JOS, Nigeria, May 21, 2021 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed the wife and nephew of a Christian in Plateau state, Nigeria in an attack on their home on Thursday night (May 20), sources said. Jeffrey Moses, 26, said he and his wife, 21-year-old Ladi Jeffrey, and nephew Shadrach Zwewhie, 19, were asleep when […]
Young Mother, 19-Year-Old Christian Killed in Central Nigeria
Muslim Fulani herdsmen earlier threatened family.
May 21, 2021 By -
Muslims Burn Down Christian Widow’s Reconstructed House
Mother of five fled in 2015 after her husband was killed.
May 16, 2021 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A widow and her children who fled their home in eastern Uganda after her husband was killed in 2015 returned this year, only to narrowly escape an attack this month that burned down her reconstructed home, sources said. Muslim extremists burned down the home of Kanifa Namulondo in Kaliro, Bulamogi […]
Ransom Demanded for Pastor Abducted in Southwest Nigeria
Muslim Fulani herdsmen suspected.
May 14, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen have demanded 30 million naira (US$73,600) for the release of a Pentecostal church pastor they kidnapped in southwestern Nigeria on Monday night (May 10), according to a local report. Pastor Otamayomi Ogedengbe of Deeper Life Bible Church was taken away at gunpoint from a Bible study […]
Pastor Slain after Leading Muslims to Christ at Religious Debate
Father of 11 planted 50 churches in eastern Uganda.
May 12, 2021 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda are suspected in the May 3 killing of a Christian pastor hours after he engaged in a public debate about Christianity and Islam, sources said. Pastor Thomas Chikooma, a resident of Komolo village, Pallisa town, was killed after he was invited to an open-air debate […]
Kidnappings Terrorize Christians in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Nurses, pastor’s wife taken, plus mass abduction from one village.
May 9, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen in north-central Nigeria kidnapped a pastor’s wife from her home and two nurses from a hospital, while other Islamic extremists may have joined herdsmen in abducting more than 70 people from one village, sources said. Fulaki Ozigi was kidnapped along with her husband, Mercy Place Ministry Church pastor […]
Herdsmen Kill Christians in Nigeria’s Nasarawa, Plateau States
Muslim Fulani attack homes, funeral.
May 6, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed 12 Christians in Nasarawa state and three others in Plateau state the last part of April, sources said. In north-central Nigeria’s Nasarawa state, herdsmen killed 12 Christian farmers in Ajimaka, Doma County, in attacks there and in 13 other villages from April 24 until April 29, […]
Muslims Allegedly Poison Pastor over Plans for Church Building
Church leader in Uganda refused to sell land for proposed mosque.
May 2, 2021 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslims in eastern Uganda upset with a pastor’s plans to build a church on land they sought to buy are suspected in his death by poisoning, sources said. Pastor Yolonim Oduchu was poisoned on April 5 in Raraka village, Oloki Sub-County, Pallisa District after he declined to sell a five-acre […]
Students Kidnapped in Attack on Christian School in Nigeria
One of four still captive.
April 30, 2021 By -
(Update: Military spokesman Maj. Ibrahim Shittu said in a statement on Sunday (May 2) that the kidnapped Kelvin Eze of King’s School was rescued by troops on Saturday night (May 1) without payment of ransom. Below is the original story from April 30:) JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – One Christian student remains captive after three others […]
Fulani Herdsmen Kill 33 Christians in One Week in Benue, Nigeria
Camp for the displaced and five villages attacked.
April 28, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen on Monday night (April 26) killed 10 Christians who had taken refuge in a camp for the displaced in north-central Nigeria, bringing to 33 the number of Christians slain in Benue state the past week, sources said. A survivor of the attack in Abagena, Benue state, David […]
Christians Killed, Kidnapped in Attack on Worship Service
Two Christian women among university students abducted and slain.
April 27, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen attacked a Baptist worship service in north-central Nigeria on Sunday (April 25), killing one Christian, wounding another and abducting five others, sources said. “The Fulani herdsmen came to our village as the church service was going on,” Yakubu Bala of Haske Baptist Church in Manini Tasha village, […]