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On October 1, Fulani herders attacked a predominantly Christian village in central Nigeria, killing seven people, according to the villagers. According to a press statement by Philip Ebenyakwu, chairman of the Agatu Local Government Council, the herders raided Egwuma village in Agatu County, Benue State, at approximately five o’clock in the evening. “They began shooting…
ABUJA, Nigeria Per reports, individuals identified as Fulani herders in a particular region of Plateau State were involved in the killing of a Christian on Thursday, September 26. Additionally, on September 15, eight other Christians lost their lives in a separate area of the state. According to local Lawrence Zango, armed herders ambushed and killed a…
ABUJA, Nigeria According to a recent report, Fulani herdsmen and other “bandit” terrorists who frequently sided with them killed more civilians in Nigeria for four years than the Islamic extremist groups Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). The Observatory of Religious Freedom in Africa (ORFA) published a report on August 29 stating that…
Abuja, Nigeria: The number of deaths in Benue State, Nigeria, keeps rising. In July and August, the number of Christians killed in the same county reached 38. Fulani herders murdered six villagers on August 23. According to a resident named Joseph Adayi, who sent the information via text message, a group of armed herdsmen attacked the…
ABUJA, Nigeria The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) report states that Nigerian federal and state governments still tolerate attacks by nonstate actors justifying violence based on religion. “Islamist and some Fulani militant groups have expressed a goal of overthrowing secular governance to enforce a singular interpretation of Islam,” states the report, released on Friday (Aug….
ABUJA, Nigeria Early on Saturday, August 10, in the Niger state of central Nigeria, Muslims set fire to a church, according to sources. According to Associate Pastor Samson Ogbebor, Muslims have destroyed the worship auditorium at the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) congregation in Kontagora town twice; the second time it happened at around three…
Abuja, Nigeria: On Tuesday, a group of predominantly Muslim Fulani herdsmen reportedly attacked Christian farmers in Plateau State, resulting in injuries to four individuals. In Lwa village, Bachi District, Riyom County, three individuals were subjected to an attack while tending to their farm work. The Fulani herders also attacked another person while attempting to flee the…
Together, bandits and Fulani people sell land that rightfully belongs to farmers through deceitful means. At least 50 Christians lost their lives as a result of an attack on a village in central Nigeria on Thursday, August 8, by Fulani herders and a criminal gang, according to sources. Two residents allege that over 50 Christians…
ABUJA, Nigeria Fulani attackers killed 18 Christians in a late-night assault on Friday (July 19) in central Nigeria, area residents said. The assailants invaded Mbacher village, a predominantly Christian community in Benue state’s Katsina-Ala County, at about 11 p.m., said Joseph Achiv. “A group of Fulani Muslims carrying deadly weapons attacked Mbacher village,” Achiv told Christian…
In response to terrorist attacks, a denomination in Plateau State, Nigeria, has closed seventy of its churches. The terrorists reportedly freed the kidnapped priest in the nation’s northwest on Sunday, July 7th, as per reports. He asserted that the December 2017 Christmas attacks had a profound effect on COCIN congregations. The Christmas attacks in December…