JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – At least one Christian was killed, several injured and two church buildings attacked in central Nigeria’s Niger state after a Facebook exchange resulted in a Muslim accusation of blasphemy, sources said. A Baptist pastor in Pandogari, where the Muslim mob attacks occurred on Sunday (May 29), told Morning Star News […]
Muslim Mob Kills Christian in Niger State, Nigeria for ‘Blasphemous’ Facebook Post
Three others slain, two church buildings destroyed.
June 1, 2016 By -
Bill in Kaduna State, Nigeria Would Criminalize Street Evangelism, ‘Offensive’ Preaching, Clergy Say
Legislation targets Christianity, church leaders say.
May 4, 2016 By -
KADUNA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Street evangelists would be fined and “offensive” preaching at church services would send pastors to jail for up to two years under legislation proposed by the Muslim governor of Kaduna state, church leaders said. As discussion of the legislation heated up in the past month, Christian leaders voiced alarm over […]
Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Massacres Reach Southern Nigeria
With or apart from Islamic extremist groups, violence said to pose threat of civil war.
April 27, 2016 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani attacks on Christians have advanced beyond Nigeria’s central zone into a southern state, with a church leader saying the aggression could cast Nigeria into civil war as a massacre this week took at least 27 lives. Following the February massacre in Agatu, in the central-eastern state of Benue, […]
One Kidnapped Pastor in Nigeria Dead, Two Others Released
Many questions remain unanswered.
April 2, 2016 By -
KADUNA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Two of three pastors kidnapped in north-central Nigeria on March 21 have been released, while the third died after being left in the wild, sources said. The Rev. Iliya Anto, initially said to have been released by the kidnappers because of ill health, was found dead in the bush 10 […]
Pastors Kidnapped in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Armed assailants release one church leader, demand $500,000 for two others.
March 25, 2016 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Unidentified assailants on Monday (March 21) kidnapped three church leaders at gunpoint in northern Nigeria, Christian leaders said. The armed men stormed a church prayer camp site in the city of Kaduna, where the pastors were supervising work in preparation for an Easter retreat for their church, the Haddiyar Ekklesiya […]
After Massacre in Benue, Nigeria, Muslim Herdsmen Remain in Villages, Sources Say
Thousands displaced.
March 11, 2016 By -
LAGOS and JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – More than two weeks after the massacre of an estimated 300 predominantly Christian farmers in Benue state in central Nigeria, attacks continued this week as Muslim Fulani herdsmen remained in the area, sources said. While a government official said this week that the herdsmen had begun to leave […]
After Surviving Treacherous Roads of Nigeria, ‘Pilot’ Flies to Glory
Driver shared in the dangers of reporting persecution.
March 7, 2016 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – I was about to leave for my office one morning in 2008 when a young man approached. “Good day, sir!” he said. After I returned the greeting, he said, “Sir, please can you employ me as your driver?” I asked him who had told him I needed a driver. With […]
Suicide Bombings in Two Towns in Nigeria Leave 26 Dead, Dozens Injured
Attacks hit Christian communities of Chibok, Borno state, and Gombi, Adamawa.
January 29, 2016 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suicide attacks on two predominantly Christian communities in northeast Nigeria today and on Wednesday (Jan. 27) left at least 26 persons dead and dozens of others injured, sources said. At noon today a suicide bomber suspected to have been sent by the Islamic extremist Boko Haram group detonated explosives in a […]
Pastors in Nigeria Fall Prey to Kidnappers
Two kidnapped, another wounded by gunshot amid abduction of parishioner.
January 27, 2016 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Two Nigerian pastors have been abducted this month in Kogi state, as kidnapping cartels that have plagued the central state the past three years directed their aim at Christian leaders. In a departure from numerous kidnappings of high-profile business and government leaders in Kogi state since 2013, gunmen abducted pastor […]
Morning Star News’ Top 10 Persecution Stories of 2015
Islamic violence accelerates in countries not known for religious conflict.
January 8, 2016 By -
(Morning Star News) – Islamic extremist violence in countries not known for religious tensions, majority-Christian Kenya and Uganda, topped Morning Star News’ stories in 2015. While the Islamic State terrorized Christians in Syria, Iraq and Libya, and Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria killed innocent civilians in the shadow of Boko Haram, in northeast Kenya Al […]