JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Two Nigerian pastors have been abducted this month in Kogi state, as kidnapping cartels that have plagued the central state the past three years directed their aim at Christian leaders. In a departure from numerous kidnappings of high-profile business and government leaders in Kogi state since 2013, gunmen abducted pastor […]
Pastors in Nigeria Fall Prey to Kidnappers
Two kidnapped, another wounded by gunshot amid abduction of parishioner.
January 27, 2016 By -
Morning Star News’ Top 10 Persecution Stories of 2015
Islamic violence accelerates in countries not known for religious conflict.
January 8, 2016 By -
(Morning Star News) – Islamic extremist violence in countries not known for religious tensions, majority-Christian Kenya and Uganda, topped Morning Star News’ stories in 2015. While the Islamic State terrorized Christians in Syria, Iraq and Libya, and Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria killed innocent civilians in the shadow of Boko Haram, in northeast Kenya Al […]
Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Kill 15 Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria
Gunmen’s victims include children ages 1, 3 and 5.
December 21, 2015 By -
HWAK KWATA-ZAWAN, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen on Dec. 13 attacked two households and a compound of displaced people in this village near Jos, killing 15 Christians, including two small children. The attack at about 8:30 p.m. on the two homes and the compound housing Christians displaced by a previous attack in Bachi, […]
Muslim Who Attacked Ministry Building in Nigeria Attempts to Seize Property
Pastor’s wife, students inside as demolition began.
December 7, 2015 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A Muslim in central Nigeria who destroyed part of a ministry facility, upsetting students inside, has filed suit to seize the property, a ministry leader said. Facing a charge of criminal trespass for the partial demolition of the facility in September, Mohammed Uduans has filed a civil suit against Segun […]
Nigeria’s Slain, Indigenous Missionaries Leave Legacy of Faith
Christian workers sent to dangerous northeast gave their lives for the gospel.
October 29, 2015 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Amid ongoing dangers, Christian leaders in Nigeria this month recalled the exemplary faith of indigenous missionaries who gave their lives in areas overrun by Islamic extremist militants. While President Muhammadu Buhari told an India-African summit this week that Islamic extremist group Boko Haram has been contained to “sporadic” attacks in […]
Attacks in Plateau State, Nigeria Kill 38, Displace 5,000
Nine Christians also reported killed in Taraba, and two in Nasarawa.
September 22, 2015 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Authorities declined to acknowledge that Muslim Fulani herdsmen were behind a rash of attacks on Christian communities in Plateau state last week that took 38 lives and displaced 5,000 people, area sources said. More than 100 armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen at about 2 a.m. on Wednesday (Sept. 16) attacked the […]
Clergyman in Nigeria Has Conducted More Funerals than Weddings
Islamist aims to take over region evident in Fulani herdsmen, Boko Haram attacks.
September 10, 2015 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Amid reports of more Christians killed by Muslim Fulani herdsmen, a clergyman here told protestors that in the past 15 years he has conducted more funerals than weddings. After leading hundreds of Christian demonstrators to the Plateau House of Assembly on Aug. 31, the Rt. Rev. Benjamin Kwashi, Anglican archbishop […]
Let Me Tell You Why Blood Is Flowing in Plateau State, Nigeria
Voice of the predominantly Christian, ethnic Berom cries out for justice.
September 3, 2015 By -
(Morning Star News) – What would you say if I told you that between last year and this year an estimated 11,000 people have been killed in Plateau state, mainly in Berom communities? What if I told you that over 40 villages have been sacked and some wiped out completely in Berom communities alone? If […]
Stabbed Pastor in Nigeria Goes into Relapse; Plateau State Christians Protest in Abuja
Two more Christians killed in Plateau state.
August 29, 2015 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A pastor stabbed in April by rampaging young Muslims in Kaduna state has suffered a relapse after an initial recovery, while hundreds of Christians from Plateau state this week traveled to the federal capital to protest ongoing violence in their state. The Christians charged into the streets of Abuja two […]
Muslim Herdsmen Attacks in Nigeria’s Middle Belt Show Jihadist Aims, Sources Say
In 2014 alone, 23,890 people displaced from Christian areas in southern Kaduna state, agency reports.
August 24, 2015 By -
KADUNA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – The killing of Christians by Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria’s middle belt, including two slayings on Saturday (Aug. 22) in Taraba state, is part of a jihadist drive to take over resources and displace the historically Christian population, sources said. The killing of brothers Ushahemba Kumashenge and Sughter Kumashenge in […]