Posts tagged with "Boko Haram"



More Chibok girls win their freedom as pressure mounts on Boko Haram
Latest news · 23. August 2022
On 14 April 2014, Boko Haram militants seized 276 schoolgirls from their dormitory in the northeastern town of Chibok. Over the intervening years most of the girls have escaped or been freed following negotiations. But around 100 are still missing. In recent weeks, several of the girls have been found by the Nigerian Army prompting speculation that Boko Haram may be abandoning their captives as the military steps up its campaign in the northeast.

Dozens feared dead after terrorists attack a church in southwestern Nigeria during Pentecost Mass
Latest news · 07. June 2022
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.

Rev. Gideon Para-Mallam: A personal reaction to Nigeria's removal from the CPC list
press releases · 23. November 2021
The culture of denial when it comes to religious persecution by this present government in Nigeria has blindfolded the US government, writes Rev Dr Gideo Para-Mallam.

The recent US removal of Nigeria from the religious freedom blacklist
Videos · 23. November 2021
Dr Onyemaechi Franklyne Ogbunwezeh interviewed on NewsBand TV about the decision of the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to delist Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern under the International Religious Freedom Act.

Blinken: Nigeria's delisting based on facts
Videos · 22. November 2021
Dr Onyemaechi Franklyne Ogbunwezeh interviewed on Arise TV about the decision of the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to delist Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern under the International Religious Freedom Act.

“They still call my child the son of Boko Haram”- Escaped Chibok girl shares tale of stigma, rejection and pain
03. August 2021
Like many other ambitious girls in her little Chibok community, Maryam joined Government Girls Secondary School as a boarder. But her dream was dashed on that fateful night in April 2014 when armed terrorists attacked the school and abducted hundreds of girls, writes Amaka Okoye

statements · 03. December 2020
On the truth of the matter concerning persecution of Christians by fundamentalist Muslims and groups using Islam as a platform