Category: Nigeria

Eight missionaries from the Redeemed Christian Church of God were abducted on 26 March when gunmen intercepted their minibus en route to an evangelistic mission in southern Kaduna state

Pastor Bulus Yikura was released from captivity on the evening of Wednesday 3 March, following threats to kill him unless a ransom was paid

ISWAP militants have threatened to kill Pastor Bulus Yikura if a ransom is not paid by Wednesday 3 March

Islamist militants attacked two villages in northeast Nigeria on Christmas Eve, killing thirteen Christians and abducting eighteen others, five of whom were later executed

Baptist pastor Johnson Oladimeji was ambushed as he drove home after visiting his mother.

The raid took place at about 9 am, when church services were taking place and a church pastor was among the dead

Pastor Polycarp Zongo from Jos in Plateau state, in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, appeared in a short video uploaded to YouTube

Fulani Muslim militants killed 14 Baptists and wounded six others in a raid on village in central Nigeria’s Kogi state.

Rev Stephen Panya (pictured) made the comment following the latest attacks on Christian villages in Kaduna state.