center back, speaks to people affected by a Boko Haram attack, as he visits the area in Darul Jamal, Nigeria (AP Photo) by Haruna Umar, Dyepkazah Shibayan and Mark Banchereau | Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Boko Haram militants killed dozens of people in a nighttime assault on a village in northeastern Nigeria Boko Haram, Nigeria’s homegrown jihadis, took up arms in 2009 to fight Western education and impose their The conflict has spilled into Nigeria’s northern neighbors, including Niger , and resulted in the death

Fulani Ethnic Militia by the Hundreds Advancing Without Opposition: Eyewitnesses By Masara Kim In Nigeria Monitoring groups report that more than 500 Christians have been killed across central Nigeria since

Cholera and Typhoid Epidemic Feared for Survivors (Makurdi, Nigeria) – In the early hours of Friday, This mass killing is part of a disturbing wave of targeted violence that has swept across central Nigeria Washington Reacts The horrific scale of the massacre of Catholics in Nigeria drew a reaction from a Catholic “The time is now for the Trump administration to name Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) and

Jihadist militia murdered 197 Christians at Christmas 2023 in Plateau state Nigeria Genocide Emergency January 2024 Since 2000, 62,000 Christians in Nigeria have been victims of genocide perpetrated by Islamist Aid to the Church in Need reports that in 2022, four Catholic priests were killed in Nigeria, and 23 State Department should stop its denial of this genocide in Nigeria. Nigeria should be again designated a Country of Particular Concern.

each of which features an overview of the state of religion in two African countries — Eritrea and Nigeria Barker and Ryan Zoellner as authors, while the Nigeria report was written by Michael Ardovino. Nigeria In the case of the Nigerian government, the rhetoric of top officials in public meetings may Apart from Nigeria’s military not being able, despite their effort to degrade or defeat terrorists that This is in spite of the fact that Nigeria’s 1999 constitution prohibits the federal and state governments

April 17, 2025 A team from Christian Solidarity International was on the ground in Nigeria as the killings April 13, Palm Sunday, Fulani militias massacred 56 people in a Christian village in Plateau State in Nigeria CSI’s Nigeria project manager arrived in Jos, the capital of Plateau State, on April 12. CSI issued a genocide warning for Christians in Nigeria in 2020. “This violence is driven by the longstanding determination of Nigeria’s Muslim Fulani-dominated ruling

Watch staff has compiled a spreadsheet of online sources of verified data on genocidal massacres in Nigeria International Security and Law (UT-Austin) Institute for Economics & Peace International Committee on Nigeria

Outrage Grows in Nigeria’s Christian States By Mike Odeh James and Luka Binniyat Riyom Bleeds Again: Military Presence Fails to Deter Killers Nigeria’s military, one of Africa’s most experienced forces, “And restore dignity to Nigeria’s forgotten frontlines.” A few days after the Yelewata attacks, Nigeria Police boss, Kayode Egbetokun said 26 persons have been have not been published, And as of July 17, 2025, two days after the Tashoss precinct massacre, the Nigeria

Credit: Mike Odeh James Benue State Nigeria: on brink of state capture by Fulani terrorists TruthNigeria [The Fulani tribe is one of West Africa’s largest, with 9 million tribe members in Nigeria. Tens of thousands of tribe members are radicalized bandit-terrorists rampaging throughout Nigeria’s Middle strategy of the Africa Bureau in the US State Department to avoid doing anything to stop the genocide in Nigeria If you enjoy or benefit from Truth Nigeria's reporting, then consider giving to keep our work possible

By Haruna Umar MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Attacks by gunmen suspected to be from Nigeria’s Boko Haram jihadist rebels have killed at least 10 people in Borno state in northern Nigeria, according to local

killed and others injured Sunday when gunmen attacked worshippers at a Catholic church in southwestern Nigeria “The pope learned of the attack on the church in Ondo, Nigeria, and the death of dozens of faithful, ., told CNA Sunday that "war-like" attacks against Catholics and other Christians are escalating in Nigeria Yet most of this violence, until now, has centered in northern Nigeria, while the southwestern part of "The Buhari government has allowed this continue unabated and fails to protect Nigeria's churches.

Map by Béla Müller, Genocide Watch