Tag: Yola

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

Freed Chibok girls finally head to university and home

September 14, 2017 Nigeria Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Yola

Some of the Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in April 2014 will start at the American University in Yola, Adamawa state this month, the Nigerian government says. Of the 276 girls abducted three years ago, 106 have been either found or freed so far. Eighty-two girls were released in . . . Read More

Nigerian officials stole food meant for starving victims of Boko Haram

May 9, 2017 Nigeria Borno, Chibok girls, Maiduguri, Yola

Despite the good news of 82 freed ‘Chibok girls’, 14 million are in need of aid in north-east Nigeria, the centre of the Boko Haram insurgency. Of the 14 million, more than half are “severely food insecure”. The UN describes the unfolding disaster in the region as the “greatest crisis on . . . Read More

Northeast Nigeria ‘greatest crisis on the African continent’, says UN

March 27, 2017 Nigeria Adamawa, Boko Haram, Borno, Gwoza, IDPs, Yobe, Yola

The UN has described the unfolding disaster in north-eastern Nigeria as the “greatest crisis on the continent” – the full extent of which has only been revealed as extremist militant group Boko Haram is pushed back. The UN estimated in December that 75,000 children are at risk of dying of . . . Read More

Photographer tells stories of ‘Boko Haram girls’

February 7, 2017 Nigeria Boko Haram, Nigeria, Women, Yola

A photographer given access to some of the most vulnerable victims of Boko Haram has produced a set of striking images to help tell their story. Chris de Bode, who specialises in covering humanitarian stories, visited Yola in north-eastern Nigeria for the Dutch Relief Alliance, a coalition of 14 Dutch . . . Read More

Victims of Boko Haram, Fulani violence to receive trauma counselling

November 25, 2016 Nigeria Adamawa, Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Fulani herdsmen, IDPs, Plateau, Refugees, Trauma, Yola

A trauma care centre is being constructed in Nigeria to support Christians who have suffered religiously motivated violence or abuse at the hands of Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen. The centre is being built by Open Doors International, a charity which supports Christians under pressure for their faith. In April, . . . Read More

UN condemns ‘barbaric’ Boko Haram

July 28, 2016 Nigeria Adamawa, Boko Haram, IDPs, Lake Chad, Nigeria, UN, Yobe, Yola

The United Nations has accused the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram of “almost unimaginable” violence and brutality in Nigeria. Stephen O’Brien, its global humanitarian co-ordinator, said the militant group’s actions had forced millions to flee, and that more than nine million people in the Lake Chad region need humanitarian assistance. . . . Read More

Now hunger threatens Nigerian Christians who’ve fled Boko Haram

July 26, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Gwoza, Yola

Internally displaced people queuing for relief materials in Maiduguri, Borno State. Oct. 2014World Watch Monitor ”I met a child today who came to our clinic, looking very thin and definitely showing signs of hunger. His parents don’t live in our camp, but they brought him here for health checks…” . . . Read More

Facebook safe button turned on after Nigeria bomb

December 8, 2015 Nigeria Nigeria, Yola

Facebook activated its safety check feature after the suicide attack on 17 November that killed 34 and injured 80 in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Yola, . The social networking site had been criticised for activating the feature after the attack on Paris, but not for other atrocities. The safety . . . Read More

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