Tag: Nigeria

Dec 2020. NIgeria Kidnap Part 1

Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls from their school dormitory in Chibok, in north-eastern Borno state, in April 2014 and about 100 are still missing. The group has also taken other schoolchildren as well as thousands of people across north-east Nigeria and has recently expanded into the country’s north-west. There is doubt over the direct involvement… Continue reading Dec 2020. NIgeria Kidnap Part 1

The Persecution of Christians Part 30

For the ethnic driver, there is a belief that the Fulani historically owned much of northern Nigeria in what was known as the Sokoto Caliphate. Due to this, some think that the Fulani are trying to regain control of what they see as their land. This leads them to then attack and take land from… Continue reading The Persecution of Christians Part 30

Dec 2020. Nigeria Kidnap

The leader of Boko Haram, the Islamist extremist group that abducted hundreds of schoolgirls in Nigeria six years ago, has claimed responsibility for the mass abduction of students in north-western Katsina state last week. In an audio tape released on Tuesday, Abubakar Shekau said: “Our brothers were behind the abduction in Katsina.” A large group… Continue reading Dec 2020. Nigeria Kidnap

Dec 2020. School Abduction in Nigeria

More than 300 schoolboys kidnapped in northern Nigeria have been rescued, the Katsina state governor has said. The 344 boys, whose abduction was claimed by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, were on their way back to Katsina, Aminu Masari told the state broadcaster on Thursday. “At the moment, 344 of the students have been… Continue reading Dec 2020. School Abduction in Nigeria

The Persecution of Christians Part 29

The major drivers of the Christian persecution for the Fulani militants is a very complex issue with socio-economic, ethnic, and religious drivers. For the socio-economic driver, the Fulani are mainly migrant herders who need access to land. The Christian farming communities of the Middle Belt also need access to this same land. This creates tensions… Continue reading The Persecution of Christians Part 29

The Persecution of Christians Part 28

The Christian Ethnic Cleansing has several different drivers, based on groups and location. For Boko Haram, they are dedicated to ridding Nigeria of all Western influence, of which they think Christianity is a part. They also seek to create an Islamic caliphate in the northeastern part of the country. ISWAP is very similar to Boko… Continue reading The Persecution of Christians Part 28

The Persecution of Christians Part 27

Besides ISIS, Boko Haram and al-Shabaab, there is another lesser known group which The International Christian Concern (ICC)  term “Fulani militants.” This is a hostile group of individuals who attack Christian farming communities throughout the Middle Belt of Nigeria. The term militants is used because there are many Fulani who are peaceful, but there are… Continue reading The Persecution of Christians Part 27

The Persecution of Christians Part 26

The International Christian Concern (ICC) has asserted that Nigeria is the biggest killing ground of Christians today. How big a problem is Christian persecution in Nigeria compared to what goes on in other parts of the world? The three biggest terrorist organizations in the world today are ISIS, Boko Haram, and al-Shabaab. Boko Haram has… Continue reading The Persecution of Christians Part 26

The Persecution of Christians Part 25

A picture taken on February 24, 2017 shows the damaged alter of Saint Moses Catholic Church in the village of Bakin Kogi, in Kaduna state, northwest Nigeria, that was recently attacked by suspected Fulani herdsmen. Long-standing tensions between herdsmen and farmers have flared up again in Kaduna state, northern Nigeria, leaving possibly hundreds dead in tit-for-tat violence. Last weekend at least 21 people were killed and several homes were destroyed when suspected cattle drivers attacked five farming communities.But the clashes between the Muslim, largely Hausa-speaking Fulani cattle drivers and the mainly Christian farmers have escalated since December, when a Fulani chief was killed. / AFP / STEFAN HEUNIS (Photo credit should read STEFAN HEUNIS/AFP/Getty Images)

Attacks by Fulani herders in particular have had a devastating effect on Christian farmers -thousands have fled, leaving behind fertile farmlands. “Without the access to their land, they no longer have the ability to grow food to sustain themselves and their families. It is also hurting the larger community as a whole as there are… Continue reading The Persecution of Christians Part 25

The Persecution of Christians Part 24

Nigeria is becoming the “biggest killing ground of Christians in the world” due to attacks by Boko Haram and Fulani militants, says a leading charity. International Christian Concern (ICC) estimates between 50,000 and 70,000 Christians have been killed in the last decade in the West African nation, the most populous on the continent. Nigeria’s 206… Continue reading The Persecution of Christians Part 24