Tag: Nigeria

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

What does conviction of five Christian youths to hang for death of one Fulani herder show about the farmer–herdsmen conflict in N. Nigeria?

June 25, 2018 Nigeria Adamawa, Enugu, Fulani herdsmen, Nigeria, Yola

Five Christian youths were recently sentenced to death by hanging for killing a Fulani herder, himself alleged to have killed 48 people. The five are from Adamawa state in north-east Nigeria, one of the three states most severely hit by the Boko Haram insurgency. Many fled Boko Haram, only to . . . 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

‘Please wish her happy birthday’ – missing Chibok girl’s mother

June 14, 2018 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Chibok girls, Dapchi, Leah Sharibu, Nigeria, Yobe

For the 20th birthday of one of the missing Chibok girls, her mother has sent a plea: “Please wish her a happy birthday and remember her in your prayers,” CNN reports. The mother of Dorcas Yakubu – kidnapped by Boko Haram from a boarding school in Nigeria’s north-western town of . . . 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

Ad in Vanity Fair tells #MeToo celebrities of women who suffer for their faith

June 8, 2018 Global News -- No Particular Country Boko Haram, India, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Italy, Kidnapping, Nigeria, Religious freedom, Women, Yazidis

Rebecca Bitrus was abducted by Boko Haram in 2014 and suffered because of her faith. (Photo credit: Claire Giangravé/Crux news agency)

An ad in the Italian edition of Vanity Fair has called for the global #MeToo campaign to include women who suffer violence because of their religion. The Vanity Fair ad includes an open letter to some of the actresses who spoke out as part of the #MeToo initiative, like Asia . . . 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

Fulani violence against Nigeria Christians hits record high

May 25, 2018 Nigeria Benue, Catholics, Children, Dapchi, Education, Fulani herdsmen, Kaduna, Lagos, Leah Sharibu, Nasarawa, Nigeria, Plateau, Taraba

Catholics protest in Kaduna state on 22 May, 2018.

Violence attributed to militant Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria has reached a record high this year. The Governor of the central state of Benue said this week that 492 people have been killed in his state alone so far this year. Governor Samuel Ortom was speaking 22 May at the mass . . . Read More

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