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...

Head of Nigerian Methodist Church Freed After Abduction

June 1, 2022 — 06/01/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) - Samuel Kanu Uche, the prelate of the Nigerian Methodist Church, was abducted by armed militants while traveling on a highway on Sunday, May 29....

Two Catholic Priests Abducted in Northern Nigeria

May 31, 2022 — 05/31/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) - On May 25, two Catholic priests of Saint Patrick’s Catholic Church in Nigeria’s Katsina state were abducted around 1:00 am. Their names are Father Stephen...

Christian Homes and Stores Burned in Northeast Nigeria

May 25, 2022 — 05/25/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) - On May 20, six Christian-owned homes and seven stores were burned by a mob of Islamic youths in Nigeria’s northern Bauchi state, injuring approximately...

Six ISWAP Militants Killed in Boko Haram Attack

May 23, 2022 — 05/23/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – On May 22, six Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) soldiers were killed in a night attack by the Islamic militant group, Boko Haram....

Newly Released ISIS Video Depicts Execution of Nigerian Christians

May 19, 2022 — 05/19/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – On May 12, 2022, ISIS released a video via a news outlet of the execution of twenty Nigerian Christians in the northeast Nigerian state...

Three Churches Attacked and Looted in Northern Nigeria

May 17, 2022 — 05/17/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) On May 14, 2022, protestors attacked and looted three churches and other Christian-owned stores in northern Nigeria. The three churches damaged by the protestors were...

Islamic Cleric Defends the Killing of Christian Student: “Here we Kill”.

May 16, 2022 — 05/16/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Bello Yabo, an Islamic cleric in Northern Nigeria, has defended the brutal murder of Deborah Emmanuel, a 25-year-old Christian student fatally beaten and burned on...

Female Student Murdered, Body Burned by Classmates in Nigeria

May 12, 2022 — Mob Attack Spurred by Supposedly Blasphemous WhatsApp Message 05/12/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Deborah Emmanuel, a 25-year-old Christian student at the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Nigeria’s Sokoto...

Nigerian Senate Threatens Parents of Kidnapped Children

May 7, 2022 — 05/07/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Last month, the Nigerian Senate passed a bill criminalizing the families of kidnapped persons and threatening them with a minimum of fifteen years in...

U.S. Government Commission Again Criticizes State Department Decision to Take Nigeria Off CPC List

May 5, 2022 — 05/05/2022 United States (International Christian Concern) – As it has every year since 2009, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) earlier this month recommended that the U.S. Department...

Nigerian Militants Displace, Kill Christian Villagers and Soldier in Brazen Attack

May 3, 2022 — Nigerian Militants Displace, Kill Christian Villagers and Soldier in Brazen Attack 05/03/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern – Fulani militants with sophisticated weapons attacked a Christian community and killed four Christians,...

ISWAP Claims Bombing that Targeted Christians

May 2, 2022 — 05/02/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – The Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) armed group has claimed responsibility for an explosion that killed or injured 30 people at a...

Christians Farmers in Nigeria’s Kaduna State Attacked Again This Week

April 29, 2022 — 04/28/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – “Twenty-one Christian farmers were killed by Fulani militants in four different villages of Kauru local government in Kaduna State,” locals told ICC. The attackers...

Nigerian Leaders Speak at Christian Burial

April 27, 2022 — 04/27/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – The National President of Irigwe Development Association (IDA), Prince Robert Ashi Dodo, has likened the situation confronting the Rigwe Nation to that of the...

Highest Number of Islamic State Attacks Take Place in Nigeria

April 22, 2022 — 04/22/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – According to a report published on Friday by a data processing agency on terrorism, Jihad Analytics, Nigeria is now the country with the highest...