NIGERIA – Boko Haram kills 5 aid workers in Nigeria
Xinhua | July 22, 2020 Boko Haram terrorists on Wednesday released a video showing the killing of five humanitarian workers who were recently abducted in Nigeria's restive Borno state. The…
NIGERIA – JUST IN:19 Persons Killed In Another Fresh Attack In Kaura LG
Leadership | Israel Kafanchan | July 20, 2020 19 Persons have been reportedly killed while 31 people sustained various degrees of injuries on Sunday night in another fresh Herders Attack…
NIGERIA – The Crisis of Christian Persecution in Nigeria
Family Research Council | Lela Gilbert | July 15, 2020 Since the dawn of the twenty-first century, and with horrifying acceleration in recent years, verified reports of murders, rapes, mutilations,…
NIGERIA – 1,202 Nigerian Christians killed in first 6 months of 2020: NGO report
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | July 15, 2020 A Nigerian civil society group estimates that 1,202 Christians have been killed in Nigeria in the first six months of 2020…
NIGERIA – Peace-building organizations aid Christians targeted by Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria
Rome Reports | July 14, 2020 For over a decade, towns in North-Central Nigeria have been at the receiving end of a battery of violent attacks carried out by Islamist…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram Terrorists Kill Over 30 Soldiers In Fresh Attacks On Borno Communities
Sahara Reports | July 12, 2020 More than 30 soldiers have been killed and hundreds others injured during separate attacks by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State, a military source…
NIGERIA – Sanctions must be placed on Nigeria after horrific Christian persecution, lobby group says
Express | Shanker Singham | July 12, 2020 The days of DfID shovelling £15 billion of aid out of the door each year, with little thought about which corrupt and…
RELEASE – Boko Haram Attack Proves International Groups Should Demand More of Nigerian Leader, STPC Says
Save the Persecuted Christians | July 8, 2020 Save the Persecuted Christians: Injustice, Vulnerability, Lack of Cooperation Are Intolerable Conditions for UN and Other Relief Workers WASHINGTON—Boko Haram insurgents in…
NIGERIA – UK urged to sanction Nigerian officials for failing to protect persecuted Christians
Catholic News Agency | July 8, 2020 A new report Wednesday urged the U.K. to sanction Nigerian officials accused of turning a blind eye to the persecution of Christians. The report,…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram Leader, Abubakar Shekau Located, Chibok Girls Convert To Islam
Global Sentinel | David Otto | July 7, 2020 All the remaining Chibok Girls in the custody of Boko Haram JAS faction have converted to Islam and changed their names…
NIGERIA – Five-Year-Old Killed In Boko Haram Attack On UN Chopper
New Telegraph | July 5, 2020 Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator of the United Nations in Nigeria, Edward Kallon has condemned a recent attack by Boko Haram insurgents in Damasak, Borno State. According…
NIGERIA – European bishops call for EU support of persecuted Christians in Nigeria
Catholic News Agency | Courtney Mares | July 3, 2020 The president of the European bishops’ commission has promised persecuted Christians in Nigeria that he will advocate for increased support…
NIGERIA – European Bishops Decry ‘Criminal Persecution’ of Nigerian Christians
Breitbart | Thomas Williams | July 3, 2020 The president of the Commission of European Bishops’ Conferences (COMECE) has decried the ongoing violence and targeted persecution of Christians in Nigeria…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram kidnap women, girls in Biu, Borno State
Elombah News | July 2, 2020 The terrifying sound of military assault rifles heralded the arrival of a group of Boko Haram insurgents on Friday about 10.30p.m. in Zada Shettimari…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram: We lost 8,370 members – EYN church
The Gazette | July 2, 2020 The leadership of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria, otherwise addressed as Ekklesiyya Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN) in Hausa, claims it has lost…
NIGERIA – 395 Nigerians Killed, 48 Injured In 39 Attacks In June 2020—CML Report
Sahara Reporters | Sarah Roberts | July 1, 2020 As insecurity worsens, no less than 395 Nigerians were killed in different attacks across the country in the month of June.…
NIGERIA – Islamist Militants Abducted Four Aid Workers in Northeast Nigeria
International Christian Concern | July 1, 2020 Four aid workers and a private security worker have been abducted by Islamist militants in northeast Nigeria. In a video seen on Monday…
NIGERIA – Nigerian Christians Like Sheep to the Slaughter
The Global Lane | Amb. Peter Jasek | June 25, 2020 https://youtu.be/rswo9DsZsq4?t=60 WATCH MORE AT YOUTUBE
AFRICA – Religious persecution focus shifts to Africa
The Catholic Register | Michael Swan | June 25, 2020 Aid to the Church in Need and its 330,000 donors world-wide are responding to the changing world of religious persecution.…
NIGERIA – Jim Hart Remembers Martyred Friend, Nigerian Pastor, Church Planter Emmanuel Bileya
Juicy Ecumenism | Faith McDonnell | June 25, 2020 On Monday, June 1, 2020, Nigerian pastor the Reverend Emmanuel Saba Bileya, his wife Juliana, and their unborn child were murdered…
NIGERIA – Genocide in Nigeria: Calling it What it Is, Calling for it to End
Christian Headlines| John Stonestreet & Shane Morris | June 25, 2020 In terms of lives lost, families separated, people imprisoned, and churches shut down, the 21st century has, so far, been the…
NIGERIA – Family Research Council Denounces Christian ‘Genocide’ in Nigeria
Bretibart | Thomas Williams| June 25, 2020 The U.S.-based Family Research Council (FRC) has denounced the “bloodbath” taking place in Nigeria, as radical Islamists carry on a largely unreported slaughter…
NIGERIA – With ‘hundreds’ of Christians killed in Nigeria in June, USCIRF urges Nigerian government to intervene
Baptist Press| Diana Chandler | June 23, 2020 Citing the murder of "hundreds" of Christians in Nigeria in June by a Boko Haram faction, U.S. religious freedom advocates urged the…
NIGERIA – Nigeria’s Christians are in a perilous position
The Spectator | June 23, 2020 Six years ago the kidnapping of 276, mainly Christian, schoolgirls by Islamist group Boko Haram in Chibok, Nigeria resulted in international condemnation. #BringBackOurGirls trended…
RELEASE – Violence Against Christians in Nigeria Is Mounting toward Genocide, UK MPs Warn
Save the Persecuted Christians | June 18, 2020 ‘Save the Persecuted Christians’ Director: ‘Shows a Methodic, State-Enabled Genocide of Christians Continues to Ramp Up’; ‘Don’t These Lives Matter?’ WASHINGTON—Ongoing persecution…
WORLDWIDE – Religious persecution is engulfing the world Religious persecution is engulfing the world
Christian Post | Arielle Del Turco | June 18, 2020 Believers in many countries face severe challenges, according to the State Department’s annual Report on International Religious Freedom, released last week.…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram kills at least 60, including 4-y-o girl, in northeast Nigeria
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | June 17, 2020 At least 20 soldiers and 40 civilians, including a 4-year-old girl, were killed in two attacks claimed by a Boko Haram…
NIGERIA – SLAUGHTER IN NIGERIA
Church Militant | Martina Moyski | June 17, 2020 Islamist militants have murdered dozens of men, women and children in a village in northeastern Nigeria. According to a statement issued by the Nigerian army public…
NIGERIA – UN condemns Boko Haram killing of 120 villagers in Borno
Punch | June 17, 2020 The United Nations Security Council has condemned the killing of no fewer than 120 villagers in Borno State. In a statement on Wednesday, the UN…
NIGERIA – Time to end the silence on the persecution of Christians in Nigeria
Christian Today | Mervyn Thomas | June 16, 2020 A family of four is shot and injured by armed assailants as they pray in their home. Medical staff save the life of…
NIGERIA – Is Genocide Happening In Nigeria As The World Turns A Blind Eye?
Forbes | Ewelina U. Ochab | June 15, 2020 In recent six years, the world has witnessed two clear cases of genocidal atrocities. The first occurred in Syria and Iraq,…
NIGERIA – NIGERIA: UNFOLDING GENOCIDE? New APPG report launched
APPG| June 15, 2020 The All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief has launched a new report in Westminster today entitled Nigeria – Unfolding Genocide? The report launch…
NIGERIA – In new video, Boko Haram executes abducted soldier, policeman
Premium Times | Abdulkareem Haruna | June 12, 2020 A breakaway faction of Boko Haram has released a video showing the execution of a soldier and a police officer. In the video,…
STATEMENT – Annual International Religious Freedom Report Released Highlighting Worldwide Persecution
Save the Persecuted Christians | June 10, 2020 Save the Persecuted Christians to Compare 2019 IRF Report with 2020 U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Report; Encourages State Department to…
NIGERIA – Nigeria refutes Christian ‘genocide’ claims; charity says gov’t ‘spinning propaganda’
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | June 10, 2020 Advocacy groups are refuting a statement released Sunday by the Nigerian presidency contending that international rights groups who say there is ongoing “genocide”…
NIGERIA – 3-year-old among those killed in brutal attack on Christian village
CVHN | Libby Giesbrecht | June7, 2020 Ten people, including a three-year-old girl, are dead following a brutal attack on a Christian village in Nigeria. An early-morning attack in Nigeria's…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram abducts soldier, three aid workers in Borno – Official
Premium Times | Abdulkareem Haruna | June 5, 2020 At least three humanitarian workers and a Nigerian soldier were on Tuesday abducted by suspected Boko Haram insurgents in the northern part of…
NIGERIA – Fulani Militants Kill Nine in Christian Village in Nigeria
International Christian Concern | June 5, 2020 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Fulani militants again attacked the Adara natives in Kajuru LGA, Kaduna State, Nigeria. The attack on…
NIGERIA – New Report Suggests Barbaric Violence Against Christians is Rapidly Escalating in Nigeria, Leading to Grim Outcome
ACLJ | Cece Heil | June 4, 2020 The death toll for innocent Christians is rapidly increasing, nearly doubling in two months, as Islamic radicals ramp up their bloody campaign…
NIGERIA – Persecution Continues in Nigeria
International Christian Concern | June 1, 2020 In the first few months of 2020, Nigeria’s government has done very little to protect the religious minorities that live in the country.…