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Videos · 09. June 2022

'The Blood Is Still There': Horrific Details About Deadly Nigerian Church Attack Emerge

Joel Veldkamp interviewed by Billy Hallowell of CBN News about the attack on St Francis Catholic Church in Owo on Pentecost Sunday, 5 June 2022.

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.

Rampaging Muslim mobs target Christians in Nigeria’s Sokoto State after ‘blasphemy’ killing

Muslim mobs on 14 May targeted Christians in Nigeria’s Sokoto State in violent protests over the arrest of gang leaders who had killed a Christian college student, Deborah Yakubu, two days earlier. Properties belonging to Christians in Sokoto city, including churches, were damaged, writes Masara Kim.