Church in North Nigeria Attacked for ‘Friday’ Services

July 21, 2016 — ICC Note: A mob of young radical Muslims attacked a Christian church on July 15 in Niger State, Nigeria, destroying everything inside of it. The reason that they gave for...

Fulani Herdsmen Kill Royal Monarch and Four Others in Nigeria

July 21, 2016 — Chief of the Ron Tribe Was Killed with his Son, Driver, and Police Escort along the Road from Sha Village. 07/20/2016 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern): International Christian Concern...

Fulani Herdsmen Continue to Bring Death and Destruction to Central Nigeria

July 20, 2016 — ICC Note: Radical Fulani militia attacks on majority-Christian communities in Nigeria’s Middle-Belt continue to surge since June. Local sources report that 133 people have died, property has been decimated, and...

Monarch Calling for Help as Fulani Herdsmen Invade Abala Farmlands

July 19, 2016 — ICC Note: An Abia State, Nigeria traditional ruler has recently asked the state governor to help protect his community from radical Islamist Fulani militants. Abala community leader Eze Ekwenye’s complaint...

UNICEF Warns of Children Starving to Death in Nigeria

July 19, 2016 — ICC Note: The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) reports that nearly a quarter-million children in northern Nigeria are suffering from severe malnutrition and starvation. These are children living in areas...

How to Rescue Missing Chibok Schoolgirls– Presidential Committee

July 18, 2016 — ICC Note: The Presidential Committee in Nigeria that focuses on the abduction of the Chibok girls has just submitted a report to the Nigerian government containing their recommendations pertaining to...

Fulani Grazing Reserves Bill ‘Dead on Arrival’ According to Cleric

July 17, 2016 — ICC Note: The president of a Christian organization in Nigeria, Bishop Sam Oyede, has described that a grazing bill that would provide a corridor in each state pf Nigeria for...

Fulani Herdsmen Attack Claims Six Lives in Adamawa

July 16, 2016 — ICC Note: Reports suggest that Fulani militants have attacked a community in Adamawa state, northeast Nigeria, murdering six people Wednesday morning. To date, the Nigerian government has failed to intervene,...

Boko Haram Ambushed by Nigerian Forces in Borno State

July 15, 2016 — ICC Note: The Nigerian Army ambushed a group of moving Boko Haram fighters, confiscating important weapons and ammunition. Boko Haram fighters escaped wounded, but left behind various weapons and communication...

Nigerian Christians Told to ‘Buckle Up’ After Preacher Hacked to Death

July 14, 2016 — ICC Note: Following the death of Eunice Elisha on July 9 in Abuja, Nigerian Christians are now being warned to prepare for continued persecution and violence. Eunice was a Christian...

Nigeria: Woman Preacher Hacked to Death

July 12, 2016 — ICC Note: A Christian preacher was hacked to death in the outskirts of Abuja, Nigeria this past weekend, according to reports. Her murderers remain at large and unknown, where to...

Nigerian Christian Farmers’ Growing Apprehension on Fulani Grazing Reserve Bill

July 11, 2016 — 7/11/16 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Radical Islamist Fulani militants continue to raze and displace Christian farming villages from the far north of Nigeria through the “Middle Belt” and...

Nigeria: Malnutrition, Slowly Killing Nigerian Children

July 8, 2016 — ICC Note: The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) reports malnutrition as a serious crisis in Nigeria, slowly killing children across the country from birth to age five. While the problem...

Houses of Worship Forced to Shut in Nigeria – for Being too Noisy

July 7, 2016 — ICC Note: Nigeria is closing some houses of worship, churches and mosques included, because they simply make too much noise. In the country's economic hub city of Lagos, home to more than...

Church Leaders Warn Lawmakers On Sharia Bill

July 6, 2016 — ICC Note: Nigerian Christian leaders are urging the Nigerian House of Representatives not to pass a pending bill that will enable Sharia courts to try non-Muslims, including Christians. Nigeria’s constitution...

Pastor Hacked to Death in Nasarawa, C. Nigeria

July 6, 2016 — ICC Note: A Christian pastor was murdered by suspected Fulani militants on June 30. Rev. Joseph Kurah, a pastor from Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), was attacked by two armed...