following the 28 January devastating Boko Haram attack on Rann, a border town in Borno state, northeast Nigeria assault on Rann, most of which is now destroyed,” said Osai Ojigho, Director of Amnesty International Nigeria Disturbingly, witnesses told us that Nigerian soldiers abandoned their posts the day before the attack Amnesty International is calling on Nigerian authorities to investigate the alleged withdrawal of security “Boko Haram has consistently and deliberately targeted civilians in Rann, which makes the Nigerian authorities

abducted school girl. credit: AP They went to school but ended up as hostages. 287 children are missing in Nigeria's forests Washington Post March 8, 2024 By Chinedu Asadu | AP   ABUJA, Nigeria — Security forces swept through large forests in Nigeria’s northwest region on Friday in search of 287 children abducted from Sources from Layin Fumigi, New Nigeria and Aguwan Auta parts of Gonin Gora who gave gave insight into There is a Forward Operation base of the Nigeria military on the Gonin Gora – Abuja by-pass less than

State whose native residents reportedly are 95 percent Catholic, located in the Middle belt region of Nigeria 2013 by Fulani ethnic militia, whose leadership has never been identified by federal officials or by Nigerian

Courtroom of The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States credit: The Nigeria Lawyer ECOWAS Court Rules Kano’s Blasphemy Laws Violate Freedom Of Expression, Orders Nigeria To Repeal Or Amend Penal And Sharia Codes The Nigeria Lawyer   04/11/2025 By Unini Chioma | The Nigeria Lawyer the Incorporated Trustees of Expression Now Human Rights Initiative against the Federal Republic of Nigeria Read More at The Nigeria Lawyer   See: https://savethepersecutedchristians.org/ecowas-court-rules-kanos-blasphemy-laws-violate-freedom-of-expression-orders-nigeria-to-repeal-or-amend-penal-and-sharia-codes

Nigeria's upper and lower houses of parliament have now called for President Muhammadu Buhari to appear The lawmakers also called for the replacement of Nigeria's security chiefs. And this goes beyond Nigeria, across the entire Sahel and West African region," says Ojigho. Land, ethnicity, religion and politics The state of Benue lies in central Nigeria. Nigeria is not the only country affected by such communal tensions.

Other Fulani jihadists, terrorists kill 74 Nigerian Christians ABUJA, Nigeria, 24th May 2022 — Muslim May 30, 2022 By Our Nigeria Correspondent ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Abductions of Christian KIDNAPPED PRIEST IN KADUNA, NIGERIA KILLED BY CAPTORS Religion Today Blog Morning Star News Nigeria Correspondent calling attention to ongoing atrocities in Nigeria. Nigeria Caucus in a press conference calling attention to ongoing atrocities in Nigeria.

Nigerian federal law-enforcement agencies have largely  overlooked the new trend of land confiscation According to a survey of by Truth Nigeria, a 50 kg bag of maize was below N35,000 (US$23 dollars) in access to farmlands resulting from the violent crimes against villagers across most parts of Northern Nigeria Most Nigerian workers do not earn more than $127 a month,  according to Techpoint Africa. . Dahiru Bungudu a 35-year old farmer in Bungudu county Northwest of Gusau, capital of Zamfara, told Truth Nigeria

Most recently, on March 20, Morning Star News reported from Nigeria, “Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Thursday Although vastly underreported, Nigeria has endured terrible violence for decades. However, inexplicably, the Biden Administration removed Nigeria from that important and useful listing ’ tragic history — released Nigeria Visit Update, documenting recent carnage in Kaduna State. And lest we underestimate the suffering of Nigeria’s Christians, perhaps eyewitness reports — gathered

(Izettin Kasim via Getty Images) Christians in Nigeria and Syria were hit with exceptionally brutal jihadi In Nigeria’s Middle Belt state of Benue, which has a large Christian population, an estimated 200 displaced Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu seems indifferent to the Christians’ plight. The Biden administration removed Nigeria from the State Department’s list of Countries of Particular State’s most recent religious-freedom report on Nigeria (from 2023) posits a neo-Marxist theory about

The Boko Haram armed group has claimed responsibility for the weekend attack on a village in Niger that officials confirmed the attack, which came hours before municipal and regional elections were held across Niger “We hereby inform the world that we are responsible for the attack in the town of Diffa in Niger Republic Attacks by Boko Haram began in 2009 in northeastern Nigeria before spreading to neighbouring Niger, Cameroon Since then, more than 36,000 people have been killed in Nigeria and two million forced to flee their

Islamic State intensify attacks TruthNigeria January 23, 2025 By Mike Odeh James and Luka Binniyat   Nigeria Christopher Musa, photo courtesy of Nigerian Army.   Nigeria’s Chief of Defense Staff, Gen. , Nigeria, and Chad. , Niger, and Nigeria have left the Sahel in a vulnerable state. Morgan notes that these groups, including Ansaru and Boko Haram, maintain hidden bases in Nigeria’s Niger

Migrants in a transit camp in Agadez, Niger. © 2022 BOUREIMA HAMA / AFP. Local authorities in Agadez, Niger, say that more than 800 people, including children, were expelled from Algeria – many of whom are from Niger. Accusations of human dumping Algeria has regularly been accused by non-governmental organisations and Although some migrants try to stay and live in Algeria, many are hoping to reach Europe, and use Algeria