Militants Murder Christian Family In Nigeria

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service 1_22_022306_nigeriaABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- An apparently Christian family of seven was murdered when armed Fulani tribesmen attacked a village in Nigeria's southern Kaduna State, rights investigators said Friday, January 31. Advocacy group Christian Solidarity Worldwide-Nigeria (CSW-N) said Manyekrun Village in the state's Kaura Local Government Area (LGA) was attacked late Thursday, January 30, as part of a wider Islamic campaign against Christians.

BREAKING NEWS: Deadly Blasts Rock Nigerian Churches

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service
MAIDUGURI/JOS (BosNewsLife)-- Authorities in northern and central Nigeria tried to restore calm Saturday, December 25, after suspected Muslim militants targeted churches and other sites in Christmas Eve attacks that killed as many as 38 people, police and church leaders said.

Over 1,000 Christians Killed In Nigeria

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service with additional reporting by Paul Jongas from Nigeria nigeria_christians11ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Nigerian Christians are mourning their dead after a weekend of violence and reports that at least a thousand believers were killed in Nigeria since 2012, making it the nation with the highest known Christian death toll.

Catholic Group Says Christians Face Eradication In Several Nations

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By Stefan J, Bos, Chief Internationalk Correspondent BosNewsLife aidtochurchLONDON/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife) -- An influential Catholic charity and advocacy group warns in a new report that Christianity may be "eradicated" in several nations as persecution of Christians has worsened over the last two years in countries such as China, Indonesia, Iraq, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Sudan and Syria.

NEWS ALERT: Nigeria Militants Kill Children Of Christian Convert, Missionaries Say

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- A militant group seeking to enforce Sharia, or Islamic law, throughout Nigeria, has shot and killed two children of an ex-terrorist and "murderer" because he converted to Christianity, well-informed missionaries told BosNewsLife Wednesday, November 23.

		                

BREAKING NEWS: Gunmen Kill 19 At Bible Study; Evangelist Also Dies

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service with additional reporting by BosNewsLife's Paul Jongas in Nigeria and Stefan J. Bos at BosNewsLife News Center ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Suspected Islamic militants opened fire at an evangelical church in central Nigeria killing at least 19 people before Bible study began and in a separate attack shot and killed a colleague of a Nigerian evangelist and BosNewsLife stringer, several sources confirmed early Wednesday, August 9.  

Christians Killed In Nigeria; More Than 100 Schoolgirls Missing

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ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in several parts of Nigeria are mourning or searching for loved ones after new kidnappings, and raids on villages by Islamic militants killed at least some 170 people, including Christian Nigerians.

BREAKING NEWS: Nigeria Militants Kill 10 Christians, Burn Churches

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Suspected Islamic militants have killed at least ten Christians, including a pastor, and torched several churches in the latest anti-Christian violence to hit Nigeria, a well-informed human rights group confirmed Monday, December 3.

Churches Want US To Designate Nigeria’s Boko Haram As “Terrorists”

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service WASHINGTON/ABUJA (BosNewsLife)-- An umbrella organization of US-based Baptist churches have urged the United States government to designate Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram as "a terrorist group" and to support religious minorities in the Middle East, North Africa and South-Central Asia.

Nigeria Christians Mourn Their Dead After Massacre, Attacks

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By BosNewsLife Africa Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos nigeriaABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in central Nigeria could mourn their dead Sunday, February 24, after  the massacre of a Christian family while sectarian clashes killed one person and left churches, homes and mosques burnt, officials said.