Tag: Nigeria

Nigerian student recalls the night 10 family members were killed in front of her

October 22, 2018 Nigeria Christian Association of Nigeria, Fulani herdsmen, Jos, Nigeria, Plateau, Rape

When 23-year-old student Blessing Kogi returned home on Thursday 27 September, she was full of joy, expecting to spend a restful evening with her family in their quiet, residential neighbourhood of Rukuba Road, in the south-western outskirts of Jos, the capital of Nigeria’s Plateau state. Twelve members of her family . . . Read More

Chibok girls documentary airing tonight in the US

October 22, 2018 Nigeria Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Leah Sharibu, Nigeria, USA

A documentary showing the struggle of 103 Nigerian schoolgirls to reintegrate after their release from Boko Haram captivity will show tonight on the US satellite TV channel HBO. Stolen Daughters: Kidnapped by Boko Haram, a co-production of HBO, BBC2 and ARTE France, will be on at 7pm Central Time. The . . . Read More

Nigerian Islamist extremists kill aid worker ‘for work for Red Cross’, Christians ‘slaves for life’

October 16, 2018 Nigeria Abuja, Boko Haram, Christian Association of Nigeria, Justin Welby, Leah Sharibu, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

In Nigeria, a faction of Boko Haram – the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) – has killed a second aid worker kidnapped eight months ago. It’s also threatened to keep 15-year-old Leah Sharibu and Alice Loksha Ngaddah, a Christian nurse with UNICEF and mother of two (a boy, five, and . . . Read More

Leah Sharibu’s mother pleads with Nigerian president as kidnappers threaten to kill daughter

October 4, 2018 Nigeria Boko Haram, Leah Sharibu, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

The mother of the Christian girl detained by Boko Haram for over seven months has called on Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari to secure her daughter’s release. Leah Sharibu, 15, was one of 110 girls kidnapped on 19 February 2018 from a school in Nigeria’s north-eastern town of Dapchi, in Yobe . . . Read More

20+ Nigerian Christians drown in river attempting to escape Fulani attackers

September 21, 2018 Nigeria Adamawa, Fulani herdsmen, Nigeria

A pastor was one of at least 27 people who lost their lives following fresh attacks carried out by Fulani militants on five predominantly Christian communities in northeast Nigeria in recent days. Many of them drowned as they attempted to escape via the local river. Various sources contacted by World . . . Read More

Boko Haram kills midwife, threatens to kill other hostages, including Leah Sharibu, unless demands met

September 18, 2018 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Islamic State, Leah Sharibu, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, UN

Boko Haram has killed an aid worker and threatened to kill three other hostages, including the Christian schoolgirl Leah Sharibu. Saifura Hussaini Ahmed Khorsa, 25, who worked as midwife with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), had been abducted on 1 March, alongside two other health workers, when . . . Read More

Nigeria: Dozens more killed as Fulani herdsmen violence continues in Plateau state

September 14, 2018 Nigeria Fulani herdsmen, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Plateau

In Nigeria, dozens lost their lives during the first week of September as Fulani militants continued their killing spree in the central state of Plateau. Last month, more than 20 people – including a pastor and four members of his family – were killed in various raids attributed to Fulani . . . Read More

Kidnapped Nigerian Christian girl Leah Sharibu’s home burgled

September 12, 2018 Nigeria Boko Haram, Children, Dapchi, Leah Sharibu, Nigeria, Women, Yobe

Leah Sharibu, 14, was abducted by Boko Haram on 19 February 2018. (Photo from family)

The home of the kidnapped Nigerian teenager Leah Sharibu was broken into on Monday morning, 10 September. Leah’s mother was taking her only son to school, when thieves stole food and other belongings, including a generator, reports Nigerian news site The Cable. Leah, 15, was abducted from her school in . . . Read More

Nigeria: Pastor and three sons burned alive among at least 20 killed in latest Plateau massacre

September 7, 2018 Nigeria Christian Association of Nigeria, Church of Christ in Nigeria, Fulani herdsmen, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Plateau

A spate of attacks, in which at least 20 were killed in Nigeria’s central Plateau State over the last week of August, has shattered peace efforts by religious and political leaders in its capital, Jos. Three months ago, heavily armed Fulani militants stormed 15 villages across the same Barkin Ladi . . . Read More

Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram told to return to dangerous areas to vote

September 5, 2018 Nigeria Adamawa, Boko Haram, Borno, Fulani herdsmen, IDPs, Nigeria, Yobe

In northeast Nigeria, thousands of people who have fled Boko Haram’s attacks have been told to return back home, despite security concerns. Boko Haram’s nine-year insurgency has led to an acute crisis, described by the United Nations as one of the most severe in the world today, with more than 20,000 people killed, . . . Read More

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