Nigerian Government Denies Concerns of Persecution Against Christians

July 9, 2022 — 07/09/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) - In a statement on Monday, July 4, Nigeria's Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, denied concerns of persecution against Christians in Nigeria...

Over 700 Catholic Priests Protest Violence in Nigeria

July 6, 2022 — 07/06/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – More than 700 priests gathered last week to protest the violence against Christians in Nigeria. The group was gathered for the funeral of one...

Homeless and Living on the Edge of Death

June 25, 2022 — 06/25/2022 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The Benue River runs directly through Makurdi, slicing through the state and cultivating the richest soils in Nigeria. Basketfuls of colorful crops line the...

Christian Persecution in Nigeria a Hot Topic at International Religious Freedom Summit

June 24, 2022 — 06/24/2022 (International Christian Concern) Nigeria - The second annual International Religious Freedom Summit will run from June 28-30 in Washington, D.C. Among the topics discussed is China’s persecution of Uyghur...

Mass Burial in Ondo State, Nigeria After Terrorist Attack on Catholic Church

June 21, 2022 — 06/21/22 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) -- Mourners gathered at the mortuary on a hot summer morning last Friday, June 17. They met to commemorate family and friends lost in the...

Gunmen Attack Two Churches in Northern Nigeria

June 20, 2022 — 06/20/2022 (International Christian Concern) Nigeria- On Sunday, June 19, gunmen attacked two churches, Maranatha Baptist Church and St. Moses Catholic Church, in Nigeria’s northwest state of Kaduna. The gunmen reportedly...

ECWA Issues Warning about Nigerian Presidential Elections

June 17, 2022 — 06/17/2022 (International Christian Concern) Nigeria - The Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) denomination in Nigeria cautioned the 2023 Nigerian presidential elections from having a Muslim/Muslim ballot or Christian/Christian ballot, citing...

Nigerian Terrorists Bomb Church, Part of Increasingly Complex Attacks on Christians Across the Country

June 15, 2022 — Drone footage of St. Francis Church after the attack. Photo credit: ICC By ICC Nigeria Staffer 06/15/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – No one could attend church after terrorists set...

Fulani Militants Attack Nigeria’s Benue State

June 14, 2022 — 06/14/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Early in the morning on June 12, suspected Fulani herdsmen launched an attack on Igama village. This small community is in Benue State, located...

Nigerian Priest Kidnapped Earlier this Month

June 13, 2022 — 06/13/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) -- Father Christopher Itopa Onotu of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in the Okehi area of Kogi state in Nigeria did not show up...

32 Nigerians Killed in Attack by Militants

June 11, 2022 — 06/11/2022 (International Christian Concern) Nigeria- On Sunday, June 5, militants killed 32 people in four villages located in the Kajuru part of Nigeria’s northwest state of Kaduna. The attack came...

Houses Burnt by Fulani Militants Rebuilt

June 9, 2022 — 06/09/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern recently finished rebuilding a number of houses burnt by Fulani militants in Te'egbe Village. When the village was attacked by Fulani...

Nigerian Blasphemy Killing Sparks International Outrage

June 8, 2022 — 06/08/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — Blasphemy killings are becoming all too common in predominantly Muslim northern Nigeria, and the world is starting to take notice. Nigerian Christians are often...

State Department Report Highlights Religious Freedom Violations in Nigeria

June 4, 2022 — 06/04/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of State released a report analyzing the state of religious freedom, country by country, worldwide. The report is...

Over Thirty People Killed in Stampede at Nigerian Church

June 3, 2022 — 06/01/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) - Over 30 people were killed, and several others were injured in a stampede in Port Harcourt, a city in southeast Nigeria, on May 28....

Fulani Militants Kill Three Christians, Injure Three More After Church Service

June 1, 2022 — 06/01/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Fulani militants on motorcycles attacked Adu Village in Kwall District of Plateau State, killing three Christians after an evening church service. Three more were...