Tag: Niger Delta

6 Nigerian nuns released 2 months after kidnap

January 9, 2018 Nigeria Catholics, Edo, Kidnapping, Lagos, Niger Delta, Nigeria

Altar in the Catholic church in Bauchi, northeast Nigeria. (Photo: World Watch Monitor, 2010)

Six Catholic nuns from a convent in the southern Nigerian state of Edo were released on Sunday (7 January), two months after they were kidnapped by armed men. The nuns, belonging to the Sisters of the Eucharistic Heart of Christ, were released after police intervention and were said to be . . . Read More

UK optician kidnapped and killed in Niger Delta, three other medical aid workers rescued

November 6, 2017 Nigeria Africa, Delta State, Ian Squire, Kidnapping, Niger Delta, Nigeria

A British optician, kidnapped with a missionary couple and another optician while working in the Niger Delta of Nigeria, has died. Ian Squire founded a Christian charity, Mission for Vision, in 2003 to “improve the lives of those living in the poorest regions in the developing world”. Once a year he . . . Read More

Nigeria: Kidnapped priest freed

September 30, 2016 Nigeria Abuja, Anambra, Fulani herdsmen, Kidnapping, Niger Delta, Nigeria

A Catholic priest kidnapped on Monday (26 Sep.) by Fulani herdsmen in south-eastern Nigeria was released yesterday (29 Sep). Fr. Emmanuel Dim was travelling with two other priests when they were attacked by some heavily armed men on Monday evening. “We thank God for the release of Rev. Fr. Emmanuel . . . Read More

Boko Haram attacks intensify in Nigeria & Cameroon

August 2, 2015 Adamawa, Benin, Boko Haram, Borno, Cameroon, Chad, IDPs, Kidnapping, Maroua, Muhammadu Buhari, N'Djamena, Niger, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Refugees, West Africa

On 25 July, 20 people were killed when a 12-year-old girl blew herself up in a crowded bar in Maroua, northern Cameroon.World Watch Monitor The radical Islamist group Boko Haram has intensified its suicide bombing attacks in northern Nigeria and Cameroon in recent weeks. On Friday (31 July) a . . . Read More

Nigerians, fearing election violence, forfeit vote to move to other end of country

March 4, 2015 Nigeria Anambra, APC, Bayelsa, Boko Haram, Elections, Enugu, Goodluck Jonathan, Igbo, Imo, Jama'atu Nasril Islam, Kaduna, Katsina, Middle Belt, Muhammadu Buhari, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Sharia, Zamfara

Ahead of Nigeria’s general elections on 28 March, hundreds of people, fearful of election violence, have fled back to their place of origin, World Watch Monitor has been told. The election was originally scheduled for 14 February, before being postponed to the March date for security reasons. Take for example . . . Read More

Claim of truce raises hope that kidnapped Nigerian girls will be released

October 18, 2014 Nigeria Ansaru, Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Goodluck Jonathan, Kidnapping, Niger Delta, Samuel Dali, Stephen Davis

The deserted streets of Chibok in August.World Watch Monitor Nigeria’s kidnapped schoolgirls will be released as part of a truce between militant Islamist group Boko Haram and government forces, the Nigerian army said Friday. The Nigerian chief of defence, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, made the announcement. Boko Haram . . . Read More

Dozens dead as violence continues in central Nigeria

February 26, 2014 Nigeria Berom, Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen, Niger Delta, Plateau

Tribal attacks have claimed many lives in central Nigeria in recent months. In November, around 40 members of the Berom community were killed and buried in mass graves.World Watch Monitor At least 43 people have died in two separate attacks as sectarian violence continues in central Nigeria’s Plateau state. . . . 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

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