NIGERIA: Rise of Fulani attacks on Christians during lockdown
Between 11 and 13 May, Fulani herdsmen killed at least twenty-five Christian men, women and children in Kaduna State.
Category: Nigeria
NIGERIA: Covid-19 aid distributed to victims of recent attacks
The aid packages, funded by Church in Chains, contained rice, beans, vegetable oil and other foodstuffs.
NIGERIA: Many Christians killed as Fulani attacks continue across country
Many Nigerian Christians have been killed in recent months, including young children, as attacks by militant Muslim Fulani herdsmen continue across the country.
NIGERIA: Millions of Christians join nationwide prayer walks against violence
The Christian Association of Nigeria reports that five million Christians took part in nationwide prayer walks protesting about the recent upsurge in attacks and abductions.
NIGERIA: Call to fast and pray for end to violence
The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Rev Dr Samson Ayokunle, has called for three days of fasting and prayer to end violent attacks on Christians.
NIGERIA: Boko Haram executes abducted pastor
Pastor Lawan Andimi was beheaded by Boko Haram terrorists on the afternoon of 20 January
NIGERIA: Pastor abducted following series of Christmas attacks
On 2 January, Rev Lawan Andimi, Adamawa state chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, was abducted during a Boko Haram raid in northeast Nigeria.
NIGERIA: Engravers’ College students and staff released
The six students and two staff members kidnapped from a Christian-run school in Kaduna state on 3 October have been released.
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.
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.