NIGERIA – ISWAP release five kidnapped aid workers
ABN TV | Jan. 16, 2020 Islamic State-aligned jihadists have released five local aid workers abducted last month in Borno State, security sources and one of those freed said Thursday.…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram Have More Checkpoints In North-East
IReportNews | Jan. 17, 2020 Following an increased number of checkpoints manned by Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East region of Nigeria, the United Nations has decried the development on…
AFRICA – Africa’s Young Christian Communities Are Now in Islamic-Extremist Crosshairs
NCR | 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 Church than…
AFRICA – Africa’s Young Christian Communities Are Now in Islamic-Extremist Crosshairs
Hudson Institute | Nina Shea | Jan. 11, 2020 An ongoing Islamic extremist project to exterminate Christians in sub-Saharan Africa is even more brutal and more consequential for the Church…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram: Kidnapped CAN Chairman, Lawan Andimi cries out from captivity [VIDEO]
Daily Post Nigeria | Jan. 5, 2020 The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Lawan Andimi, who was kidnapped on…
NIGERIA – Kidnapped Nigerian pastor freed after 7-month Boko Haram abduction
Christian Post | Samuel Smith, CP Reporter | Nov. 12, 2019 A Nigerian pastor who was abducted by the Boko Haram Islamic terrorist group seven months ago was finally freed…
TURKEY / NIGERIA – Turkey: Arming Genocide of Christians in Nigeria?
Gatestone Institute | Raymond Ibrahim | Nov. 3, 2019 Has Turkey used its national airline for weapons shipments to Nigeria? (Image source: Raimond Spekking / CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia…
NIGERIA – ‘Convert or Be Killed!’ Expectant Mother Pays Ultimate Price in Jihadist Massacre
CBN NEWS | Kelsey Campbell | Oct. 24, 2019 The massacre lasted for five hours. Esther listened from the makeshift outhouse as she hid behind the door. "Convert or…
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 – Boko Haram Insurgents Execute Two Christian Aid Workers in Nigeria
CBN News | Steve Warren |Oct. 2, 2019 The Islamic extremist group Boko Haram has released a video showing the execution of two Christian aid workers and the group also…
NIGERIA – Nigerian children who escaped Boko Haram say they faced another ‘prison’: Military detention
Washington Post | Danielle Paquette, West Africa bureau chief | Sept. 14, 2019 MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Four hundred nights. Fatima counted each one as she lay on the ground with…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram Is Back. With Better Drones.
The New York Times | Dionne Searcey | September 13, 2019 KONDUGA, Nigeria — Ten-year-old Abdul stood on a dirt road in a village tucked between millet fields and pulled…
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 – UN calls for urgent action to end violence in Nigeria
Aljazeera | Mercy Abang | September 2, 2019 The United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings condemned rising violence across Nigeria and a "lack of accountability" for perpetrators. Agnes Callamard, speaking at a news…
UNITED NATIONS / NIGERIA – UN calls for urgent action to end violence in Nigeria
Aljazeera | Mercy Abang | Sept. 2, 2019 Abuja, Nigeria - The United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings condemned rising violence across Nigeria and a "lack of accountability" for perpetrators. Agnes…
STATEMENT – Nigerian Government Reports 16-Year-Old Christian Captive Leah Sharibu Is Alive
August 31, 2019 | ***STATEMENT*** Save the Persecuted Christians: ‘Leah Needs to Come Home’ WASHINGTON—Several Nigerian and global media outlets reported Saturday that kidnapped Christian Nigeria schoolgirl Leah Sharibu is…
NIGERIA – JUST IN: Leah Sharibu Still Alive, FG Negotiating Release
Amiloaded News | Aug. 31, 2019 Leah Sahribu taken captive by ISWAP/Boko Haram Feb. 19, 2018 The Presidency has dismissed speculation that Leah Sharibu, the Dapchi schoolgirl still held by…
NIGERIA – 8,000 children abducted by Boko Haram—pray for the children of Nigeria
OpenDoors USA | Aug. 12, 2019 On June 17, two girls and one boy walked into a tea hall in northern Nigeria. They were wearing suicide vests. When the vests…
CAMEROON – Militants cut off the ears of women in horrific attack on Christian village
Aug. 8, 2019 | Christianity Today Women from a Christian village in Cameroon recover after having their ears chopped off by members of Boko Haram(Photo: Open Doors) The barbarism of…
NIGERIA – Christian rights groups urge caution in response to reports of Leah Sharibu’s death
Christian Today | Aug. 5, 2019 Christian human rights organisations are continuing to hope that a teenager being held by a faction of the Boko Haram terrorist group is still…
RELEASE: Call for ‘Measured Response’ to Unconfirmed Reports of Leah Sharibu’s Death
***NEWS RELEASE*** For Immediate Release | July 29, 2019 CONTACT: Hamilton Strategies, Media@HamiltonStrategies.com Save the Persecuted Christians, Leah Foundation and International Committee on Nigeria doubt the report WASHINGTON—Disturbing reports over…
NIGERIA – Nigerian Christians plead for U.S. help in face of religiously driven violence
Washington Times | Guy Taylor | July 7, 2019 The horror that enveloped Rebecca Sharibu’s world in early 2018 when her 14-year-old daughter, Leah, was kidnapped by Boko Haram militants…
ADVISORY – Nigeria Crisis Delegation Truthsquads Nigerian Vice President’s ‘Come-to-Jesus’ Meeting with Mike Pence
***MEDIA ADVISORY*** | June 26, 2019 Courageous Victims of Jihadist Violence Challenge the False, but Official ‘Farmers-vs.-Herdsmen’ Narratives of the Nigerian Government and the U.S. State Department WASHINGTON—On Wednesday, June…
NIGERIA – Nigeria: Christian teen girl remains in Boko Haram captivity for refusing to deny Jesus Christ
“16-year-old Leah Sharibu, a Christian girl from the town of Dapchi, Nigeria, remains in the monstrous hands of the Islamic terror group Boko Haram – which keeps Leah in its…
NIGERIA – Christian Teen’s Contagious Courageous Stand, a ‘Hostage for Life’ for Refusing to Deny Jesus
CBN News | John Jessup | June 19, 2019 WASHINGTON – Until this week, Rebecca Sharibu never set foot outside of her village in northern Nigeria. Helpless and heartbroken, she…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians Hosts Rebecca Sharibu, Mom of Leah, a Kidnapped Schoolgirl, in D.C. This Week
***NEWS RELEASE*** | June 18, 2019 Mother of Boko Haram Captive Pleads with U.S. Government to Help Free Her 16-Year-Old Daughter; Millions of Nigerian Children Like Leah Are Terrified to…
Nigeria – Nigeria’s Christian community slowly being erased as militants step up vicious killings, kidnappings
Leah has been held captive by Boko Haram in Nigeria since early 2018 for refusing to renounce her Christian faith (Save the Persecuted Christians) It has been almost 18 long and…
NIGERIA – BREAKING: Boko Haram suicide bombers kill 20 football fans in Borno, injure 30
Boko Haram suicide bombers have detonated their explosives at a viewing centre in Konduga, Borno state, killing 20 people with about 30 critically injured. A military source who confirmed the…
NIGERIA – AN ECUMENISM OF BLOOD: BOKO HARAM AND THE CHRISTIAN MARTYRS OF NIGERIA
Over the last thirty years, Nigeria has been plagued with numerous terrorist upheavals that have sometimes bordered on the apocalypse, of which Boko Haram is one. While key attention has…
NIGERIA – Buhari incompetent – New coalition declares war against Boko Haram, herdsmen
A new coalition, Ethnic Nationalities Defence Organisation (ENDO) has been formed to tackle violent herdsmen and Boko Haram insurgents. ENDO stated that President Muhammadu Buhari had failed to tackle incessant…
RELEASE – Leah Sharibu Turns 16 Today in Boko Haram Captivity
***NEWS RELEASE*** | May 14, 2019 Several Prayer Events Planned in Nigeria to #FreeLeahSharibu; Save the Persecuted Christians Encourages Americans to Also Speak Up for Leah WASHINGTON—Leah Sharibu’s 16th birthday…
NIGERIA – Muslim Terrorists’ Merciless Killing of Nigerian Christians Continues as Mainstream Media Remains Silent
Frank Gaffney, the president of Save The Persecuted Christians (STPC), appeared on Tuesday's CBN's Newswatch program to talk about the persecution of Nigeria's Christians. CBN | Steve Warren | March…
NIGERIA – Nigeria’s Christians slaughtered by Boko Haram amid western media silence
washingtonexaminer.com by Douglas Burton | March 20, 2019 02:29 p.m. Terrorists of the group Boko Haram in Nigeria took over the town of Michika in Nigeria’s far eastern state of…
NIGERIA – Nigeria’s Christians slaughtered by Boko Haram amid western media silence
Washington Examiner | March 20, 2019 Terrorists of the group Boko Haram in Nigeria took over the town of Michika in Nigeria’s far eastern state of Adamawa, Monday, burning buildings and exchanging…
WEST AFRICA – Boko Haram Attacks Christian Village, Destroys Church
International Christian Concern | March, 14, 2019 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that earlier today, around 6:00 a.m., Boko Haram insurgents launched an attack on Ngurhlavu village of Lassa…
NIGERIA – In Nigeria, Delayed Election takes place amid Polling Glitches and Boko Haram Attacks
The Washington Post | Feb. 23, 2019 Tens of millions of Nigerians went to the polls on Saturday, a week after a last-minute election delay, as Africa’s most populous nation…
NIGERIA – ICC Marks One Year of Captivity for Leah Sharibu
International Christian Concern | Feb. 19, 2019 On February 19, 2018, at 5:30 p.m., Boko Haram entered the town of Dapchi, Nigeria, wearing military uniforms and driving trucks mounted with…
A Tragic Anniversary – 15-Year-Old Leah Sharibu Has Been in Boko Haram Captivity for One Year | #FreeLeahSharibu
***NEWS RELEASE*** For Immediate Release | February 19, 2019 Save the Persecuted Christians Calls on Believers to Advocate for Leah’s Release and for the 300 Million Persecuted Worldwide WASHINGTON—One year…
NIGERIA – Nigeria needs a US special envoy
The Christian Post | Jan. 3, 2019 Africa’s most populous country is Nigeria, with a population that today numbers 200 million and that is on track by 2050 to be…