NIGERIA: Six students, two staff kidnapped from Christian-run school
On 3 October, gunmen abducted six teenage girls and two staff members from a Christian-run boarding school in Kaduna state.
Category: Nigeria
NIGERIA: Boko Haram executes two Christian aid workers
Boko Haram militants have executed Godfrey Ali Shikagham and Lawrence Duna Dacighir, who were building shelters for displaced Nigerians.
NIGERIA: Fulani militants kill pastor’s wife despite ransom payment
Militant Fulani herdsmen kidnapped pastor’s wife Esther Katung and later killed her, despite her family paying a ransom.
NIGERIA: Government says Leah Sharibu is alive
The Nigerian government released a statement confirming that kidnapped Christian teenager, Leah Sharibu, was alive and that it was still negotiating her release with Boko Haram.
NIGERIA: Fulani militants massacre 17 Christians at baby dedication celebration
On Sunday 14 April, ethnic Fulani Muslim militants in Nasarawa State shot dead 17 Christians holding a dinner to celebrate the dedication of a baby earlier that day.
NIGERIA: Five years on, have the Chibok girls been abandoned?
Five years after Boko Haram militants abducted 276 schoolgirls from Chibok in northeast Nigeria, 112 remain missing.
NIGERIA: Fulani militants kill 146 in Christian areas of southern Kaduna
In the past five weeks, ethnic Fulani Muslim militants have killed 146 people in Christian areas of southern Kaduna state and destroyed over two hundred houses.
NIGERIA: What can Christians expect after elections?
Christians in Nigeria’s Middle Belt and north are hoping for change but fearful of violence as they anticipate the elections on Saturday 23 February
NIGERIA: Boko Haram kills hostage; Leah Sharibu to be “slave for life”
Boko Haram has killed another aid worker and announced that it would keep kidnapped school girl Leah Sharibu as “slave for life”.
NIGERIA: Fulani militants kill 17 Christians in Jos
Armed Fulani militants killed 17 Christians in their homes in Jos, capital of Plateau state, on 27 September.