Neither Bomb nor Bullet

Archbishop on the front line New biography of Archbishop Benjamin Kwashi, of Jos, Nigeria

‘Three times they’ve tried to kill me. They’ve come close. But each time just makes me more determined to live my life to the full for … Read More

Bible translator butchered in Cameroon

Last updated on December 6th, 2019 at 04:23 pm

A Wycliffe Bible translator was hacked to death in a recent attack in Cameroon, where women’s ears have also been cut off with machetes.

On 25 August, a group of suspected … Read More

Herdsmen slaughter Nigerian believers

Last updated on April 3rd, 2019 at 11:44 am

A devastating attack against Nigerian Christians has left at least 32 believers dead.

Read More

Kidnapped girl appeals for rescue

Last updated on October 11th, 2018 at 12:28 pm

A recording of Nigerian schoolgirl Leah Sharibu pleading with the government to set her free is genuine, according to her father.

The audio message released by Leah’s captors is being analysed … Read More

New Nigerian kidnappings a “national disaster”

Last updated on March 31st, 2018 at 10:56 am

Catholic Bishop of Yola Diocese Stephen Mamza, pictured distributing food aid to victims of Boko Haram in Adamawa state in 2015

The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has called the kidnapping of another 110 schoolgirls by terrorist group Boko Haram a “national disaster”.

Read More

HUNDREDS OF HOSTAGES FREED FROM BOKO HARAM

Last updated on March 24th, 2016 at 07:30 pm

Finally, some good news has emerged from the fight against terrorism in Nigeria. Voice of America has reported that a joint operation of Nigerian and Cameroonian military forces … Read More

NEVER FORGOTTEN

By Andrew Boyd

Christians in Nigeria continue to pay a high price for their faith. Islamist terrorists Boko Haram have killed around 14,000 people since 2013, and have driven some 60,000 from their homes – many of them Christians. Read More

MORE CHRISTIANS KILLED IN NIGERIA THAN REST OF WORLD

Last updated on February 3rd, 2016 at 12:39 pm

Persecution has risen significantly in nine countries, according to the latest World Watch List for 2016. There are also serious increases in persecution reported in six more – Eritrea, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan and Kuwait.  Read More

Nigeria – Christian schoolgirls slitting throats claim

Last updated on August 24th, 2015 at 06:53 pm

CHRISTIAN SCHOOL GIRLS abducted by Islamist militants have been brainwashed and become killing machines carrying out slaughters against fellow Nigerian believers – it has been claimed. Read More

Boko Haram slaughter continues

Last updated on April 1st, 2015 at 04:06 pm

LIKE ITS COUNTERPART – the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria to which it has declared allegiance – the Boko Haram Islamist group continues its killing machine in Nigeria, Cameroon – and now Niger and Chad have been targeted too. Read More