JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Gunmen killed six Christians in an early morning attack yesterday on Dinu village in southern Plateau state, a month after Muslim Fulani herdsmen shot a Christian to death in a nearby village, Christian leaders said. The identities of the gunmen and the victims were not immediately known, though the Rev. […]
Dozens of Christians Killed in Plateau State, Nigeria
Attack on village follows massacre in adjacent area.
July 19, 2013 By -
Two Christians Slain by Islamists in Nigeria
Muslim ethnic Fulani mount attacks in Plateau state; Boko Haram strikes in Borno.
June 21, 2013 By -
WASE, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Ethnic Fulani Muslims killed a Christian in a village near here on Tuesday (June 18), less than a week after the Islamic extremist Boko Haram sect killed a pastor in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno. In the latest of a series of attacks this year in the Wase area, 216 […]
Suspected Boko Haram Gunmen Kill Christian Leader in Borno State, Nigeria
Pastor had refused to leave, saying God had called him to his people.
May 15, 2013 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Gunmen believed to be members of the Islamic extremist Boko Haram group yesterday killed the Rev. Faye Pama Musa, secretary of the Borno state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). He was 47. The gunmen reportedly followed the long-time Christian leader from his church building, where he was […]
Anti-Christian Hostility behind Boko Haram Killing Spree in Nigeria
Islamic extremist assault leaves 14 Christians dead.
May 10, 2013 By -
MIDLU SHALMI, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Anti-Christian hostility drove an Islamic extremist killing spree in this village in northeastern Nigeria, though the attack was portrayed mainly as politically motivated, an area Christian leader says. In the course of an attempt to attack the deputy governor of Adamawa state last month, gunmen from the Islamic extremist […]
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 -
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 […]
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 […]