Last Four Months
Well-armed mercenaries from Niger collaborate with ethnic Fulani herdsmen.
August 6, 2014 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Four Christians killed in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Taraba last week were among at least 76 slain in the state in the past five months, Christian leaders report. Well-armed Islamist mercenaries from Niger accompanied ethnic Fulani herdsmen in attacks on eight towns and villages across four local government areas in […]
Four Christians Killed in Bomb Attack in Northern Nigeria
Catholic church targeted in Kano.
July 29, 2014 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A bomb attack in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on Sunday (July 27) killed four Christians and a soldier, sources said. The bomb was hurled over a fence of St. Charles Catholic Church as parishioners were leaving a worship service, they said; Islamic extremists from the Boko Haram terrorist […]
Christians Killed in Nigeria in 1st Half of Year 91 Percent of Total Last Year, Group Says
Islamic extremist group Boko Haram responsible for most deaths.
July 27, 2014 By -
(Morning Star News) – Islamist extremist group Boko Haram and others killed 1,631 Christians in Nigeria for their faith in the first six months of 2014 – a figure that is 91 percent of the total Christians killed in the country in all of last year, according to advocacy group Jubilee Campaign. Last year 1,783 Nigerian […]
Boko Haram Attacks Relentless in Wake of Kidnapping of Girls in Nigeria
Christians seek to defend themselves as trust in army falters.
July 8, 2014 By -
(Morning Star News) – After a massacre in which members of the Islamic extremist Boko Haram group last month dressed in Nigerian Army fatigues, Christian leaders believe elements in the military must be complicit in the often-unchallenged attacks on Christians. In the wake of the group’s kidnapping of more than 300 high school girls, Boko […]
Nigerian Girl Who Escaped Boko Haram Abduction Aches for Schoolmates
Government, U.S., U.N. response inadequate, congressional subcommittee told.
June 12, 2014 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – The 18-year-old high school student escaped from Boko Haram with her life, but she’s feeling sharp loss. One of more than 300 girls kidnapped by the Islamic extremist group on April 15 from Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno, Patience (last name withheld for […]
Scores Dead from Attacks on Church, Christian Areas in Northeast Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram rebels kill nine volunteers guarding worship service.
June 3, 2014 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Boko Haram Islamists killed nine Christians guarding a church service in Borno state on Sunday (June 1), hours before a bombing of a Christian area in neighboring Adamawa state resulted in at least 48 deaths, Christian leaders said. In Borno, at least 10 gunmen attacked a Church of the […]