Fate of Chibok Girls Remains Unknown, Says UN

April 18, 2016 — ICC Note: Two years have passed since the infamous Boko Haram abduction of 276 mostly-Christian schoolgirls from Chibok, Nigeria and the United Nations (UN) reports realistically that their fate remains...

Two Years after Boko Haram’s Schoolgirl Kidnapping, Has Anything Changed?

April 17, 2016 — ICC Note: The two-year anniversary of the globally infamous Chibok abduction has now passed, but Boko Haram remains at large and some analysts say they may be as dangerous as...

In photos: Life after Boko Haram

April 16, 2016 — ICC Note: Boko Haram continues to devastate northern Nigeria with suicide bombings, kidnapping and rape. Throughout their seven-year insurgency, they've murdered upwards of 20,000 people, especially targeting Christians and pastors,...

VIDEO: Proof of Life for 15 Chibok Girls

April 15, 2016 — ICC Note: CNN reports they have verified proof of life for 15 of the Chibok girls abducted in April 2014. The following video shows the girls stating their names in...

Missing Nigerian Girls Identified in New Video as Calls Renew to Find Them

April 15, 2016 — ICC Note: A new video shows a number of the Chibok girls pleading for the Nigerian government to cooperate in negotiations with Boko Haram for their release. According to reports,...

Two Years Since Chibok Abduction, Suffering Parents Grip Fading Hope

April 14, 2016 — 04/14/16 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - International Christian Concern (ICC) remembers the second anniversary of the now-infamous Boko Haram kidnapping of the Chibok girls on April 14, 2014 with...

Boko Haram Fighters Killed, Commanders Arrested And 1,275 Hostages Freed, Nigerian Army Says

April 13, 2016 — ICC Note: A joint operation between Nigerian and Cameroonian military forces has resulted in the rescue of nearly 1,300 captives from Boko Haram on the eve of the two-year anniversary...

Suspected Fulani Herdsmen Attack Taraba Communities, Kill 15

April 13, 2016 — ICC Note: Suspected radical Islamist Fulani cattle herders murdered 15 people in two villages in Taraba State, Nigeria, carrying out a prototypical kind of assault for which they have become...

Boko Haram “Lures, Traps” Young Nigerian Entrepreneurs With Business Loans

April 13, 2016 — ICC Note: Reports suggest Boko Haram is offering business loans to poor Nigerians and then forcing them to join if they fail to pay the terror group back. In a...

Boko Haram Crisis: ‘Huge Rise’ in Child Suicide Bombers

April 12, 2016 — ICC Note: Boko Haram has increased the number of child suicide attacks in northeast Nigeria and the Lake Chad reason by eleven times since 2014, according to reports. The dreadful...

Families of Schoolgirls Abducted by Boko Haram Struggling for Survival

April 11, 2016 — ICC Note: Boko Haram abducted 279 young girls from a government school in Chibok, Nigeria in April 2014 and now nearly two years later, with more than 200 still missing,...

Boko Haram Fighters Surrendering in Droves, Reports Say

April 9, 2016 — ICC Note: The Nigerian military is reporting Boko Haram fighters surrendering in scores. President Muhammadu Buhari won the office on commitments to eradicate the Islamist insurgency in the north and...

Timeline of Benue, Nigeria Fulani Massacre

April 9, 2016 — ICC Note: Militant Islamist Fulani militias massacred more than 500 Christian farmers in Agatu, Benue State, Nigeria in late February and now the media are catching up to that reality....

Nigeria Boko Haram Militants Offered Olive Branch by Army

April 7, 2016 — ICC Note: Nigeria is offering amnesty and forgiveness for hundreds of Boko Haram fighters who surrender and are demonstrating remorse for evil acts they committed while joined up with the...

How Boko Haram Trains Abducted Women and Girls to Be Suicide Bombers

April 7, 2016 — ICC Note: Boko Haram notoriously devastates women. Christian women, in particular, face persecutions such as watching their husbands murdered, forced conversion and Islamic re-education, serial rape. But on of the...

Nigerian Catholics Oppose Controversial Religious Bill in Northern State

April 5, 2016 — ICC Note: A northern Nigerian governor is pushing a bill to place restrictions on religious sermons in the state, according to reports. Catholic church leaders have spoken out forcefully against...