Tag: Nasarawa

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

Nigeria considers giving Islamic appeals courts authority to take criminal cases

June 5, 2016 Nigeria Apostasy, Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Gombe, Hudud, Islamic extremism, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Plateau, Sharia, Yobe, Zamfara

A Sharia court in northern Nigeria.Courtesy of Open Doors The situation Nigeria’s National Assembly is considering a change to the country’s constitution that would expand the scope of jurisdiction of the country’s Islamic Sharia courts of appeal. Currently, the constitution limits those appellate courts to matters concerning family law. . . . Read More

1.3 million Christians displaced in N. Nigeria

May 31, 2016 Nigeria Adamawa, Agatu, Benue, Borno, Kaduna, Kafanchan, Middle Belt, Nasarawa, Nigeria, Plateau, Sharia, Taraba, Yobe

Christians in northern Nigeria have paid a heavy price for Fulani herdshmen’s attacks and Boko Haram’s insurgency, which aims at implementing Sharia in Africa’s most populous country. An estimated 11,500 Christians were killed, over 1.3 million others were displaced and 13,000 churches destroyed or abandoned between 2006 and 2014, said . . . 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

Boko Haram headlines hide persecution of Christians in mid-Nigeria, too

March 20, 2015 Nigeria Adamawa, Benue, Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Fulani herdsmen, Islamic extremism, Jos, Kaduna, Middle Belt, Nasarawa, Nigeria, Plateau, Sharia, Taraba, Zamfara

The whole world has heard of the Chibok abduction: the 276 girls, predominantly Christians, kidnapped by Boko Haram in northern Nigeria in April 2014. There are 220 still missing. But the publicity surrounding this serves to hide a more widespread persecution of Christians in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria. Nigeria . . . Read More

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