Death Sentence Upheld for Christian Defending against Attack

Farmer in Nigeria tried to ward off Fulani herdsmen.

ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Friday (March 7) upheld the death sentence for a Christian who defended himself against an attack by Fulani herdsmen. Calling the ruling a “horrendous miscarriage of justice,” attorney and international human rights advocate Emmanuel Ogebe said in a press statement that the […]

Priest Kidnapped and Slain in Kaduna State, Nigeria

Clergyman’s body found on Ash Wednesday.

ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Catholic priest was kidnapped on Tuesday night (March 4) in Kaduna state, Nigeria where Fulani herdsmen and other Islamic extremist terrorists have been active, and his corpse was found the next day, sources said. The Rev. Sylvester Okechukwu, priest of St. Mary Catholic Church in Tachira, Kaura […]

Christian in Pakistan Beaten, Shaved and Paraded through Village

Little hope for justice seen for humiliated laborer.

LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Muslim landowners in Pakistan abducted a Christian laborer, shaved his head and facial hair, blackened his face and paraded him on the back of a donkey for allegedly stealing wood from their property, his brother said. On the assumption that impoverished Catholics in Muslim-majority Pakistan have little chance […]

Christian Stabbed in Attack on Evangelists in Uganda

Hardline Muslims also tear up their Bibles.

NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Hardline Muslims in eastern Uganda on Feb. 15 beat and stabbed an evangelist after he and his team led a Muslim widow to Christ during open-air gospel preaching, sources said. Robert Kasozi, a 39-year-old evangelist also known as Mulokole, was stabbed in the stomach, and three co-workers also were beaten […]

Fulani Attacks in Plateau State, Nigeria Kill 11 Christians

Four others kidnapped.

ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed a Christian and kidnapped four others in Plateau state, Nigeria, on Feb. 1 after massacring more than 10 others Jan. 27-31 in the same state, sources said. Fulani herdsmen attacked Shendai village in Namu District, Qua’an Pan County at about 9 p.m. on Feb. 1, said […]

Boko Haram Kills Pastor, Two Other Christians in NE Nigeria

Islamic extremist militants attack in Gombe and Borno states.

ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Suspected militants of Islamic extremist group Boko Haram killed a pastor at his home in Gombe state, Nigeria on Sunday (Feb. 9), as violence continued to terrorize the country’s northeast, sources said. The Rev. Bala Galadima of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) was shot to death at […]

Six Christians Slain in Central Nigeria 

Suspected Fulani herdsmen attack three villages in Benue state.

ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen last week invaded three predominantly Christian communities in Benue state, Nigeria, killing six Christians, injuring another and kidnapping eight residents, area sources said. The attacks on the villages of the villages of Okpomaju, Odudaje and Asa in Otukpo County on Monday and Wednesday (Feb. 3 […]

Christians Suffer Deadly Attacks in Kaduna State, Nigeria

Senator calls for military intervention.

ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Wednesday (Feb. 5) killed three Christians in Kaduna state, a week after three others were slain in the same area, sources said. The assailants killed one Christian in Majagada Binawa village, Kauru County in the early hours of Wednesday, and two others in Fadan […]

Christian in Somalia Loses Voice in Attack by Wife

In-laws demand divorce from father of four.

NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Christian convert from Islam in Somalia has lost his speech after his Muslim wife hit him with a heavy metallic object for practicing his faith, sources said. In a town in Somalia’s Lower Juba Region undisclosed for security reasons, 35-year-old Abdulai Ramadan suffered the attack on Jan. 20 after […]

Kidnapped Pastors Regain Freedom in Northeastern Nigeria 

Identity of assailants and terms of release undisclosed.

ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Two church pastors kidnapped on Dec. 29 in northeastern Nigeria were released on Sunday (Jan. 5), Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN) leaders said. The Rev. James Kwayang and the Rev. Ishaku Chiwar of the EYN (Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria) were kidnapped by terrorists from church premises […]