JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A decade after Boko Haram began a bloody campaign to impose sharia (Islamic law) on all of Nigeria, Christian leaders say some areas are still under the control of the terrorists. The Rev. Mohammed Abubakar Naga, chairman of the Borno state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), told […]
Decade of Tears and Blood: 10 Years of Boko Haram Terrorism in Nigeria
Entire communities uprooted as 35,000 civilians are slain.
September 20, 2019 By -
Kidnapped Baptist Pastor in Nigeria Freed after 17 Days of Torture
Family, Christian leaders raise ransom money.
September 4, 2019 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A Baptist pastor kidnapped and tortured last month in Nigeria was released over the weekend after his family and Christian leaders paid a ransom, sources said. Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Kaduna state who abducted the Rev. Elisha Noma on Aug. 14 received 3 million naira (US$8,181) before freeing him on […]
Widowed Mother of Seven Homeless when Muslim In-Laws Learn She Is Christian
8-year-old son innocently tells relatives about church.
September 4, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The 8-year-old boy didn’t realize that telling his Muslim relatives how much he enjoyed a church choir would cause them to attack his family. The seventh and youngest child of 54-year-old Lezia Nakayiza, widowed since September 2018, he didn’t know that his family was keeping their faith secret in […]
Nigeria Says Leah Sharibu Is Alive; Herdsmen Attacks Continue
Negotiations continue for her release, official says.
September 1, 2019 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – More than a month after an aid worker indicated in a video that kidnapped Christian teenager Leah Sharibu had been killed, a government official in Nigeria on Saturday (Aug. 31) said she was alive. Citing intelligence from security agencies, presidential spokesman Garba Shehu released a statement reaffirming that the government […]
One Pastor Killed, Another Kidnapped in Separate Attacks in North-Central Nigeria
More than 500 Christians kidnapped in four years in Kaduna state, Christian leader says.
August 26, 2019 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed a Pentecostal pastor and abducted a Baptist pastor in a spate of kidnappings this month in Kaduna state, Nigeria, sources said. “The herdsmen, about 20 of them, shot into our house and broke the doors of the house,” said Emmanuel Noma, who along with his father, […]
After Killing of Clergyman, Priest Narrowly Escapes Death in Southeastern Nigeria
Muslim Fulani herdsmen shoot at his windshield two weeks after killing of another clergyman, parishioner.
August 19, 2019 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Following the killing of a Roman Catholic priest and a parishioner in southeastern Nigeria earlier this month, another clergyman on Thursday (Aug. 15) narrowly escaped an attack by Muslim Fulani herdsmen about 40 miles away, sources said. Armed Fulani herdsmen on Aug. 1 killed the Rev. Paul Offu in Awgu […]
Christian Mother in Somalia Divorced, Beaten
Muslim husband discovers her Bible.
August 16, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The husband of a 32-year-old mother of two children in Somalia had just discovered that his wife owned a Bible and demanded that she reveal who had given it to her. “I told my husband that I found the Bible in Nairobi and wanted to read it,” the secret Christian […]
Pregnant Mother among Five Christians Slain in North-Central Nigeria
Priest, parishioner wounded in country’s southeast.
July 22, 2019 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A pregnant mother of two children was among three Christians killed by Muslim Fulani herdsmen in north-central Nigeria the night of July 14 and morning of July 15, sources said. Margaret Wakili, a 27-year-old member of the Baptist Church in Ancha village, Plateau state, was slain on her farm at […]
Christian Widow Driven from Home in Central Uganda
Hard-line Muslims give her one day to recant.
July 18, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A widow in central Uganda has fled her homestead after receiving Islamist threats when she arranged for a pastor to bury the body of her husband, sources said. Local leaders on July 11 gave Sharifa Kasozi Nakamate, of Kirinda in Wakiso District, one day to recant her Christian faith or […]
Unable to Finish School for Becoming Christian, Young Man in Uganda Faces Bleak Future
Beaten, disowned and homeless.
July 2, 2019 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Asuman Kaire is missing his last year in high school in eastern Uganda for having become a Christian two years ago. Homeless and without money to pay school fees since his Muslim stepfather disowned him earlier this year in Lelya-A village, Kabweri County in Kibuku District, the 20-year-old Kaire said […]