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Nigeria’s New Year begins with attacks on Christians

January 4, 2018 Nigeria Adamawa, Benue, Christian Association of Nigeria, Fulani herdsmen, Kaduna, Kwara, Muhammadu Buhari, Omuku, Rivers State

In Nigeria, the New Year celebrations were marked by incidents which claimed dozen lives across the country. According to local sources and media, the attacks were carried out by suspected Fulani herdsmen or Muslim youths, who targeted Christian worshippers. The attacks affected the volatile Middle Belt states (Benue, Kaduna), epicenter . . . Read More

Nigeria considers giving Islamic appeals courts authority to take criminal cases

June 5, 2016 Nigeria Apostasy, Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Gombe, Hudud, Islamic extremism, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Plateau, Sharia, Yobe, Zamfara

A Sharia court in northern Nigeria.Courtesy of Open Doors The situation Nigeria’s National Assembly is considering a change to the country’s constitution that would expand the scope of jurisdiction of the country’s Islamic Sharia courts of appeal. Currently, the constitution limits those appellate courts to matters concerning family law. . . . Read More

Ethnic cleansing of Christians in central Nigeria too?

November 29, 2015 Nigeria Fulani herdsmen, Genocide, Kwara, Middle Belt, Taraba

The aftermath of a suicide bombing in Kano State, northern Nigeria.World Watch Monitor Everyone has heard of the violent atrocities committed by Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria, but Taraba State, in what’s called the Middle Belt of the country, is also the scene of severe violence: Hausa-Fulani Muslim herdsmen . . . Read More

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Ethnic cleansing of Christians in central Nigeria too?

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