Tag: Christian Association of Nigeria

Claim: Mistrust slows defeat of Boko Haram

August 12, 2015 Nigeria Boko Haram, Christian Association of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Pentecostals

Archbishop Idowu-Fearon, a Nigerian who is the new secretary-general of the Anglican Communion, that Christian leaders sceptical of Muslim motives have hurt the Nigerian campaign against the militant Islamist sect Boko Haram. He said they believed Muslim leaders supported the insurgency that has left thousands of Christians and Muslims dead. . . . Read More

Nigerian Christian fundraiser for terror victims

December 5, 2014 Nigeria Boko Haram, Christian Association of Nigeria, Nigeria, Sharia

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has announced that it will raise funds from its member churches to help victims of terror attacks in the northern states. The funds will be raised as part of a special offering to be collected in churches on Sunday 7 December. Of Nigeria’s approximately . . . Read More

Boko Haram suspects kill 200 more in Nigeria

June 6, 2014 Nigeria Boko Haram, Christian Association of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Stephen Davis

Parents, whose daughters were abducted by Boko Haram in Chibok, Borno State, receiving prayer messages of encouragement sent from Christians around the world; 18 May 2014.World Watch Monitor It is feared Boko Haram militants have killed at least 200 more people in a wave of attacks launched across Borno . . . Read More

As Boko Haram violence continues, Christians and Muslims talk peace

May 28, 2014 Nigeria Berom, Boko Haram, Borno, Christian Association of Nigeria, Jos

Jos market bombing. May 20 2014.World Watch Monitor More than 100 people have been killed in three bombings in a span of four days, all suspected to be planted by Boko Haram, in the Nigerian city Jos. On May 24, three people – including the suicide bomber – were . . . Read More

List: 165 kidnapped girls are Christian

May 5, 2014 Nigeria Borno, Chibok girls, Christian Association of Nigeria, Nigeria

Of the 200 or more girls kidnapped April 14 from a boarding school in Chibok, Nigeria, at least 165 of them are Christian, according to a list of names and a statement released Sunday, May 4, by a former chairman of an affiliate of the Christian Association of Nigeria. Neither . . . Read More

20 Nigerian churches destroyed during violent March

March 31, 2014 Nigeria Benue, Boko Haram, Christian Association of Nigeria, Fulani herdsmen

More than 20 churches have been destroyed by Fulani herdsmen during attacks on communities in Benue State, Nigeria. The attacks in Nigeria’s “Middle Belt” started early in March but resumed March 23 in the town of Gbajimba, in the Guma Local Government Area. The attacks have claimed more than 100 . . . Read More

Nigeria’s churches will not stay silent during violence, leader says

March 12, 2014 Nigeria Berom, Boko Haram, Christian Association of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, Pentecostals

Nigeria’s largest church network is calling on the country’s president for more protection from Boko Haram attacks. The president, meanwhile, is calling for more prayer. “We will not keep silence amidst persecution Christians are facing,” Rev. Ayo Oritsejafor, president of the Christian Association of Nigeria, told World Watch Monitor on . . . Read More

Nigeria’s deadly winter

February 14, 2014 Nigeria Adamawa, Boko Haram, Borno, Christian Association of Nigeria, Fulani herdsmen, Kaduna, West Africa

Attackers stormed this Catholic church during mass, blocked the main door, detonated homemade bombs, and opened fire.Twitter / @ChristianPost The new year has begun in exceptionally violent fashion in north-eastern Nigeria, prompting Christian organisations to renew their pleas for better government security. Boko Haram, the militant group that wants . . . Read More

Pastor killed, church torched in Nigeria

February 14, 2014 Nigeria Ansaru, Christian Association of Nigeria, ECWA, Katsina

The charred remains of Evangelical Church Winning All in Kankia.World Watch Monitor A pastor has been killed and a church set on fire in Nigeria after the body of a six-year-old girl was discovered near his home. Dike Ocha, 50, pastor of the Assemblies of God Church in Kankia, . . . Read More

Dozens killed in fresh attacks in central Nigeria

November 29, 2013 Nigeria Berom, Boko Haram, Christian Association of Nigeria, Church of Christ in Nigeria, ECWA, Fulani herdsmen, Plateau

Mass burials took place on Tuesday.World Watch Monitor About 40 people were killed in coordinated attacks on Monday night in four Christian-dominated villages in the central Nigerian State of Plateau. Local sources contacted by World Watch Monitor report that the assailants, believed to be members of the Fulani tribe, . . . Read More

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