At least 51 killed in another attack in Nigeria’s Plateau state
Maiduguri, Nigeria Reuters At least 51 people were killed by gunmen in the early hours of Monday in Nigeria’s northern Plateau state, residents and Amnesty International said, two weeks after deadly clashes in another part of the state left dozens dead. Last week, the national emergency agency said gunmen had killed at least 52 people […]
Violence continues in Nigeria but government in denial, church leaders say
World Watch Monitor A pregnant woman and a child were among four people killed in attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria’s Plateau State last week. The attackers targeted the villages of Ancha and Tafigana in the Bassa Local Government area, as reported by news site Nasoweseeamonline. A village in Southern Kaduna, located in Nigeria’s “Middle Belt”, after an […]
At least 40 Christians killed in two attacks in Kaduna State, Nigeria – sources
Morning Star News At least 32 people were killed in a Muslim Fulani herder attack on a Christian area of north-central Nigeria on Tuesday, sources said. The early morning assault on villages in and around Maro, in Kajuru County of Kaduna state, came after a 10th February herdsmen attack on Angwan Barde, in the same […]
As Nigeria votes, family and churches urge candidates to remember Christian teen Leah Sharibu
World Watch Monitor One year since the Christian teenager Leah Sharibu was abducted from her boarding school in north-eastern Nigeria by an Islamist group, a coalition of groups have called on presidential candidates to tell Nigerians how they plan to secure her release. “We are urging the political parties and their candidates that now that the campaigns […]
Nigeria’s herder-farmer conflict escalates due to government inaction – Amnesty International
World Watch Monitor Almost 4,000 people have been killed and thousands displaced in fighting between herders and farmers in Nigeria’s middle belt in the past three years, Amnesty International says in a new report. Amnesty, who started documenting clashes in January 2016, said this week violence was increasing with more than half (57 per cent) of the […]
Nigerian church leader calls for an end to “rumour mongering” in wake of violence in Kaduna state
World Watch Monitor A senior church leader in Nigeria has said that “rumour mongering” was at the heart of last week’s violence in north-western Kaduna state, which killed 55 people, reports Nigeria’s Daily Post. Following the violence a curfew was imposed. The Catholic Archbishop of Kaduna, Rev Mathew Ndagoso, urged citizens to refrain from spreading rumours […]
Kidnapping of German archaeologists highlights growing insecurity in southern Kaduna, Nigeria
World Watch Monitor Two German archaeologists have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in southern Kaduna, highlighting the growing insecurity in the northern Nigerian state. The kidnapping of the two men, who have been working in the region for 10 years, took place in Kagarko, 80 kilometres from Kafanchan, where more than 800 people have been […]
NIGERIA: HOPE FOR VICTIMS OF CONFLICT CLAIMING MORE LIVES THAN BOKO HARAM
World Watch Monitor reports on ongoing violence against Christian in Nigeria’s ‘Middle Belt’ where many experts say the death toll is worse than that caused by Boko Haram…