More than 50 Christian worshippers were slaughtered in this Catholic church in Ondo, Nigeria June 7, reported that in the first six months of 2022, 2,543 Christians were killed by Islamist extremists in Nigeria I have interviewed Christians in Plateau State in Nigeria who have witnessed the security services looking Meanwhile, the UK gives the Nigerian government £258 million in aid a year (2019 figures). Christians do not make a particular effort to draw attention to the persecution of their coreligionists in Nigeria

college student, focused international attention on Nigeria's Christians and their persistent abuse In December 2020, then-Secretary of State of Mike Pompeo designated Nigeria a Country of Particular Considering the widespread and wanton religious brutality in Nigeria, and President Buhari's refusal Nigeria is Africa's most populous and financially significant nation. In the wake of this latest tragedy and ongoing violence, re-designating Nigeria as a CPC should be an

ABUJA, Nigeria — Gunmen attacked two communities in Nigeria’s north-central region, killing 14 people attackers as “Fulani herdsmen,” a group of mostly young pastoralists from the Fulani tribe caught up in Nigeria In Nigeria’s middle belt and central regions, deadly clashes between local communities and herdsmen continue A similar attack in another part of Benue targeted a convoy of soldiers of the Nigerian army, but they Motorcycle-riding gunmen often arrive in the hundreds in areas where Nigeria’s security forces are outnumbered

More than 5,000 Christians were killed in 2022 in Nigeria, according to religious freedom watchdog Open Human rights observers in Nigeria and members of the Catholic Church have argued, however, that the Nigerian Francis Xavier Parish in Nigeria’s Owo state. Nigeria’s continued exclusion from the CPC list prompted Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey; Rep. “The Biden administration continues to leave Nigeria off the CPC list for political gain.

13 years or since July 2009 Boko Haram uprising 30, 000 moderate and defenseless Muslim lives lost Nigeria : The World’s Greatest Enemy of Christianity The Federal Republic of Nigeria ended the year 2021 with Nigeria also became “the Greatest Enemy of Christian Faith in the World” and “a country with the world Open Doors’ 2022 World Watch index on global killing of Christians: “4,650 Christians were killed in Nigeria For the fifteen months from January 2021 to March 2022, Nigeria saw a total 6006 Christian deaths. 45,644

Soldiers, Police, Gov't Abducted 2000 Persons, Disappeared 500 & Killed 140 Since Jan 2021 Nigeria protest against police violence credit: Human Rights Watch Onitsha-Nigeria, 26th May 2021 It is the new finding leading research and investigative rights group that no fewer than 2000 law abiding citizens of Eastern Nigeria have since January 2021 been abducted by soldiers of the Nigerian Army and operatives of the Nigeria Eastern Nigeria, they are also responsible for many of the referenced abductions and most of the disappearances

— Boko Haram asserted responsibility Tuesday for laying siege to a secondary school in northwestern Nigeria The Nigerian president and other officials in Africa’s most populous nation initially blamed bandits Although Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari announced that Boko Haram had been “ technically defeated Boko Haram also claimed responsibility for an attack Saturday about 12 miles from the Nigerian border Ismail Alfa in Maiduguri, Nigeria, contributed to this report © The Washington Post 2020

Jatau, 45, was arrested in Nigeria’s Bauchi State on May 20, after she shared a video condemning the recent murder of Deborah Yakubu, a Christian university student in Nigeria who had herself been accused The open letter comes as Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, is arriving in Washington DC for the human rights groups, had called on the State Department to add Nigeria to the CPC list. USCIRF called the refusal to add Nigeria to the list “inexplicable” in light of “the State Department

June 21, 2022 By Nina Shea Sixteen days after the massacre on Pentecost Sunday in Nigeria, at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Ondo state, we know one thing for certain: Nigeria’s government is been held by the State Department and influenced Secretary Antony Blinken’s delisting last fall of Nigeria Nigeria’s Christian Association implored the government to protect the bishop. On May 16, the Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland was in Nigeria and met with Bishop Jude.

Since 2012, Genocide Watch has issued Genocide Warnings for Nigeria because of Boko Haram, an Islamist There are now 25 million Fulani in West Africa, fifteen million in Nigeria. Massacres by Fulani militias have killed over 2000 Christians in Nigeria since 2016. Genocide Watch considers Nigeria to be at Stage 9: Extermination . Commission of Inquiry should go to Nigeria to investigate the massacres.

Intersociety, Onitsha, Eastern Nigeria Sunday, 6th June 2021 The International Society for Civil Liberties The latest armed violence from the Government of Nigeria started some minutes before 3 am the early morning The crude method by the Government of Nigeria including invasion of citizens’ homes at ungodly hours Also under Nigeria’s extant laws, applicable globally, Barr Ifeanyi Ejiofor and other licensed legal The security forces of Nigeria are hereby called upon to withdraw and discontinue their siege and follow