JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A pastor abducted from northeastern Nigeria by Islamic extremist militants reportedly says in a video that they will kill him on Wednesday (March 3) if their ransom demands are not met. In the video sent to Nigerian online news outlet Human Angle, pastor Bulus Yikura of the Church of the […]
Islamist Terrorists in Nigeria Threaten to Execute Pastor
Church leader pleads for rescue from ISWAP (formerly Boko Haram) captors.
February 25, 2021 By -
Muslim Fulani Kill 11 Christians, Wound Two, in Nigeria
Four ECWA members slain in Plateau state.
February 19, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen shot four Christians to death on Sunday (Feb. 14) in north-central Nigeria, following the killing of seven other Christians earlier in the month. Muslim Fulani herdsmen ambushed the four members of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) at about 8 p.m. in Kwall District, Bassa County of […]
Father Recovers Forcibly Converted/Married Daughter
12-year-old girl in Pakistan was found chained in home of ‘husband.’
February 18, 2021 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Asif Masih beamed with joy to have his 12-year-old daughter back home on Tuesday (Feb. 16) in Faisalabad, Pakistan following her alleged kidnapping and forcible conversion and marriage to a 45-year-old Muslim. “Praise God, for He has answered our prayers and rescued my daughter,” Masih said hours after Faisalabad Session […]
Catholic Girl, 12, Likely to Return to Muslim Abductor, Advocates Fear
Courts, police and shelter home in Pakistan subvert justice, sources say.
January 26, 2021 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Advocates for a 12-year-old Catholic girl found tortured and chained in the home of a Muslim in Pakistan fear he will regain custody after she testified that she converted and wed him of her own free will, sources said. Charges of abduction and rape against 45-year-old Khizar Hayat and two […]
Suspected Fulani Herdsmen Kill Pastor in Southwest Nigeria
Killings continue unchecked in north-central part of country.
January 25, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Muslim Fulani herdsmen in southwest Nigeria on Jan. 16 shot and killed a pastor who was also a university professor, sources said. Amos Arijesuyo, pastor at Christ Apostolic Church and professor at the Federal University of Technology (FUTA) in Akure, Ondo state, was returning to Akure from Ibadan when […]
Kidnapped Christian Professor in Nigeria Released, Sources Say
Cracking top 10 countries with most persecution, Nigeria leads the world in abductions of Christians.
January 21, 2021 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A professor at a Christian university has reportedly been released after being kidnapped in Nigeria, which leads the world in abductions of Christians, sources said. John Fatokun, professor of computational mathematics and numerical analysis and deputy vice chancellor of Anchor University in Lagos, was released on Wednesday (Jan. 20) after […]
Fulani Herdsmen Kill, Wound Christians in Ambushes in Nigeria
Muslim terrorists attack in north-central and northeast; six kidnapped.
October 28, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen wounded two Christians in north-central Nigeria on Sunday (Oct. 25), a little more than week after herdsmen in the country’s northeast killed another church member while a Christian woman and pastor were kidnapped, sources said. Herdsmen shot and wounded the two Christians at Ratsat-Rat Junction in Plateau state’s […]
Christian Boy in Uganda Feared Killed in Ritual Sacrifice
Radical Muslim sold convert’s son and daughter to witchdoctor, sources say.
September 28, 2020 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Christian boy has been killed after a woman said to be a radical Muslim opposed to his father’s conversion from Islam sold him and his sister to a witchdoctor for ritual sacrifice, sources said. Sulaiman Pulisi, a former imam (mosque leader) who became a Christian three years ago, said […]
One Man Slain, Children and Others Kidnapped in North-Central Nigeria
Muslim Fulani herdsmen continue unchecked onslaught in Kaduna state.
August 28, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen attacked a predominantly Christian village in north-central Nigeria, killing one resident, burning a church building and kidnapping four children among others on Monday (Aug. 24), sources said. More than 20 herdsmen rode into Damba Kasaya village, Kaduna state, on motorcycles at about 8 a.m. in an attack […]
Muslim Fulanis Kill Two Christians, Kidnap Two Others in Kaduna State, Nigeria
In Plateau state, police rescue kidnapped 6-year-old girl.
May 22, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Armed Muslim Fulanis killed two Christians in Kaduna state, Nigeria on Saturday (May 16), days after two others were kidnapped, sources said. Christians Isa Dauda and John Zaman were killed in the 8 p.m. attack on the predominantly Christian village of Ungwan Anjo, near Godogodo town in Jema’a County, […]