Boko Haram has killed more than 27,000 civilians in Nigeria. Children sheltered in an orphanage, Lagos, Nigeria. Boko Haram has killed more than 27,000 civilians in Nigeria. The Christian Association of Nigeria reports that 900 churches in northern Nigeria have been destroyed In central Nigeria, Fulani militants are also committing genocidal massacres against Christians.

Second Country Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict in Nigeria Boys and girls in northeast Nigeria continued to endure gruesome violations at the hands of Boko Haram and to be deeply report described 5,741 grave violations against children between January 2017 and December 2019 in Nigeria of Boko Haram’s activities beyond Nigeria’s borders. “The children of Nigeria and neighboring countries continued to endure horrendous violations by Boko

USCIRF) today expressed its alarm and outrage regarding deteriorating religious freedom conditions in Nigeria Religious freedom conditions in Nigeria deteriorated over the past year, with recent and ongoing attacks We urge the U.S. government to leverage the recent decision of the State Department to designate Nigeria Department of State-designate Nigeria as a “country of particular concern,” or CPC, and Boko Haram as by militant Islamist groups in northern Nigeria.

Mourners at a funeral for Christians murdered by Islamic militants in Nigeria (AFP or licensors) JOS , Nigeria, April 14, 2020 (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria decapitated two Christians Plateau State, Nigeria Farmer Killed In Plateau state, Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed 30-year-old Christian Benue State, Nigeria 16 Christians Killed in Benue Last month in Benue state, Muslim Fulani herdsmen (Profoss, from original by Uwe Dedering); Plateau state, Nigeria.

Nigeria has become a killing field of defenseless Christians. Concise Background of the Christian Population in Nigeria and Their Settlement in The North Nigeria is The Southeast and South regions of Nigeria are home to the largest Christian populations in Nigeria, of the Brethren in Nigeria): ”In many communities in Northeast Nigeria, the killers (Fulani and Boko These widely dismissed claims by the Nigerian Army come two months after the same Government of Nigeria

A new report reveals that a genocide of approximately 62,000 Christians has taken place in Nigeria since The report “Nigeria’s Silent Slaughter: Genocide in Nigeria and the Implications for the International Community” chronicles more than 60,000 testimonies of victims in Nigeria – many being witnesses who It was released by The International Committee on Nigeria (ICON). Special Envoy is key to turning things around in Nigeria."

In spite of government efforts, the security situation in Nigeria is deteriorating. Indeed, the lingering conflict between herders and farmers in north-central Nigeria has been rated six Primary factors include: Porous Nigeria-Niger borders and difficult terrain. Nigeria’s border with Niger spans 1,497 km and is poorly policed by the Nigeria Custom and Immigration ; again, often due to the porous Nigeria-Niger border and subsequent arms trafficking.

Newsroom An early morning raid Sunday by terrorists in north-central Nigeria hit a Roman Catholic congregation villages called Rubu in Kajuru County, approximately 30 miles south of Kaduna City in north-central Nigeria “The International Committee on Nigeria believes the Fulani militants have an attack strategy to instill Scholars estimate that between 10,000 and 30,000 bandit terrorists are operating in five of Nigeria’s He began covering the campaign to retake Mosul from ISIS in 2015 and switched to covering ISIS in Nigeria

Pastoralists and their cattle in Sokoto district in north-west Nigeria. (Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images) As attacks continue unabated against Christian villages in Nigeria’s events from November 2 – 5 onViolent Christian Persecution in Nigeria. He believes the ongoing attacks are part of an undeclared jihad against Christians in Nigeria. Release International has designated Nigeria a country of special concern.

NIGERIA (BP) -- Militant Fulani herdsmen killed at least 25 Christians in several attacks in Nigeria's The unfettered attacks could lead to a regional civil war in Nigeria's Middle Belt, religious liberty Christian persecution watchdog Open Doors ranked Nigeria 12th in its 2019 AND 2020 World Watch Lists According to Open Doors, of 4,136 Christians killed worldwide in 2018, Nigeria accounted for 3,731. In 2019, 2,983 Christians were killed worldwide; Nigeria accounted for 1,350.

Northern Nigeria is another area with Sharia law that does not execute gay people. A 2014 anti-gay law hardened sentences across all of Nigeria .

At least 81 people have been killed in an attack on a herding village in northeast Nigeria's Borno state Al Jazeera's Ahmed Idris, reporting from Niferia's capital, Abuja, said those who tried to flee were Nigeria violence: Widespread attacks by armed gangs "(They) then set the entire village ablaze before been killed in the last year by criminal gangs carrying out robberies and kidnappings in the northwest Nigeria United Nations said the violence had forced about 23,000 refugees across the border to the north into Niger