Muslims Burn Down Church Building in Central Nigeria

RCCG worship auditorium destroyed for second time.

ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Muslims burned down a church building in the early hours of Saturday (Aug. 10) in central Nigeria’s Niger state, sources said. The razing of the building of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) congregation in Kontagora town at about 3 a.m. was the second time Muslims have […]

Nigeria Continues to Tolerate Terrorism, USCIRF States

Commission calls on government to uphold religious liberty. 

ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Nigeria’s government at federal and state levels continues to tolerate attacks by non-state assailants who justify violence on religious grounds, according to a report by the U.S.  Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). “Islamist and some Fulani militant groups have expressed a goal of overthrowing secular governance with […]

Herdsmen, Criminal Gang Kill at least 50 Christians in Nigeria 

Fulanis team up with bandits who fraudulently ‘sold’ them farmers’ land.

ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen teamed up with a criminal gang to attack a village in central Nigeria on Thursday (Aug. 8), killing at least 50 Christians, sources said. Officials who found 30 corpses said the toll was likely higher as many other villagers were taken to outlying areas and were […]

Herdsmen Injure Four Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria

One farmer who was shot suffers a shattered hand.

ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Predominantly Muslim Fulani herdsmen on Tuesday (Aug. 6) attacked Christian farmers in Plateau state, wounding four of them, sources said. In Lwa village of Bachi District, Riyom County, three of the Christians were attacked as they worked on their farms, while one was ambushed as he tried to escape, […]

Muslim Father Burns Daughter for Turning to Christ

Student, 19, had converted one week prior.

NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Muslim in eastern Uganda burned his 19-year-old daughter with a flat iron on July 21 after learning that she had converted to Christianity, sources said. Naasike Maliyati of Nampologoma, Butaleja District said she attended an evangelistic crusade with a friend in the course of a visit to her grandmother […]

Prominent Christian Woman Kidnapped from Church in Nigeria

Policeman, driver are killed in attack.

ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Gunmen in southern Nigeria on Tuesday (July 30) kidnapped a prominent Christian woman and wife of the attorney general of Delta state from a church Bible study in an attack that left her driver and a policeman dead, according to various sources. Joan Onyemaechi, also known as Ada […]

Muslim Relatives Attack Christian, Wife and Children in Somalia

Convert from Islam assaulted a second time.

NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim relatives of a convert from Islam in Somalia attacked a second time in Lower Juba Region on July 8, wounding him in the stomach, breaking his wife’s ankle and beating his children. Mohammad Abdul had survived a May 5 knife attack by his Muslims relatives on the outskirts of […]

Fulanis Kill 18 Christians in Benue State, Nigeria

Onslaught continues to grow in central part of country.

ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani attackers killed 18 Christians in a late-night assault on Friday (July 19) in central Nigeria, area residents said. The assailants invaded Mbacher village, a predominantly Christian community in Benue state’s Katsina-Ala County, at about 11 p.m., said Joseph Achiv. “A group of Fulani Muslims carrying deadly weapons […]

Terrorists Shut Down 70 Churches in Nigeria; Priest Released

High number of kidnappings hinders ability to free church leaders.

ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Terrorist attacks have forced a denomination to close 70 churches in central Nigeria’s Plateau state, and in the country’s northwest, a kidnapped a priest was released on Sunday (July 7), sources said. The Rev. Amos Mohzo, president of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN), told Christian […]

Christian Leaders in Nigeria Respond to Gwoza Attacks

Suicide bombing targeted Muslim wedding.

ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Christian leaders in Nigeria expressed shock and dismay at suicide attacks in Gwoza, Borno state on Saturday (June 29) that killed both Muslims and Christians. “We are concerned about the resurgence of suicide bombing in our country and the threat it poses to the lives and livelihoods of […]