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Over 100 killed, thousands displaced as Fulani militias strike Giwa, Kaduna State

On the evening of Thursday 24 March 2022 Fulani militias unleashed mayhem in the western part of Giwa local government area of Kaduna State, claiming over one hundred lives and destroying properties worth millions.

Abuja protest demands the immediate and unconditional release of Luka Binniyat

The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), has called on the Kaduna State government to immediately and unconditionally release detained journalist and human rights activist Luka Binniyat. The call came at a protest march which took place at the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) council headquarters in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, on Saturday 18 December 2021.

Nigerian journalist will remain in prison after judge fails to appear for bail hearing

Today, 6 December, a bail hearing had been scheduled for Luka Binniyat, the Christian journalist and human rights activist detained last month after reporting on Fulani militias attacks against Christian communities in Kaduna state. Binniyat’s lawyers came to plead his case at the Magistrate Court in Barnawa. But the judge was nowhere to be found. Binniyat has been imprisoned since 4 November.

statements · 30. November 2021

Nigerian pastor who met with Blinken: "Like telling a sick man to go home to die"

When U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Nigeria on 19 November, Reverend John Hayab was one of five civil society representatives selected to meet with him. The day before, the United States had removed Nigeria from its religious freedom watchlist. In this piece, Reverend Hayab relates what he told Secretary Blinken during their meeting. Nigeria Report is proud to publish Rev. Hayab’s courageous words.