Nigeria

The Rev. Silas Yakubu Ali. (ECWA photo) JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – The killing of the Rev. Silas Yakubu Ali and more than 50 other Christians in an area of Kaduna state, Nigeria in the past two months shows that Christians are under siege from Muslim Fulani herdsmen, community leaders said. Dominic Gambo Yahaya, leader of the predominantly Christian Atyap ethnic … [Read more...] about Christians ‘Under Siege’ in Kaduna State, Nigeria, Area Leaders Say

Aug. 28 funeral by Anglican Diocese of Jos for 17 of 33 Christians killed on Aug. 25 in Yelwa Zangam, Plateau state, Nigeria. (Facebook Anglican Diocese of Jos) JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and suspected local Muslims killed 40 Christians in and near Jos, Nigeria in attacks on Aug. 25 and Aug. 15, sources said. Armed with machetes and guns, … [Read more...] about Christians Slain in and near Jos, Nigeria, including 12 Children

JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed 36 Christians in multiple attacks in Kaduna state, Nigeria this month with impunity, while a church leader complained that authorities arrested only Christians for defending themselves. The attacks from Aug. 4 to Saturday (Aug. 28) on Zangon Kataf, Kaura and Chikun counties took the lives of 17 Christians in Doh (Mado) … [Read more...] about Fulani Herdsmen Kill 36 Christians in Kaduna State, Nigeria 

Fulani herdsmen in north-central Nigeria in screenshot from video obtained by Morning Star News. (Morning Star News) JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Soldiers and security personnel failed to intervene this month as Fulani herdsmen killed 70 Christians in one area of Plateau state, Nigeria, while in other areas soldiers helped herdsmen destroy farmland, Christian leaders … [Read more...] about Soldiers Complicit in Herdsmen Attacks in Nigeria, Christians Say

The Rev. Danlami Yakwoi of the ECWA was killed on July 25, 2021. (ECWA Facebook) JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen in north-central Nigeria on Saturday (July 24) killed a Christian pastor they had kidnapped two weeks before, a church source said. The Rev. Danlami Yakwoi of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) was kidnapped on July 12 along with … [Read more...] about Fulani Herdsmen Kill Pastor in North-Central Nigeria

A parent prays for students abducted through breached wall at Bethel Baptist High School, Maraban Rido, Kaduna state, Nigeria on July 5, 2021. (Vincent Bodam for Morning Star News) JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen early this morning kidnapped most of the nearly 180 students at a Christian high school in Kaduna state, Nigeria, sources … [Read more...] about Suspected Fulani Kidnap Christian High School Students in Nigeria

JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Armed Fulani shot a Christian doctor to death on June 17 in Niger state, Nigeria following attacks that killed 17 Christians in Plateau state. Precious Emeka Chinedu was killed after five Fulani herdsmen walked into the private hospital he operated in Salka village, Magama County, and abducted him the evening of June 17, area residents told … [Read more...] about Armed Fulani Kill Doctor, 17 other Christians in Nigeria

Ruth Adamu, killed in Dong village, Jos, Nigeria, on May 23, 2021. (Morning Star News courtesy of family) JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (May 23) killed 14 Christians in a village near Jos, Plateau state and eight others in another village, sources said. Herdsmen attacked Kwi village, Riyom County, near Jos, at about 11 p.m., said area resident … [Read more...] about Herdsmen Attacks Kill 37 Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria

Ladi Moses, mother of 16-month-old baby, was slain in Jebbu Miango, Nigeria on May 20, 2021. (Morning Star News courtesy of family) JOS, Nigeria, May 21, 2021 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen killed the wife and nephew of a Christian in Plateau state, Nigeria in an attack on their home on Thursday night (May 20), sources said. Jeffrey Moses, 26, said he and his … [Read more...] about Young Mother, 19-Year-Old Christian Killed in Central Nigeria

Nurse Afiniki Bako was kidnapped from a rural hospital in Kaduna state, Nigeria on April 21, 2021. (Fellowship of Christian Nurses) JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen in north-central Nigeria kidnapped a pastor’s wife from her home and two nurses from a hospital, while other Islamic extremists may have joined herdsmen in abducting more than 70 people from … [Read more...] about Kidnappings Terrorize Christians in Kaduna State, Nigeria