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Videos · 08. December 2022

"They killed his four children in his presence": What one Nigerian priest saw in Bokkos

Monsignor Obiora Ike, a Nigerian priest and human rights activist, was recently in Bokkos County of Plateau State, where Fulani jihadists murdered 20 Christians in a series of attacks in late November. He spoke to us about what he saw.

Videos · 08. December 2022

'Christians Are Being Killed': Critics Outraged at Biden Admin as Murder and Terror Rage in Nigeria

Joel Veldkamp, head of international communications at persecution watch CSI, talks to CBN's Faithwire about the Biden administration's decision not to add Nigeria to the U.S. Department of State's Countries of Particular Concern list, a designation targeting nations restricting or complicit in religious freedom violations.

Fulani militants target Christian farmers in Plateau State ‘food basket’

Militants from the Fulani tribe are targeting Christian farmers to take over lands in Plateau State, writes Masara Kim. A series of attacks in the fertile Bokkos area since 1 October have left at least 13 dead.

Nigerian pastor recounts his own 9/11 attack that led to his ‘death’

Rev. Bright Mctitus, a pastor at the Anglican Church Jos, relates how he was attacked and given up for dead after being attacked by a Muslim neighbour in September 2001.

Videos · 22. August 2022

Death threats forced this Christian journalist to leave Nigeria

Steven Kefas is one of the leading journalists covering the slow genocide of indigenous Christians in his native state of Kaduna. In July 2022, the threats against his life from Nigerian security services and Fulani militias became so great that he was forced to flee Nigeria to a third country. Joel Veldkamp and Franklyne Ogbunwezeh from CSI interview Kefas about the genocide against Christians in southern Kaduna and the threats against his life.

Terrorists threaten to marry off Christian women kidnapped in Kaduna State

Christians in Nigeria’s Kaduna State are worried 21 women kidnapped by suspected Islamist militants from the southern village of Kasan Kogi on 21 June 2022 might never return, writes Masara Kim.

VIDEOS: Nigerians speak out at London Religious Freedom Ministerial

"Stop protecting the interests of the powerful in Nigeria! Don't empower them to do evil!" Nigerian advocates for peace and religious freedom travelled to London in July to make their voices heard at the 2022 International Ministerial Conference for Freedom of Religion and Belief.

Dozens feared dead after terrorists attack a church in southwestern Nigeria during Pentecost Mass

Terrorists suspected by locals to be Fulani militiamen attacked a church in Ondo State, southwestern Nigeria, on 5 June, Pentecost Sunday, killing dozens of worshippers and injuring several others, local media report. The attack took place at St Francis Catholic Church in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State during a Pentecost Sunday worship service.

Brave Nigerian pastor preaches the Gospel in Muslim kidnappers’ den

Pastor Yohanna Matongson from rural Plateau State was kidnapped by a gang of five AK-47-carrying militants who were looking to extort money from his small congregation. Such extortions pose a threat to the church's finances and prevent growth, paving the way for Islamic domination in an area currently witnessing rapid encroachment by Fulani Muslims, writes Masara Kim.

Terrorists target returning IDPs in Plateau State

Christians displaced in Nigeria’s Plateau State have expressed alarm that terrorists are taking over their towns while the government turns a blind eye, writes journalist Masara Kim.