NIGERIA – Forty Percent of Nigerians Live in Poverty: Stats Office
New York Times | May 4, 2020 Forty percent of people in Nigeria live in poverty, figures published by the statistics office on Monday showed, highlighting the low levels of…
NIGERIA – Watchdog Group Warns Of Boko Haram Expansion In Sub-Saharan Africa
OAN | May 1, 2020 Religious freedom watchdog group Open Doors USA reports Boko Haram is expanding its presence in Sub-Saharan Africa as governments turn their focus on combating the coronavirus. One…
NIGERIA – Nigeria’s Christians are being silently slaughtered
Christian Today | Ayo Adedoyin | April 30, 2020 Ninety-one million Christians live in Nigeria. They make up around 46 per cent of the total population of 196 million. There…
WORLDWIDE – Christian minorities ‘back of queue’ in coronavirus aid – some rations six times smaller
Express | David Williamson | April 29, 2020 Open Doors reports that in one area of Nigeria Christian families say they are receiving food rations which are six times smaller…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram/ISWAP recruiting in Lake Chad region, says MNJTF
The Guardian | Njadvara Musa, Maiduguri | April 28, 2020 The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has raised the alarm on Boko Haram/Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists’ recruitment…
NIGERIA – These schoolgirls survived Boko Haram. Now they face a pandemic.
National Geographic | Nina Strochlic | April 22, 2020 EVERY MAY, THERE’S a party in northeastern Nigeria to celebrate a unique anniversary: the release of more than 100 young women from…
NIGERIA – Is the World Ignoring a Christian Genocide in Nigeria?
Providence | Lela Gilbert | April 21, 2020 How much do Westerners know about Nigeria? Do we recognize it as Africa’s largest nation? Are we aware of its considerable economic…
CHAD – Chad’s Escalating Fight against Boko Haram
Africa Center | Daniel Eizenga | April 20, 2020 On March 23, Boko Haram militants staged a complex attack on Chadian troops stationed at a base in Bohoma. The attack…
AFRICA – Christian persecution worsening due to COVID-19
CHVN | Libby Giesbrecht | April 19, 2020 The persecution of Christians for their faith around the world is getting worse during the global COVID-19 pandemic. According to Open Doors USA,…
RELEASE – #BringBackOurGirls—Six Years Later
Save the Persecuted Christians | April 14, 2020 Save the Persecuted Christians: #6YearsTooLong for 112 Kidnapped Chibok Girls to Remain in Captivity WASHINGTON—Six years ago today, 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped…
NIGERIA – Seven travellers killed in suspected Boko Haram attack near Maiduguri
Premium Times | April 13, 2020 At least seven persons were on Sunday killed after suspected Boko Haram insurgents attacked two vehicles traveling along Maiduguri-Damaturu highway, sources said. The attack…
BURKINA FASO – “Jihadists Martyred Him for Refusing to Renounce Jesus Christ”: The Persecution of Christians, February 2020
Gatestone Institute | Raymond Ibrahim | April 12, 2020 On Sunday, February 16, Islamic gunmen raided a church during service and slaughtered 24 worshippers, including their pastor; 18 other congregants were…
WORLDWIDE – Will COVID-19 increase support for religious freedom?
Christian Post | Stephen Enada | April 12, 2020 The Christian Season of Lent is coming to an end – and it’s certainly one for the books. With the spread…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram and Its Current Situation in Nigeria
Modern Diplomacy | Farzad Ramezani Bonesh, Chidiebere Favour Nwobodo | April 7, 2020 Although boko haram and ISIS have been confusingly used interchangeably due to their seemingly common characteristic, which…
NIGERIA – Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers kill several in northern Cameroon
France 24 | April 6, 2020 Seven people were killed when two suicide bombers, suspected to be members of Nigeria's Boko Haram jihadist group, attacked a village in northern Cameroon…
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…
NIGERIA – Nigerian priest urges Western leaders to do more for country’s Christians
Crux | Christopher White | March 13,2020 Western nations have an obligation to defend Nigerian Christians being slaughtered by Boko Haram since many are being killed because the militant group…
NIGERIA – Activists press Trump administration to aid embattled Nigerian Christians
Washington Times | Madison Hirneisen | March 11, 2020 International activists are sounding the alarm over what they say is the pervasive and violent persecution of Christians in Nigeria, Africa’s most…
NIGERIA – Buhari watches as 12,000 Christians killed, 2,000 churches lost: Special Report
Nkiruka Nistoran | March 10, 2020 Upwards of 12,000 Christians have been killed under since President Muhammadu Buhari took office in Nigeria on May 29, 2015 while over 2,000 churches have…
NIGERIA – Nigerian priest kidnapped after Sunday Mass has been released
CSF | Fr. David Echioda | March 3, 2020 A Nigerian priest who was kidnapped after offering Sunday Mass March 1 has been freed, his diocese has reported. “I have…
NIGERIA – Nigerian elders hold service in burnt out church after Boko Haram lay waste to Christian village
Barnabas Fund | February 28, 2020 Four Nigerian church elders held a Sunday service in their burnt out church building on 23 February, two days after Boko Haram militants abducted…
NIGERIA – ‘This is the worst place in the world’: US faith leaders meet victims of Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | February 28, 2020 American faith leaders met with representatives of Nigerian communities devastated by Boko Haram and Fulani tribesmen as well as key figures…
NIGERIA – Stop the Christian Genocide in Nigeria
NCR | Frank Wolf and Toufic Baaklini | February 26, 2020 Just recently, we commemorated the fifth anniversary of the deaths of the 21 Coptic martyrs of Libya. These brave men…
UK – Britain sanctions African ISIS affiliate groups
The National | Jack Dutton | February 24, 2020 The UK on Monday moved to add IS in the Greater Sahara and Boko Haram to its list of terrorist organisations.…
NIGERIA – 100+ Islamic Terrorists Launch Big Invasion, Torch 5 Nigerian Churches, Murder and Kidnap Christians
CBN | February 24, 2020 More than 100 members of the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram attacked the town of Garkida in Gombi area of the northeastern state of Adamawa,…
NIGERIA – 5 churches burned, many Christians killed in Boko Haram invasion
CP | Anugrah Kumar | February 23, 2020 More than 100 Boko Haram militants opened fire sporadically and indiscriminately and set churches and houses on fire, killing many people, in…
NIGERIA – ‘Many killed’, houses burnt as Boko Haram invades Adamawa town
The Cable | February 21, 2020 A source told TheCable that the insurgents broke into the town around 7pm on Friday, shooting sporadically. Soldiers who were said to have engaged…
NIGERIA – Leah Sharibu’s mother meets Archbishop of Canterbury in London
The Guardian | Timileyin Omilana | February 20, 2020 The mother of the abducted Nigerian schoolgirl Leah Sharibu Thursday met with the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby in London. Rebecca…
NIGERIA – Nigeria vows to ‘redouble’ efforts to free Leah Sharibu 2 years after Boko Haram abduction
CP | Samuel Smith | February 19 2020 Wednesday marks two years since Christian schoolgirl Leah Sharibu was abducted along with 109 of her classmates from her school in northeast…
NIGERIA – Nigerian military accused of burning villages, displacing civilians in Boko Haram fight
CP | Samuel Smith | February 18, 2020 The Nigerian military has been accused by a leading human rights watchdog of razing villages and displacing hundreds of residents in its…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram responsible for 59,311 orphans, 59,213 widows: Nigerian governor
CP | Samuel Smith | February 5, 2020 The governor of the Boko Haram-infected Borno state in northeast Nigeria has reportedly revealed that the extremist group is responsible for making…
NIGERIA – As Horrific Persecution against Nigeria’s Christians Continues, IRD Joins in Urging for Special Envoy
Juicy Ecumenism | Faith McDonnell | January 30, 2020 Persecution of Christians in Nigeria is not a new thing. Attacks on churches, imposition of Sharia, killings of individuals – even…
NIGERIA – We want our daughter alive, with or without baby –Leah Sharibu’s family
Punch | Gbenro Adeoye, Friday Olokor and Hindi Livinus | January 26, 2020 The family of Christian teenage schoolgirl abducted by Boko Haram terrorists in 2018, Leah Sharibu, has described reports…
WORLDWIDE – The ‘double vulnerability’ of persecuted Christian women
Christian Today | January 22, 2020 Last year, the Bishop of Truro published a monumental review into the persecution of Christians. The findings were stark: anti-Christian persecution is spreading and increasing in severity…
NIGERIA – Christian Association of Nigeria demands answers after Boko Haram kills pastor
CP | Samuel Smith | January 22, 2020 The Christian Association of Nigeria is demanding answers from the Nigerian government as the interdenominational body calls for three days of prayer…
NIGERIA – Nigerian pastor who praised God in ransom video beheaded after refusing to deny Christ
CP | Samuel Smith | January 21, 2020 A pastor who made headlines earlier this month for praising God in a ransom video has been executed by Boko Haram militants…
NIGERIA – Nigerian pastor who praised God in ransom video beheaded after refusing to deny Christ
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | Jan. 21, 2020 the Rev. Lawan Andimi | YouTube/Melodyinter World/Screengrab A pastor who made headlines earlier this month for praising God in a ransom…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram kills kidnapped CAN chairman
The Guardian | Timileyin Omilana | Jan. 21, 2020 Boko Haram insurgents have killed the chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Lawan Andimi, in Michika local government area…
NIGERIA – Leah Sharibu alive, doing well in Boko Haram custody— Freed aid worker
News Express | Gyang Bere | January 20, 2020 A 26-year-old medical aid worker working with Alliance For International Medical Action, Jennifer Ukambong Samuel, who regained freedom from the Boko…
NIGERIA – Another Christian killed by 10-year old ISWAP member
The Guardian | Timileyin Omilana | Jan. 19, 2020 Islamic State West African Province has released a video that shows a Christian man being executed by an Islamic State child…