Tag: Goodluck Jonathan

Boko Haram ‘on verge of seizing control of Borno State’ after pastor’s death

May 17, 2013 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Goodluck Jonathan, Pentecostals

Rev. Faye Pama Musa, CAN Secretary for Borno, was killed in his home by suspected Boko Haram members.World Watch Monitor Borno State in Northern Nigeria has been teetering on the brink of a takeover by Islamist militant group Boko Haram, warned its Governor, Kassim Shettima, a few days before . . . Read More

Musa murder linked to Boko Haram

May 15, 2013 Nigeria Adamawa, Boko Haram, Borno, Christian Association of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria, Yobe

Rev. Faye Pama Musa, secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Borno State, was shot and killed yesterday (May 14). Musa’s murder came on the day President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa. Various reports in the region have linked the murder . . . Read More

Goodluck Jonathan’s amnesty gamble

April 23, 2013 Nigeria Abuja, Adamawa, Bauchi, Boko Haram, Borno, Christian Association of Nigeria, Gombe, Goodluck Jonathan, Jama'atu Nasril Islam, Kano, Lagos, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Pentecostals, Sultan of Sokoto, West Africa, Women, Yobe

A month ago, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said he would not negotiate with the militant Islamic sect Boko Haram because they were “ghosts,” faceless adversaries who would not step forward. That was then. This Wednesday, the President is scheduled to formally inaugurate a committee to explore amnesty for Boko Haram . . . Read More

Nigeria explores amnesty for Boko Haram

April 17, 2013 Nigeria Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday made good on an idea he has been floating for a week: He formed a committee to explore amnesty for Boko Haram. The government released a statement that the panel will “constructively engage key members of Boko Haram and define a comprehensive and workable framework for . . . Read More

Kano bus bomb prompts religious leaders to joint call for urgent measures

March 22, 2013 Nigeria Ansaru, Boko Haram, Christian Association of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, Jama'atu Nasril Islam, Kano, Nigeria, Sabon Gari, Sultan of Sokoto

A car bomb attack in a Christian enclave of Kano, the largest city in mainly-Muslim northern Nigeria, has heightened religious and ethnic tensions throughout the country. At least 25 people have been killed and at least 60 others injured, following the 18th March suicide bomb attack in a bus station . . . Read More

Widest church grouping raises funds for Boko Haram’s almost 800 victims during 2012

March 8, 2013 Nigeria Abuja, Bauchi, Boko Haram, Borno, Christian Association of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, Jos, Kaduna, Kano, Maiduguri, Nigeria, Pentecostals, Sharia, West Africa, Yobe

The most dangerous country for a Christian to live during 2012 was, arguably, Nigeria. That’s what research for the 2013 edition of the World Watch List shows up: it’s produced by the global Christian organisation Open Doors, whose researchers monitor the persecution of Christians worldwide. “Between November 2011 and October . . . Read More

Nigeria – 30 Christians killed in eve of New Year massacres

January 7, 2013 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Christmas, Goodluck Jonathan, Maiduguri, Nigeria, Yobe

Thirty people were killed in two separate attacks carried out by armed men ahead of the New Year, in north-eastern Nigeria. 15 people were killed in a single attack which occurred on Sunday 30th, when armed men stormed a church service in Kyachi village, outside Chibok, near Maiduguri. According to . . . Read More

Nigerian Christians on frontline vow to stay despite 40 ‘barbaric’ student deaths

October 17, 2012 Nigeria Adamawa, Boko Haram, Christian Association of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria, Sharia, Yola

President Goodluck Jonathan’s commiseration visit to relatives on Oct 15th, two weeks after the murder of about 40 students from three higher education institutions in Mubi, in Adamawa state, northern Nigeria, has failed to elucidate further the motive behind the deaths. What has become clear, however, is that the perpetrators . . . Read More

Two churches targeted in bomb attack in Nigeria

February 21, 2012 Nigeria Boko Haram, Churches, Enugu, Goodluck Jonathan, Kano, Lagos, Nigeria, Zaria

Suspected Islamic extremists detonated a bomb outside a church building here on Sunday (Feb. 19), two months after Boko Haram Islamists killed 44 Christians and blinded seven in a church bombing in nearby Madalla. Sunday’s blast in Suleja, in front of Christ Embassy church during their morning worship, injured five . . . Read More

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