Thirteen schools, most of them Christian, in Nigerian have close amid violent attacks and mass kidnappings.
Thirteen schools, most of them Christian, in Nigerian have close amid violent attacks and mass kidnappings.
According to sources, armed Fulani herdsmen killed a Christian doctor on June 17 in Niger state, Nigeria following attacks that killed 17 Christians in the Plateau state.
According to sources, Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria have shot and killed a missionary and his 3-year-old son.
Fulani herdsmen are suspected to have killed 14 Christians in a village near Jos, Plateau state and eight others in another villag.
Fulani herdsmen are suspected to have killed the wife and nephew of a Christian in Plateau state, Nigeria in an attack on their home on Thursday night.
Fulani herdsmen are suspected to have killed two more Christians in Plateau state on Friday night, the same day a Catholic priest was found slain in northwest Nigeria’s Katsina state.
According to sources, Fulani herdsmen in north-central Nigeria kidnapped a pastor’s wife from her home and two nurses from a hospital, while other Islamic extremists may have joined herdsmen in abducting more than 70 people from one village.
In late April, Muslim Fulani herdsmen reportedly killed 12 Christians in Nasarawa state and three others in the Plateau state.
According to sources, one Christian student remains captive after three others escaped abduction on Thursday by Muslim Fulani herdsmen from a Christian missions school in Nigeria.
According to sources, Muslims in eastern Uganda upset with a pastor’s plans to build a church on land they sought to buy are suspected in his death by poisoning.
