U.S. strongly condemns gruesome killing of Plateau pastor’s family, urges justice
The United States Embassy in Nigeria has condemned the horrific killing of the family members of Nigeria’s fiery cleric, Pastor Ezekiel Dachomo, demanding justice.
The United States Embassy in Nigeria has condemned the horrific killing of the family members of Nigeria’s fiery cleric, Pastor Ezekiel Dachomo, demanding justice.
A six-year data study by the Observatory for Religious Freedom in Africa (ORFA) says Nigeria’s deadliest militias are escaping global attention, with violence linked to Fulani terror groups far outpacing Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP).
A coalition of Nigerian activists in the United States has condemned the massacre of at least 52,000 Christians in Nigeria since 2009 and urged President Donald Trump to intervene urgently.
During Pope Leo XVI’s Apostolic Pilgrimage to Africa, Archbishop Andrew Nkea delivered a bold and candid address, disappointing critics of the Church as the world observed the unfolding situation in crisis-ridden Bamenda, Cameroon.
A US-based Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist has risen in defence of helpless Christians in the West African nation’s Middle Belt region who are consistently attacked by suspected Fulani media amid denials by government officials and lobbyists.
In what seems like fear without borders, continuous abductions in Plateau, Benue, Kaduna and Borno communities have left communities trapped in a cycle of hopelessness, looking to a government that cannot protect them.
In a recent interview, Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo, a Plateau-born advocate for persecuted Christians in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, revealed how Boko Haram insurgents attack Christian villages, burn churches, commit mass murders, and rape women.
The Nigerian government has been accused of complicity in the protection of lives and livelihoods, with a call for local communities to take to self-defence.