RELEASE – Demonstration in Omaha to Free the Slaves of Nigeria
For Immediate Release June 3, 2021 Committee to Free Nigerian Slaves Calls for an End to Modern-Day Bondage WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Saturday, June 5, at 10 A.M., the Committee…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians Encourages Attendance Side-Events to the Polish Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom
For Immediate Release | November 10, 2020 ‘Christians Have a Responsibility to Inform Themselves’ WASHINGTON—Save the Persecuted Christians (STPC), a leading international human rights advocacy group which works on behalf of hundreds of…
RELEASE – STPC Draws Attention to Hidden Genocide and Christian Persecution in Nigeria
For Immediate Release | October 27, 2020 Nigerian Christians Join #EndSARS Protests toShine Spotlight on Nigerian Government’s Problems WASHINGTON — Save the Persecuted Christians (STPC), which advocates on behalf of hundreds of millions of…
RELEASE – Senators Ernst and Grassley Urgently Requesting President Trump to Consider U.S. Special Envoy to Bring Christian Genocide to an End in Nigeria
Save the Persecuted Christians | May 26, 2020 WASHINGTON—This May, Senator Joni Ernst and Senator Charles Grassley delivered letters to President Trump and key political figures, urging them to take…
NIGERIA – Couple Abducted from Wedding in Attacks in Northwest Nigeria that Kill 12 Christians
Morning Star News | April 29, 2020 Muslim Fulani herdsmen in northwest Nigeria killed 12 Christians and kidnapped a couple from their church wedding ceremony in attacks this month, sources…
NIGERIA – Muslims massacre Christians in Nigeria—but ‘Village Vigilantes’ strike back
Zenger | Lawrence Zongo | March 23, 2020 The five men with machetes were cornered in the dark amid a stand of bushes near the village where they had come…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians Calls for the Appointment of a U.S. Presidential Special Envoy to Nigeria and the Lake Chad Region
Save the Persecuted Christians | March 18, 2020 Coalition Partner, International Committee on Nigeria, Launches #SilentSlaughter Campaign WASHINGTON—Save the Persecuted Christians (STPC) joined the International Committee on Nigeria (ICON) at…
NIGERIA – Fulani community leaders arrested, taken to Abuja over Plateau killings
Daily Post | Amos Tauna | January 30, 2020 Fulani and community leaders from Mangu, Bokkos, Barkin Ladi and Riyom local government areas of Plateau State have been arrested by…
NIGERIA – UPDATED: FG, South-West govs ‘agree’ on Amotekun
Punch Nigeria | Sodiq Oyeleke | Jan. 24, 2020 The Federal Government and South-West governors have agreed that Operation Amotekun should be structured to align with the community policing strategy…
NIGERIA – Muslim Fulani herdsmen kill 2 Christian teenage girls as persecution escalates
CP | Leah MarieAnn Klett | January 22, 2020 Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed two young Christian women in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria, just weeks after members of the same terrorist…
AFRICA/NIGERIA – “We are under siege” says the Archbishop of Kaduna where 4 seminarians were kidnapped
Agency Fides | Jan. 20, 2020 Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "No other Country will tolerate this type of insecurity without calling for mass protests. Definitely our country is under siege",…
RELEASE – Deadly Bloodshed Continues for Nigerian Christians
For Immediate Release | January 14, 2020 As Ongoing Violence Is Documented, Save the Persecuted Christians Reiterates Urgent Call for U.S. Special Envoy in Nigeria/Lake Chad Region WASHINGTON—A French philosopher…
AFRICA – Africa’s Young Christian Communities Are Now in Islamic-Extremist Crosshairs
The Hudson Institute | Nina Shea | January 11, 2020 An ongoing Islamic extremist project to exterminate Christians in sub-Saharan Africa is even more brutal and more consequential for the…
NIGERIA – Kukah describes FG as fundamentalists without bombs
Vanguard Nigeria | Chidi Nkwopara | Urowayino Jeremiah | Jan. 8, 2020 The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, has described the Nigerian government as “Islamic…
NIGERIA – Over 1,000 Christians in Nigeria killed by Fulani, Boko Haram in 2019: NGO report
Over 1,000 Christians in Nigeria killed by Fulani, Boko Haram in 2019: NGO report The Christian Post | Samuel Smith | Dec. 14, 2019 St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Zangam,…
NIGERIA – (Video) Fulani Herdsmen Attack victims impacted by Mission Africa International (MAI)
Mission Africa International | Nov. 13, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiloDP4W5Y8&feature=youtu.be
NIGERIA – US-based journalist, visits troubled kajuru communities
Vanguard News Nigeria | Idowu Bankole | Nov. 11, 2019 US-based journalist Magnafaith Krimi within number of people from communities with the kajuru LGA In the wake of the gruesome…
NIGERIA – Six Christian schoolgirls, others abducted by Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria
Christian Post | Leah MarieAnn Klett | Oct. 08, 2019 Muslim Fulani herdsmen have kidnapped six teenage girls and two staff members at gunpoint from a Christian-run high school in…
NIGERIA – “WORLD TAKE NOTE!”: Genocide of Christians in Nigeria – Raymond Ibrahim
Gatestone Institute | Raymond Ibrahim | Oct. 7, 2019 Muhammadu Buhari Muhammadu Buhari, the Muslim president of Nigeria—who reached that position in part thanks to Barack H. Obama—continues to fuel…
NIGERIA – “WORLD TAKE NOTE!”: Genocide of Christians in Nigeria
Raymond Ibrahim | Oct. 7, 2019 Muhammadu Buhari, the Muslim president of Nigeria—who reached that position in part thanks to Barack H. Obama—continues to fuel the “genocide” of Christians in…
NIGERIA – To beat terrorism in Nigeria, change the narrative
Washington Examiner | by Douglas Burton | Sept. 5, 2019 By all accounts, the wealthy and teeming nation of Nigeria is one of the most dangerous places on Earth. Murders…
NIGERIA – Kidnapped Baptist Pastor in Nigeria Freed after 17 Days of Torture
Morning Star News | Sept. 5, 2019 Muslim Fulani herdsmen injured Baptist pastor Elisha Noma while holding him captive. (Morning Star News) JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A Baptist pastor…
NIGERIA – One Pastor Killed, Another Kidnapped in Separate Attacks in North-Central Nigeria
Morningstar News | Aug. 26, 2019 The Rev. Jeremiah Omolewa of Living Faith Church in the city of Kaduna, Nigeria, was killed and his wife kidnapped on Aug. 4, 2019.…
NIGERIA – Nigerian ‘genocide’: Unborn babies ‘slaughtered like chickens,’ entire tribes left homeless
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | June 11, 2019 WASHINGTON — Nigerians from predominantly Christian tribes in Nigeria visited the United States this week to share how their tribes are…