CitizensGo: Thousands of Christians have been killed or abducted by Boko Haram, the militant Islamist group who claim to have established a ‘caliphate’ (Islamic state) in northern Nigeria. On a devastating scale also, Christians are also the target of Hausa-Fulani … Continue reading
In one state alone, Borno, Northern Nigeria, one and a half million people have fled from the terror and are now trying to survive in refugee camps and in bordering countries. Catholic Herald, Douglas Murray: “There is just too much to care … Continue reading
CNA: A Nigerian bishop says that he has seen Christ in a vision and now knows that the rosary is the key to ridding the country of the Islamist terrorist organization Boko Haram. Bishop Oliver Dashe Doeme says he is … Continue reading
NBCNews: Boko Haram forces appear poised to attack Maiduguri, a city of 2 million in northeast Nigeria — meaning that 200,000 Christians could be at risk of slaughter by the Islamist terror group, say U.S. intelligence officials and experts on … Continue reading
Even Nigerian press ignored it, as did Nigeria’s own president, Goodluck Jonathan. All the attention was on the Paris massacre. The Guardian: “I am Charlie, but I am Baga too,” wrote Simon Allison for the Daily Maverick, a partner on … Continue reading
Catholic Online: At least 47 students were killed at a northern Nigerian school in an attack organized by Islamist State-aligned terrorist group Boko Haram. A strong explosion rocked the Public Secondary School Potiskum, which is located in the economic capital … Continue reading
International Business Times, Nigeria: A prominent Nigerian reverend has revealed Islamist terror group Boko Haram destroyed over 180 churches in the West African country following its capture of towns and villages in the north-eastern states of Borno and Adamawa. Reverend … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: As the Islamist militant organization Boko Haram gains ground in northeastern Nigeria, over 90,000 Catholics have fled their homes, Bishop Oliver Doeme of Maidiguri told the Fides news agency. “Boko Haram is determined to eliminate every sign of … Continue reading
Rorate Caeli: 3,000 miles from Mosul (Iraq), and Raqqa (Syria) in the “Islamic State”, and 1,800 miles from the new“Islamic Emirate of Benghazi” (itself just 400 miles from Athens or Sicily), Islamist armies are now conquering Nigerian cities in which Christians … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: Suicide bombers attacked a Catholic parish in the central Nigerian city of Jos on March 11, killing at least ten people. Jos has been a center of activity of the Islamist terrorist organization Boko Haram. More here with … Continue reading
CNA reports: As many as 35,000 people have fled their homes in northern Nigeria after continuing attacks from the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram. Their numbers include a large number of Catholics who report that churches have been destroyed. “There … Continue reading
HudsonNewYork: Several churches in northern Nigeria were bombed December 25, in what has been described as “Nigeria’s blackest Christmas ever.” The attacks, perpetrated by the Muslim militant group Boko Haram, killed at least 39 people, “the majority dying on the … Continue reading
Agenzia Fides: ” St. Patrick`s Cathedral was seriously damaged, windows and doors destroyed, the whole building was shaken to its foundations by the violence of the explosion”, His Exc Mgr. Oliver Dashe Doeme tells Fides, Bishop of Maiduguri, capital of … Continue reading
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