Tag: Fulani herdsmen

Nigerian Fulani attacks ‘kill 1,269 since 2013’

August 12, 2016 Nigeria Agatu, Benue, Boko Haram, Christian Association of Nigeria, Fulani herdsmen, Islamic extremism, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

Attacks by Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria’s central state of Benue have claimed at least 1,269 lives, a study by Premium Times magazine has shown. On February 21, in an attack in Agatu, for instance, one of the most serious in Nigeria in recent years – over 500 villagers were reportedly . . . Read More

Families of murdered Nigerian pastors mourn their loss

August 4, 2016 Nigeria Abuja, Eunice Elisha, Fulani herdsmen, Joseph Kurah, Nasarawa

Joseph Kurah, murdered on 30 June, and Eunice Elisha, who was killed 10 days later.Twitter: @uncanny_sam / World Watch Monitor Thousands of people, including journalists from around the world, attended the funeral of Father Jacques Hamel, the French priest murdered on 26 July while presiding over Mass. The attack . . . Read More

UPDATE: Fresh attacks on Christian villages in Benue, Central Nigeria

July 27, 2016 Nigeria Agatu, Benue, Fulani herdsmen, Islamic extremism, Joseph Kurah

The aftermath of an attack, which claimed hundreds of lives, in the central Nigerian state of Benue, Feb. 2016.World Watch Monitor UPDATE (27 July): A fresh attack in the central Nigerian State of Benue by suspected Fulani herdsmen has left at least 14 dead in the predominantly Christian area . . . Read More

UPDATE: Nigerian Christians told to ‘buckle up’ after preacher hacked to death

July 14, 2016 Nigeria Abuja, Agatu, Bauchi, Boko Haram, Church of Christ in Nigeria, ECWA, Eunice Elisha, Fulani herdsmen, Gombe, Joseph Kurah, Nasarawa, Pentecostals

Mother of seven, Eunice Elisha, was murdered close to Nigeria’s capital, AbujaWorld Watch Monitor A female preacher was hacked to death in the early hours of 9 July near Nigeria’s capital. Eunice Elisha, a mother of seven, had gone out to preach as was usual, her husband, Olawale Elisha, . . . Read More

Pastor hacked to death in Nasarawa, C. Nigeria

July 5, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, ECWA, Fulani herdsmen, Joseph Kurah, Nasarawa

A pastor with the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in Obi town, in Nigeria’s central State of Nasarawa, was killed by suspected armed Fulani herdsmen on 30 June. Rev. Joseph Kurah, accompanied by three other people, went to his farm at about 7pm to cut down trees for roofing wood. . . . Read More

Fulani herdsmen strike again in Kaduna, Nigeria

June 1, 2016 Nigeria Benue, Fulani herdsmen, Kaduna, Kafanchan, Middle Belt, Nigeria, Taraba

A predominantly Christian community in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna was attacked by suspected Muslim Fulani herdsmen on 31 May, local sources told World Watch Monitor. They said the early morning attack led to the burning of all the churches and some houses in the community. two dead, and . . . Read More

US lawmaker pledges to push for special envoy to Nigeria

May 11, 2016 Nigeria Agatu, Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen, West Africa

A member of the U.S. Congress said on Wednesday (11 May) that he will help introduce legislation calling on the president to establish a special envoy to Nigeria and the wider Lake Chad region, in an attempt to sharpen the American response to deadly Islamist insurgencies that have killed thousands . . . Read More

Nigeria: 44 dead in Taraba after ‘Fulani attack’

April 12, 2016 Nigeria Benue, Fulani herdsmen, Genocide, Nigeria, Taraba

Dozens are feared killed in fresh attacks on Monday 11 April, 2016, by suspected Fulani militants on several villages in the Gashak area of the Nigerian central state of Taraba. Local media report that at least 44 have been killed (though the exact number of casualties is yet to be . . . Read More

Agatu: over 10 villages still under Fulani siege

April 6, 2016 Nigeria Agatu, Benue, Fulani herdsmen, Nasarawa, Nigeria

Nearly two months after the invasion of Agatu by Fulani herdsmen, more than 10 villages are still under siege by rampaging Fulani insurgents, according to Chief Elias Ekoyi Obekpa, traditional ruler of the Idoma tribe in Benue State, Nigeria. Several days of attacks in February’s final days killed hundreds of . . . Read More

Village massacres strain Nigeria further, as traditional nomads fight modernisation

March 23, 2016 Nigeria Agatu, Benue, Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen, Katsina, West Africa

The aftermath of an attack, which claimed hundreds of lives, in the central Nigerian state of Benue, Feb. 2016.World Watch Monitor In the rural village of Agatu, in north central Nigeria, someone had successfully installed a solar panel in his home before the arsonists lit their fires. It was . . . Read More

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