Muslims Destroy Churches In Nigeria Kano State
Muslim extremists destroyed several churches and a pastor’s house in the latest religious violence to hit Nigeria’s northern Kano state, church representatives and rights activists said Friday, May 21.
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Nigeria Women Protest Against Massacre of Christians
Thousands of women dressed in black have marched through the streets of the troubled Nigerian city of Jos “to mourn, pray and protest” against the killings of possible hundreds of people, most of them Christians, by suspected Muslim mobs.
BREAKING NEWS: Attacks Against Christian Villages Kill 200 In Nigeria
Bodies of the dead — including many women and children — lined dusty streets in three mostly Christian villages south of Nigeria’s regional capital of Jos early Monday, March 8, after rioters armed with machetes “slaughtered” over 200 people here, witnesses said.
NEWS ALERT: Over 40 Killed After Attack On Nigeria Church
Over 40 people have been killed in the Nigerian city of Jos in the country’s Plateau State, after around 200 Muslim youths attacked Christians near a Catholic Church sparking retaliatory violence, Christian rights investigators said Monday, January 18.
White House Calls Plane Explosion “Attempted Terrorism”
The White House said Saturday, December 26, that a small explosion aboard an international flight bound for the U.S. city of Detroit was “an attempted act of terrorism.”
Nigeria Releases Jailed Christian
A Nigerian Christian who was serving a three-year prison sentence since May 2008 on charges of “blasphemy” against Islam has been released, Worthy News learned Thursday, February 26.
NEWS ALERT: Religious Clashes Kill 11 In Nigeria; Thousands Displaced
Thousands of people remained displaced Wednesday, February 25, by religious clashes in the northern Nigerian city of Bauchi which left at least 11 people dead and 100 hospitalized, Christian rights investigators and police said.
Chad: Convert Loses Family Members for His Faith
A little over a year after becoming a Christian in Ngudungudu, Chad in December 1995, Jeje Nehamiah Baki left the town to meet up with his nomadic family in the wilderness.
Nigeria: Northern State to Demolish Four Churches
Without discussion or compensation, the Kano state government has unilaterally decided to demolish four churches in this city to make way for roads and a hospital.
Christians Urged to Pray for Former Muslims
The countdown began Monday, November 5, for what organizers say will be the largest global prayer event for the estimated 200 million persecuted Christians around the world, including many who abandoned Islam.
Nigeria: Threats Force Northern Church Underground
Death threats and other dangers here drove most of the members of a church of converts from Islam to other parts of northern Nigeria — yet a fellowship remains.
Cameroon Government Cracking Down On Pentecostal Churches
Evangelical Christians in Cameroon faced an uncertain future Sunday, April 29, amid fresh reports that local authorities are seeking to control the “surging numbers” of Pentecostal churches in Western African nation.
Nigeria Christians On Edge As Muslim Wins Presidential Ballot
Christians in Nigeria were on high alert Monday, April 23, as election officials confirmed that the outgoing Christian president of Nigeria will be succeeded by a controversial Muslim candidate following Saturday’s election.
Nigeria: Muslims Club Christian Teacher to Death
Christianah Oluwatoyin Oluwasesin, a teacher at Government Secondary School of Gandu in this northern Nigerian town, was in high spirits last Wednesday (March 21) as she made her way to school where she teaches government.
Nigeria: Sokoto State Stifles Growth of Church Buildings
The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), one of the largest Pentecostal churches in Nigeria, is also one of the fastest growing churches in Africa. It is a cradle of miraculous healing, signs and wonders, but there is one miracle the church in this northern city has been unable to muster: keeping a Shiite sect from taking over its property.
Nigeria: Muslims Kidnap, Convert Christian Children
Beginning in November of last year, 13-year-old Victor Udo Usen, a member of the Christ Apostolic Church in this northern Nigeria city, went missing.
Nigeria: Muslim Students Set Fire to High School Chapel
Muslim students twice have set fire to a high school chapel here since it was rebuilt last August, after Islamists burned it down three years ago.
Persection North Korean Christians “Worse” Than Ever, Document Shows
Persecution of Christians in North Korea “is worse than ever”, amid fresh reports of torture and executions, Christian investigators said Friday, February 2.
Nigeria Muslim Mob Destroy Churches and Christian Homes; Several Injured
Christians faced another tense night in Northern Nigeria late Friday, September 22, where authorities imposed a curfew after angry Muslim mobs burned 11 churches over what they called “blasphemy” against the Prophet Mohammad by a Christian woman, police and Christian investigators said.
Islamic Violence Paralyzes Teenager, Churches in Nigeria
For two years Francis Yohanna Anche, 15, has been suffering from a brain injury he sustained when Muslim students in his high school in Zaria city attacked Christian students. His right hand and leg are still paralyzed from a machete cut to his head.