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…
AFRICA – Black Slavery Exists Today in Muslim-Dominated African Nations, but No One’s Talking About It
The Stream | Charles Jacobs | Sept. 8, 2019 Today, an estimated 529,000 to 869,000 black men, women, and children are still slaves. They are bought, owned, sold, and traded…
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 – Tears As Catholic Community Buries Fr. Tanko, Slain Taraba Priest
War Desk News | Sept. 3, 2019 The 42 years old cleric who was the presiding priest of St Peters Parish, Ahmadu, met his untimely death at Kpankufu village, between…
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 – Bandits attack Catholic priest, set him, vehicle ablaze
Punch Nigeria | Justin Tyopuusu, Jalingo | Aug. 29, 2019 Bandits have reportedly ambushed and killed a Catholic priest at Kufai Amadu in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State,…
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.…
WORLDWIDE – “There Is No Christian Anymore in This Town”: Persecution of Christians
Gatestone Institute | Raymond Ibrahim | Aug. 25, 2019 Pictured: The small village of Sobane Da, in Mali, where at least 95 Christians were murdered by Fulani gunmen in June.…
NIGERIA – Christian Pastors Targeted by Kidnapping Gangs in Nigeria
Zenger News Service | Doug Burton The kidnapping of pastors for ransom has reached epidemic levels in Nigeria. “Just in the last month there have been a lot of pastor kidnappings,”…
NIGERIA – Christians must speak truth to power – whatever the consequences
Christianity Today | Jos, Anglican Archbishop Ben Kwashi | Aug. 19, 2019 Archbishop Benjamin Kwashi at camp for the displaced near Jos, Nigeria.Andrew Boyd/Release International There are times when the…
NIGERIA – Nigerians cry foul after policemen felled by Nigerian Army
Aug. 19, 2019 | Metro Voice News | Douglas Burton & Magnafaith Kimri Nigerians are recoiling in shock about the killing of three Nigerian cops last week at the hands…
NIGERIA – First-Hand Report: Why is the World Ignoring This Genocide?
Aug. 19, 2019 | Clarion | By Mario Alexis Portella The author with surviving victims of Boko Haram (Photo: Courtesy Mario Alexis Portella) At least 1,200 people were killed and…
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…
NIGERIA – It’s democracy versus Sharia ideology
Aug. 11, 2019 | Vanguard News Nigeria • ‘ How to resolve conflict to end national crisis’ In a paper dated July 31, 2019, National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF), parading…
NIGERIA – Nigerian Army lied, our officers were murdered unjustly
Aug. 8, 2019 | Premium Times Nigeria The police on Thursday ramped up public criticism of the Nigerian Army over the killing of three officers in Taraba on Tuesday. The…
NIGERIA – Nigerian Church Leader Calls for Gov’t Protection After Gunmen Kill Pastor, Abduct His Wife
Aug. 8, 2019 | Christian Post | By Steve Warren A Nigerian pastor was reportedly killed and his wife abducted for ransom by unknown assailants Sunday evening while traveling on…
NIGERIA – President Buhari Sends Strong Warning To Catholic Bishops
Aug. 7, 2019 | Yaahoo Journalist Buhari and Catholic Bishops President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday warned Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) against creating panic among Nigerians through their accusation…
NIGERIA – Terrorism in Nigeria
Aug. 6, 2019 | Douglas Burton | Washington Times | Analysis/Opinion Americans are reeling from horrific misuse of assault weapons in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, whereas in Nigeria…
NIGERIA – Catholic Priest Saved by Neighbors in Kasuwan Magani
Aug. 5, 2019 | War Desk News By Reuben Buhari (Kasuwan Magani, Nigeria) Terrorists armed with assault rifles attempted to assassinate a popular Catholic priest here but were beaten back…
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…
NIGERIA – Report: Nigeria Christian Genocide a ‘Global Security Nightmare’
Aug. 4, 2019 | Breitbart | Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. ROME — The ongoing slaughter of Nigerian Christians by Muslim herders and terrorists is a powder keg waiting to explode,…
NIGERIA – Anti-Christian carnage in Nigeria could be global security nightmare
Aug. 4, 2019 | CRUX | John Allen ROME - Back in the late 1970s, James Wuye was a young Nigerian and fervent Christian believer, who converted to Catholicism and…
NIGERIA – Leah Sharibu: Nigerian US based journalist slams Buhari
Aug. 2, 2019 | The Sun Nigeria ...Says President insensitive to nation's security challenges Magna Faith Krimi in African fabrics and Isha Isatu Sesay A Nigerian diaspora leader and media…
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…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians, Leah Foundation and International Committee on Nigeria Call for ‘Measured Response’ to Unconfirmed Reports of Leah Sharibu’s Death
July 29, 2019 | For Immediate Release Dr. Gloria Puldu, info@leah-foundation.org WASHINGTON—Disturbing reports over the weekend claimed kidnapped Christian Nigeria schoolgirl Leah Sharibu has been killed in captivity. But those…
NIGERIA – Nigeria Militants Attack Mourners, Killing at Least 65, Officials Say
NYTimes | Reuters | July 28, 2019 At least 65 people died in an attack by suspected Islamist extremists on a group returning from a funeral in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno…
NIGERIA – Nigeria’s Leaders Allowing Christian Genocide
July 26, 2019 | Church Militant ABUJA, Nigeria (ChurchMilitant.com) - While international human rights groups are warning of "genocidal" persecution of Nigeria's Christians, Nigeria's Abp. Ignatius Kaigama wants government leaders to stop the violence. Persecution of…
NIGERIA – ‘His Cemetery Was Full of Victims’: Group Helps Americans ‘Adopt’ Persecuted Christians in Nigeria
July 26, 2019 | CBN | Mark Martin Leaders with "Save the Persecuted Christians" are on a mission to help Americans "adopt" persecuted Christians in war-torn Nigeria – by praying…
NIGERIA – RUGA “indirect Jihad”, says Anglican bishop
Warns South East governors to reject policy in zone The Anglican Bishop of Egbu Diocese in Owerri North, Most Revd Geoffrey Okoroafor has warned South East governors never to accept…
NIGERIA – Nigerian Christians plead for U.S. help in face of religiously driven violence
The horror that enveloped Rebecca Sharibu’s world in early 2018 when her 14-year-old daughter, Leah, was kidnapped by Boko Haram militants in Nigeria felt like it might suddenly end when news broke, after…
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…
NIGERIA – Obasanjo gives reasons why War may soon break out in Nigeria
July 2, 2019 | Opera News Chief Olusegun Obasanjo By Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. Former President of Federal Republic of Nigeria. Another civil war in Nigeria has become imminent and inevitable.…
NIGERIA/USA – 3 Nigerian Women Beg for US to Help Stop Persecution of Christians
https://youtu.be/PEdLplf5rcA The Stream | Carmel Kookogey | July 2, 2019 | Video at The Stream After 110 Nigerian girls were kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists in February 2018, all but…
NIGERIA – In Asbury Sermon, Nigerian Pastor Warns of Church’s “Difficult Task” Amidst Persecution
Pastor Samuel Odubena recently gave a sermon at Asbury Seminary Chapel in which he spoke about how Christians in the West ought to react to persecution. Odubena is an Anglican priest from Nigeria where…
NIGERIA – Nigerian Government Writes British Parliamentary Group, Denies Persecution Of Christians
The Nigerian Government has repudiated claims by a group styling itself as Northern Christian Elders Forum, who falsely alleged that the Muhammadu Buhari administration is practicing bigotry and alienating Christians.…
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…