JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Among several Boko Haram bombings that have put northeastern Nigeria on edge this year was a suicide attack on Christian student organization quarters that killed a Christian student, sources said. Ambore Gideon Todi, a 21-year-old student at the University of Maiduguri in Borno state, was staying in the Evangelical Church […]
Christian Student Killed in Spate of Boko Haram Attacks in Northeast Nigeria
Student ministry quarters targeted.
July 20, 2017 By -
More than 200 People Killed in Christian Areas of Nasarawa, Nigeria this Year, Group Says
Muslim Fulani herdsmen mount ‘incessant’ attacks.
March 28, 2017 By -
KEFFI, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Armed attacks by Muslim Fulani herdsmen on predominantly Christian communities in Nasarawa state this year have left more than 200 people dead and destroyed homes and farms, sources said. One such attack on a worship service on March 19 in the central Nigerian state’s Oshugu village killed two Christians and […]
Nigeria Orders Christian Leaders to Cancel Mourning, Prayer Day for Killed Christians
Journalists, clergymen threatened for speaking out on violence.
March 17, 2017 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Having warned journalists and Christian leaders to stop speaking out about anti-Christian violence in Nigeria, the government this week also ordered the cancellation of a day of prayer and national mourning for slain Christians, sources said. Christian leaders here said the day of prayer and mourning planned in churches across […]
One Year after Agatu Massacre, Christians Continue To Be Killed in Benue, Nigeria
Muslim Fulani herdsmen kill at least 29 church members this year.
March 15, 2017 By -
MAKURDI, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A year after Muslim Fulani herdsmen slaughtered an estimated 300 predominantly Christian farmers in Agatu, Benue state, deadly attacks continued in the state the first 10 weeks of the year, sources said. More than 29 Christians in Agatu and other rural areas were reported to have died in attacks on […]
Morning Star News’ Top 10 Persecution Stories of 2016
Jihadists fight under the radar in Africa.
January 6, 2017 By -
(Morning Star News) – While war in the Middle East dominated international headlines, Islamic extremists in the shadows were taking jihad to Christian civilians in Africa with unprecedented intensity in 2016. In Nigeria, Muslim ethnic Fulanis looked less like nomadic herdsmen and more like well-armed, well-funded jihadist militants. Close Muslim relatives and Islamist village mobs […]
Ethnic-Religious Cleansing Cited as Herdsmen Kill More Christians in Nigeria
Well-armed Muslim Fulani attack comes 10 days after onslaught in Kaura LGA.
November 28, 2016 By -
GIDAN WAYA, Nigeria, (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed at least 12 Christians in southern Kaduna state on Wednesday and Friday (Nov. 23-25) in what Christian leaders call a campaign of ethnic and religious cleansing. The killings took place in four communities around Gidan Waya town, near Kafanchan in Jema’a Local Government Area […]
Fulani Herdsmen Increasingly Militant in Killing 22 Christians in Kaduna, Nigeria
Muslim assailants in military fatigues carry sophisticated arms.
November 10, 2016 By -
KAFANCHAN, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Attacks by Muslim Fulani herdsmen or allied gunmen in southern Kaduna State appear to be increasingly militant, marked by greater sophistication in training and arms, sources said. Advocacy group Jubiliee Campaign released a statement on Wednesday (Nov. 9) noting that a militant group associated with Fulani herdsmen has become increasingly […]
Kidnapped Woman’s Fate Still Unknown Two Years after Herdsmen in Nigeria Kill Husband
Four children left in uncle’s care.
November 9, 2016 By -
ANGWAN MALLAM CHUNG, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Sunday Maidawa, a Christian in this town in southern Kaduna state, feels the loss of his brother and sister-in-law daily in the four children left to him. Muslim Fulani herdsmen two years ago killed his brother, 34-year-old Dauda Maidawa, and kidnapped the slain Christian’s wife. Their children, ages […]
Dangerous Area in Kaduna, Nigeria a Virtual Ghost Town; 13 More Deaths Discovered
Shocked survivors of attacks say they had no conflicts with herdsmen.
October 26, 2016 By -
DOGON FILI, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Several people advised me that it was not safe to go to Godogodo in southern Kaduna state, but it was imperative to verify reports of violence against Christians in Nigeria, as authorities and mainstream media downplay persecution as “sectarian violence.” I was advised that if I must go, I […]
More than 48 Christians Killed in Kaduna, Nigeria Massacres
Muslim Fulani herdsmen attack over the weekend and in late September.
October 19, 2016 By -
GODOGODO, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed more than 40 Christians in an attack in this town in northern Nigeria on Saturday (Oct. 15) and left another eight dead in an assault three weeks earlier, area leaders said. Besides the eight slain on Sept. 24-26 in Godogodo, a predominantly Christian community in Kaduna […]