Tag: Jos

As Boko Haram violence continues, Christians and Muslims talk peace

May 28, 2014 Nigeria Berom, Boko Haram, Borno, Christian Association of Nigeria, Jos

Jos market bombing. May 20 2014.World Watch Monitor More than 100 people have been killed in three bombings in a span of four days, all suspected to be planted by Boko Haram, in the Nigerian city Jos. On May 24, three people – including the suicide bomber – were . . . Read More

Bombs kill dozens in Nigerian Christian district and Jos

May 20, 2014 Nigeria Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Goodluck Jonathan, Hisbah, Jos, Kano, Nigeria, Sabon Gari, Sharia

At least five people were killed May 18 by a bomb blast in the Christian district of Kano, in Northern Nigeria. That attack was followed by an even more deadly one on May 20, when two bomb explosions rocked the city of Jos, in Nigeria’s heartland. Two bomb blasts were reported, one . . . Read More

Boko Haram killing spree claims 110 Nigerians

October 1, 2013 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Catholics, Jos, Kaduna, Nigeria, Sharia, Yobe

The militant Islamist sect Boko Haram is suspected of killing at least 110 people of various faiths across Nigeria during the past week, prompting the country’s top Catholic bishop to declare the rebel movement “has no limits.” On Thursday, Sept. 26, gunmen killed Rev. Augustine Yohana, a Catholic priest, and . . . 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

‘I will never forget that day’

October 5, 2012 Nigeria Boko Haram, Jos, Nigeria, Plateau

It has been nearly three months since Hannatu Dantong’s husband died. She has been surrounded by his colleagues and family during this time, but still is in a deep state of mourning. “I find the greatest comfort in Psalm 23,” Dantong said. “I am reminded that the Lord will always . . . Read More

Violence topples Nigeria’s ‘bridge’

July 26, 2012 Nigeria Church of Christ in Nigeria, Jos, Nigeria, Plateau

Gyang Dantong was killed while attending a funeral. He was among a handful of elected members of Nigerian government attempting to bury the more than 100 Christians killed just the day before, when Muslim gunmen had rampaged through several villages in Nigeria’s central Plateau state. The sheer scale of the . . . Read More

Islamists bomb three churches in Kaduna, Nigeria

June 17, 2012 Nigeria Bauchi, Boko Haram, Churches, ECWA, Islamic extremism, Jos, Kaduna, Nigeria, Pentecostals, Sabon Gari, Sharia, Zaria

Suspected Islamic extremists bombed three churches in Kaduna state this morning, the third consecutive Sunday that worship services in Nigeria have ended in lethal bloodshed. In a predominantly Christian area of Zaria known as Wusasa, a suspected Islamic extremist crashed a car into a barricade at an Evangelical Church Winning . . . Read More

Suicide bombing hits another church in Jos, Nigeria

June 10, 2012 Nigeria ECWA, Jos, Nigeria, Pentecostals, Plateau

An Islamic extremist ran a car full of explosives at a Pentecostal church in this Plateau state city this morning, killing at least two Christians and injuring more than 40 others, military and police officials said. In Borno state also today, gunmen reportedly killed at least two Christians during church . . . Read More

Islamic terrorist bases raided in Nigerian cities of Jos, Kano

May 21, 2012 Nigeria Boko Haram, Jos, Kano, Maiduguri, Nigeria

The Nigerian military’s discovery here of a Muslim terrorist base full of ammunition and explosives on Saturday (May 19) refutes Islamist claims that Christians have been bombing their own churches, a local pastor said. Following an intensive three-day search by Nigeria’s Special Military Task Force that found four Improvised Explosive . . . Read More

Bombers attack centre in Christian area of Jos

April 25, 2012 Nigeria ECWA, Jos, Nigeria, Plateau

One person was killed and nine others were injured last night after suspected Islamic extremists attacked a TV viewing center in a Christian area of Jos where a crowd had gathered to watch soccer. At about 10:15 p.m. at the viewing center, one of many such establishments popular in Nigeria . . . Read More

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