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…
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…
NIGERIA – ISWAP release five kidnapped aid workers
ABN | Victor Okoroafor | January 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…
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…
NIGERIA – Bandits Kill 35, Abduct 58 Others, Demand N100m Ransom in Kaduna – 10 Villages attacked
AF-FEEDNEWS | John Shiklam in Kaduna | Jan. 13, 2020 About 35 people have been reportedly killed while 58 others were said to have been abducted following the invasion of…
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 – 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 – On Nigerian beheadings, “Where is the moral revulsion?”
Aleteia | Aid to the Church in Need | Jan. 2, 2020 Bishop Matthew Kukah of Sokoto, Nigeria, says the West readily exploits Africa’s mineral resources, but is turning a…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram jihadists behead bride, bridal party days before wedding: diocese
Christian Post | Samuel Smith| Jan. 2, 2020 A jihadist insurgency affiliated with Boko Haram brutally murdered a Christian bride and her bridal party days before her wedding, a spokesperson for a…
NIGERIA – ISIS monsters execute nearly a dozen Christians around Christmastime
ISIS monsters execute nearly a dozen Christians around Christmastime New York Post | Yaron Steinbuch | Dec. 27, 2019 Enlarge Image Islamic State of West Africa Province released a video…
NIGERIA – Christian Association of Nigeria Praises US For Placing Nigeria On Special Watch List
CAN Praises US For Placing Nigeria On Special Watch List Channels Television Updated December 22, 2019 8-10 minutes The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has welcomed the idea of the…
USA/Nigeria – US places Nigeria on special watch list over religious persecution
The Nation Online | Dec. 21, 2019 The United States of America has placed Nigeria on a special watch list of countries that have engaged in or tolerated “severe violations…
NIGERIA – Gunmen kidnap pastor amid spike in abductions
Nigeria: Gunmen kidnap pastor amid spike in abductions Christian Post | Samuel Smith | Dec. 20, 2019 Christians in Nigeria worship at a church in this undated file photo. |…
NIGERIA – French philosopher documents deadly persecution of Nigerian Christians
French philosopher documents deadly persecution of Nigerian Christians Aleteia | John Burger | Dec 18, 2019 Bernard-Henri Lévy provides eyewitness testimony to killing, raping and mutilation by Fulani herdsmen. The…
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,…
UNITED KINGDOM – Baroness Cox says, Britain must stop ignoring Christian prosecution in Nigeria
Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust | Baroness Cox | Nov. 25, 2019 Baroness Caroline Cox, U.K., is a longtime human rights advocate. It has been five years since Nigeria’s Islamist Fulani…
NIGERIA – Another Catholic priest kidnapped in Nigeria
Premium Times Nigeria | Nov. 16, 2019 Gunmen have kidnapped another Catholic priest, Theophilus Ndulue, in Enugu State. The victim is the Parish Priest of Ihuonyia Amansiodo in Ndiagu Oghe,…
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 – The Church: In Kaduna State alone, about 500 people have been abducted
Wardesk News | Amos Tauna | Nov. 12, 2019 The Church in Northern Nigeria | The Agony of Kidnapping Activities | In Pic: Rev. Hayab in a Baptist Church in…
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…
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…
WORLDWIDE – “Too Many to Count”: The Global Persecution of Christians
Gatestone Institute | Raymond Ibrahim | Nov. 10, 2019 Today is one of the International Days of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP). Initiated over 20 years ago by the…
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…
AFRICA – Terrorist Attacks Increase in Africa’s Sahel, U.S. Warns
The Wall Street Journal | Jessica Donati and Courtney McBride | Nov. 1, 2019 WASHINGTON—Africa’s Sahel region is emerging as a new frontier in the fight against terrorist groups, according…
SYRIA / NIGERIA – Hold Some of the Champagne on Al-Baghdadi
Center for Security Policy | Frank Gaffney | Oct. 28, 2019 This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. America achieved an important victory over the Islamic State yesterday…
NIGERIA / USA – Sen. Cruz Joins Rebecca Sharibu in Renewing Calls for Boko Haram to Release Leah Sharibu
Leads bipartisan, bicameral letter to Nigerian President urging the secure release of Leah Sharibu Sen. Ted Cruz Release | Oct. 25, 2019 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas),…
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…
MEDIA ADVISORY – Religious Freedom Advocates, Churches and Believers Rally in Prayer for Leah Sharibu on Oct. 26
October 23, 2019 | For Immediate Release Save the Persecuted Christians Joins Others Worldwide to Plead for Leah’s Release from Boko Haram Captivity for Refusing to Renounce Her Faith WASHINGTON—Save…
NIGERIA – 500 shackled children freed from third Islamic boarding school in north Nigeria
The Telegraph - U.K. | Adrian Blomfield, Africa Correspondent | Oct. 17, 2019 Police have freed hundreds of manacled boys from a madrassa in northern Nigeria for the third time…
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 – 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 – Victims of north Nigerian institution share stories of terror
Reuters | Alexis Akwagyiram |Sept. 29, 2019 KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - When Jibril had tried to escape as a boy from an institution in Nigeria that called itself a place…
NIGERIA – Victim tells of living in ‘torture house hellfire’
BBC | Sept. 29, 2019 Media captionIsa Ibrahim says he tried to escape the day before the police raid A survivor of the Nigerian "torture house" raided by police has…
NIGERIA / U.K. – U.K. opens investigation into killings of farmers in Benue
Elombah News | Sept. 27, 2019 United Kingdom has opened an investigation into the killing of farmers by suspected herdsmen in Benue State and other parts of the country. Also…
NIGERIA/U.K. – UK opens investigation into killings of farmers in Benue
United Kingdom has opened an investigation into the killing of farmers by suspected herdsmen in Benue State and other parts of the country. Also to be investigated are the murder…
NIGERIA – Africa’s gathering storm
Opinion The Hill | Fmr. Congressman Frank R. Wolf & Dr. Matthew Daniels | Sept. 21, 2019 Imagine if the largest nation in Europe was increasingly in the grip of…
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…