40 Christians Kidnapped from Church During WorshipMay 9, 2023 — 5/09/2023 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) - Gunmen kidnapped 40 Christians on Sunday, during church worship in northern Nigeria. Reverend Joseph John Hayan, chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in...
Two Chibok Schoolgirls Rescued after Nine Years in CaptivityMay 5, 2023 — 5/5/2023 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) -- Two more Chibok schoolgirls have been rescued after more than nine years of captivity. The two survivors now in their 20s, Hauwa Maltha and...
Nigerian Police Silent for Two Days During Attack in Which 20 Christians DiedApril 29, 2023 — 04/29/2023 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – No fewer than 20 persons have been reported killed during a two-day-long attack by militants who invaded two communities in the Kokona LGA of...
Post-election Unrest Threatens Christians in NigeriaApril 28, 2023 — By ICC Nigeria Staff 04/28/2023 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Nigeria is the most populous black nation on the planet earth and has the highest number of voters in Africa....
Christians Worship Inside a Burnt Church in NigeriaApril 26, 2023 — 04/26/2023 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – After being attacked by militants on the Easter weekends of 2021 and 2022, a Christian farming community in North Central Nigeria’s Plateau State gathered...
Post-election Stressors for Nigeria’s Christian PopulationApril 26, 2023 — Greg Cochran, Ph.D., ICC Fellow As with an engineer thinking through the design of a building or superhighway, so, too, Christians in Nigeria are thinking through what the future holds...
Over 8,000 Nigerian Christians Killed or Kidnapped Last Year According to New ReportApril 17, 2023 — 04/17/2023 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) - The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law recently released a report estimating that, in 2022 alone, over 5,000 Nigerian Christians were...
Nigerian Government Looks Away as Farms Continue to be DestroyedApril 6, 2023 — 04/06/2023 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – The mass destruction of farms has become the new normal in many communities of Plateau State, located in the North Central region of Nigeria....
Voter Apathy During Nigerian Gubernatorial Election as Christians ProtestMarch 29, 2023 — 03/29/2023 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Nigeria’s presidential elections in February were marred by technical difficulties, violence, and disappointing voter turnout. At 26.72%, it was the lowest level of voter...
A Captive GenerationMarch 23, 2023 — 03/23/2023 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The focal point for the Christmas Day service was supposed to be about the birth of our Lord and Savior. But the morning quickly...
Fresh Attack in Christian-Majority Southern Kaduna Ahead of Gubernatorial ElectionMarch 17, 2023 — 03/17/2023 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – The militants that killed 17 Christians at Agwan Wakili recently have returned this week, attacking another Christian community in Mubushi and Langsong on March...
Death Toll in Latest Boko Haram Attack Exceeds 30March 15, 2023 — 03/15/2023 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) - A spokesperson for the UN reported that more than 30 fishermen and farmers were killed in a terrorist attack by Boko Haram in Borno...
17 Christians Killed by Militants in Nigeria’s Southern KadunaMarch 15, 2023 — 03/15/2023 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Muslim militants recently killed 17 unarmed Christians in the Ungwan Wakili community in the Zangon Kataf LGA of Nigeria’s Kaduna State. Kaduna is in...
Militants Kill Christian Clergy, Others For Not Supporting The Ruling APC PartyMarch 6, 2023 — 03/06/2023 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – A clergyman with the Church of Christ in Nations, Reverend Musa Hyok, was killed on on Saturday, March 4 at night alongside two of...
APC’s Tinubu Declared Winner in Sharply Contested Nigerian Presidential Election March 1, 2023 — 03/01/2023 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — After days of technical glitches, Bola Tinubu, candidate for the incumbent All Progressives Congress (APC) party, has been declared the winner of the 2023...
Christian Orphanage Founder Acquitted of All ChargesJanuary 30, 2023 — 1/30/2023 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) - ICC has previously reported on the arrest of Professor Solomon Tarfa, who, along with his wife, founded Du Merci orphanage in Nigeria’s Kano state in 1996....
