Tag: Muhammadu Buhari

Buhari renews pledge to protect Nigerians as killings continue

July 6, 2018 Nigeria Abuja, Benue, Boko Haram, Christian Association of Nigeria, Fulani herdsmen, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Plateau, Zamfara

The Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to end the killings in the restive regions of the Middle Belt, amidst growing pressure to deal with the situation. A spate of attacks over three days – from Friday 22 to Sunday 24 June – left more than 200 dead in 11 . . . Read More

Nigerian government ‘not doing enough’ to protect citizens – Amnesty

June 29, 2018 Nigeria Abuja, Fulani herdsmen, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Zamfara

Amnesty International has accused the Nigerian government of not doing enough to curb the violence that has claimed more than 1,800 lives so far this year. By failing to hold murderers to account, Nigerian authorities are encouraging impunity that is fuelling rising insecurity across the country, said Amnesty in a . . . Read More

Nigerian Christians refute claims herdsmen killings were retaliatory, as Plateau violence reaches new peak

June 28, 2018 Nigeria APC, Berom, Christian Association of Nigeria, Church of Christ in Nigeria, ECWA, Fulani herdsmen, Islamic extremism, Jos, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Plateau

In central Nigeria, clashes between predominantly Christian farmers and mainly Muslim Fulani herdsmen reached another peak in Plateau over the weekend, as suspected herdsmen went on a killing spree in a dozen villages, leaving scores dead. Early reports suggested that 86 people were killed, but local sources contacted by World . . . Read More

‘Why have killers of Christians been set free?’ – Christian Association of Nigeria

June 25, 2018 Nigeria Adamawa, Christian Association of Nigeria, Enugu, Eunice Elisha, Fulani herdsmen, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Yola

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene after five Christian youths were sentenced to death in the north-eastern state of Adamawa, warning of a “miscarriage of justice” and bemoaning a lack of consistency in bringing killers to justice. On 11 June, a judge . . . Read More

‘Fulani herdsmen attacks have caused $1 billion damage in just one Nigerian state’

June 13, 2018 Nigeria Benue, Fulani herdsmen, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

Attacks attributed to Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria’s central state of Benue have caused damage to properties worth the equivalent of over one billion US dollars (400 billion nairas), says the state governor. Samuel Ortom told a local radio station the estimate was based on preliminary findings into attacks in the . . . Read More

Nigerian pastor says security services threatened to kill him after Muslim woman’s conversion to Christianity

June 6, 2018 Nigeria Christian Association of Nigeria, Islamic extremism, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Plateau

The Nigerian pastor who played a central role in the conversion of a young Muslim woman to Christianity has denounced the response of the country’s security services, from which he alleges he has received death threats. The first response of the Nigerian Department of State Security Services (DSS), in January, . . . Read More

Nigeria: 7 more killed by suspected herdsmen in what Benue governor calls a ‘jihad’

June 4, 2018 Nigeria Benue, Fulani herdsmen, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

A fresh attack attributed to Fulani herdsmen has left seven killed in Tseadough village, in the Kwande local government area of Benue state, in Nigeria’s Middle Belt. The assailants stormed the village in the early hours of Sunday 3 June, while people were asleep, the Chairman of Kwande Local Government . . . Read More

Nigeria: Seminary attacked, priest shot for ‘asking herdsmen to stop invading our school’

May 29, 2018 Nigeria Fulani herdsmen, Islamic extremism, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

Armed men, believed to be Fulani herdsmen, yesterday (28 May) attacked a Catholic boys’ secondary boarding school in Jalingo, capital of the Nigerian central state of Taraba. A priest was shot in the leg, while valuables worth thousands of dollars were destroyed, ‘This Day Live’ reported. The priest, named as . . . Read More

Amnesty accuses Nigerian army of raping women and girls who fled Boko Haram

May 24, 2018 Nigeria Boko Haram, Divorce, IDPs, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Women

Women and girls detained by Boko Haram have then been raped by their military ‘rescuers’ reports Amnesty International in a report that has taken two years and 250 interviews. Nigerian troops sometimes separated women from their husbands and raped them, sometimes in exchange for food, in refugee camps, the rights . . . Read More

Nigeria: 10 killed in Kogi state as herdsmen attacks move south

May 16, 2018 Nigeria Benue, Donald Trump, Fulani herdsmen, Kogi, Middle Belt, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

At least ten people were killed as suspected Fulani herdsmen attacked Christian communities in Kogi state on Monday, 14 May. Nigeria has been plagued by violence attributed to the herdsmen, particularly in the Middle Belt and northeast. But now the violence is also affecting the predominantly Christian south states, with . . . Read More

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