MILE BAKWAI, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Hosea Mashaf was resting in his village of Chirang Mangor, Nigeria, when area Christian youths told him that armed, Muslim Fulani herdsmen were attacking the Christian village of Mile Bakwai. The 45-year-old farmer and other Christians rushed to Mile Bakwai, three kilometers away in the Bokkos Local Council Area […]
Attack in Nigeria that Killed 18 Christians Caps Two Years of Islamic Aggression
Muslim Fulani herdsmen suspected in another deadly assault in area.
April 24, 2013 By -
Beyond Boko Haram: The Lethal Persecution of Nigeria’s Christians
The history of hostility goes deep into the social fabric.
April 16, 2013 By -
(Morning Star News) – The publicly reported Christian casualties in Nigeria last year were greater than the Christian casualties of Pakistan, Syria, Kenya and Egypt combined. In fact, Nigeria alone accounted for almost 70 percent of Christians killed globally. This makes Nigeria the most lethal country for Christians by a huge margin. While media reports […]
Nigerian Pastor, Family Narrowly Escape Village’s Easter Carnage
Suspected Fulani Muslims shoot indiscriminately in ethnic Attakar areas.
April 5, 2013 By -
ATTAKAR, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – The Rev. John Dakwat and his wife were at work in a back corner of their church building when they heard gunshots – just one in a series of attacks that killed at least 26 Christians in the border area between two states during Holy Week. Dakwat, who identified the […]
Rogue Soldier in Nigeria Allegedly Kills Infant, 5-year-old
Member of Special Task Force shoots family he was supposed to protect, relatives say.
March 25, 2013 By -
TOROK, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – The Nigerian mother of three, wounded from the same gunshot that killed her 9-month-old baby, asked her bleeding 7-year-old daughter to pray for their survival. The Christian mother’s second daughter, 5-year-old Nancy, also lay dead in the extended family compound in central Nigeria from the shooting by a soldier […]
Five Lives Lost in Attack on Christian Area of Northern Nigeria
Suspected Muslim Fulani gunmen target funeral where Christians were gathered.
March 19, 2013 By -
ADUWAN, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Christian children fleeing from gunmen saved their lives by hiding among the rock formations towering over the eastern side of this northern village, but a 6-month-old baby and a 13-year-old girl never got the chance. The infant, Alexander Blessed, and the girl, Happiness Adamu, were the youngest of five […]
Six Children Killed in Slaughter of Families in Plateau State, Nigeria
Islamic extremists suspected in murder of 10 Christians in village near Jos.
March 8, 2013 By -
KOGOM TAH, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Regina Luka does not know whether it was rogue soldiers or Islamic terrorists who invaded her dual-family dwelling here and killed 10 Christians; she only knows her husband and two young children are dead. The 20-year-old Luka was recovering from gunshot and machete wounds on her legs and […]
Nigerian Town’s Christians Paralyzed amid Islamic Extremist Attacks
Killings by suspected Islamic extremists make going to church – or buying groceries – difficult.
February 28, 2013 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – In Mubi in northeastern Nigeria, Christians do not dare step out of their homes after 8 p.m., church leaders say. And many Christians are too afraid of Islamic extremist attacks to attend church services. This month suspected members of the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram killed eight members of […]
Nigerian Army Chief Says Officer Had Prior Knowledge of Church Bombing
Former college commandant denies allegations; Boko Haram members arrested
February 27, 2013 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Nigerian military authorities say the commandant at a military college in Kaduna state had prior knowledge of the Nov. 25, 2012 bombing that killed 20 Christians at the institution’s chapel. Maj.-Gen. Mohammed Isa knew of Islamic extremist plans to attack the St. Andrews Chapel at the Command and Staff […]
Nigerian President Defends Security amid Reports of Slaughters
One massacre confirmed while administration denies another.
January 5, 2013 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan defended his administration’s efforts to protect churches as he visited a worship service in Abuja last Sunday (Dec. 30), amid disputed reports of massacred Christians in Borno state. While the administration says it found press reports of a massacre of 15 Christians in Chibok, Borno […]
12 Christians Killed in Christmas Bloodshed in Nigeria
Gunmen attack two churches in Borno, Yobe states on Christmas Eve.
December 26, 2012 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Christmas Eve attacks by suspected Islamic extremists in northern Nigeria’s Borno state – already reeling from the slaughter of at least 10 Christians earlier this month – took the lives of six people at a Baptist church, as gunmen killed six others in Yobe state the same night. In […]