10 Out of 39 Students Abducted from a Nigerian College Have Been Freed

April 9, 2021 — 04/09/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – According to the Nigerian news source Daily Trust, 10 out of the 39 students abducted from Federal College of Forestry Mechanization in Kaduna State...

Kaduna State Government Refuses to Negotiate with Bandits, Parents of Abducted Students Appeal Decision

April 8, 2021 — 04/08/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – According to Daily Trust news agency, the parents of the 39 students abducted in Nigeria last month have appealed the government’s decision not to negotiate with their children’s captors. “The Kaduna...

Kidnapping in Nigeria Funds Boko Haram, Says Kaduna State Governor

April 5, 2021 — 04/05/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – “It has been established that the kidnapping operations (by bandits) are substantially funding Boko Haram activities in the North East.” Stated Kaduna state governor Nasir El Rufai while speaking to...

Remains of Kidnapped Missionary Found in Mali

April 2, 2021 — 04/02/2021 Mali (International Christian Concern) – DNA tests confirmed that the body of Beatrice Stoeckli has been recovered, months after her reported death at the hands of Islamic extremists. Switzerland’s Foreign Ministry announced...

Christian Girl at 13 Forcefully Converted and Married in Pakistan

March 20, 2021 — 03/20/2021 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – On February 19, 2021, 13-year-old Christian Shakaina Masih went missing from her day job as a cleaning lady in Lahore. When her mother, Samina...

Gunmen Kidnap Pastor in Niger State, Nigeria

March 20, 2021 — 03/20/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Reverend Yohanna Gyang Bitrus of Shiyona Baptist Church was abducted on Thursday afternoon by gunmen demanding 60million NGN (almost $158,000) ransom, reports Daily Post Nigeria. “The gunmen...

39 Students Kidnapped in Nigeria

March 13, 2021 — 03/13/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Thirty-nine students were abducted on Thursday during an overnight raid at the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, in Afaka, the Igabi local government area...

Nigerian Schoolboys Released, 317 Schoolgirls Abducted

February 28, 2021 — 02/28/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – The 42 people kidnapped from the Government Science College in Niger State regained their freedom on Saturday, February 27th, one day after 317 schoolgirls...

Islamic Extremists Threaten to Kill Abducted Pastor in One Week if Ransom Isn’t Paid

February 27, 2021 — 02/27/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – According to a Morning Star News report, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has released a video of abducted Pastor Bulus Yikura of the...

Jihadist Fulani Kidnap Three Christians, Kill Church Elder

February 24, 2021 — 02/24/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – According to The Morning Star News, Fulani herdsmen shot and killed 65-year-old Mati Sani, a lay-leader of Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) and abducted three Christians while...

42 People Kidnapped From Nigerian Boarding School

February 20, 2021 — 2/20/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – 27 students, 3 teachers and 12 staff-family members were kidnapped from Government Science College in Niger State by suspected Islamic extremists. The attack took place during...

Body of Kidnapped Priest Found in Nigeria

January 20, 2021 — 01/20/2021 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – The body of father John Gbakaan was found mutilated and tied to a tree on Saturday, January 16. Father Gbakaan, with his brother and...

Boko Haram Abduct 40 Loggers in Single Attack

December 31, 2020 — 12/31/2020 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Just weeks after Suspected Boko Haram militants kidnapped more than 300 students from a school in Katsina State, another 40 people have been abducted...

Boys Kidnapped from School in Nigeria Alive, Government in Talks

December 19, 2020 — 12/19/2020 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – The more than 300 boys who were kidnapped last weekend from a secondary school in Kankara, are alive and being held by their captors...

Boko Haram Claims Kidnap of Schoolboys, Threaten Christians Before Christmas

December 16, 2020 — 12/16/2020 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau claimed the abduction of more than 300 boys from the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara town, Katsina State....

American Missionary Rescued by Navy Seals in Nigeria

November 3, 2020 — 11/03/2020 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – On October 27, a missionary named Phillip Walton, was at his home in the town of Birnin Konni, Niger. This town is near the...