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  • Abducted Chibok schoolgirl reunited with parents in Nigeria after seven years

    A girl abducted by Boko Haram from the Nigerian town of Chibok seven years ago has been reunited with her parents, raising hopes that others still being held will be found, the governor of Borno State announced. Governor Babagana Zulum said the girl, called Ruth Ngladar Pogu, surrendered to the military ten days earlier along […]

  • Kidnapped ‘Chibok girl’ completes ‘forbidden’ education

    One of 276 girls abducted from their school in Chibok, northern Nigeria by the infamous Boko Haram has just graduated from university – the very thing her kidnappers fight to oppose, according to Open Doors UK & Ireland. “Boko Haram roughly translates as ‘western education is forbidden’,” says Open Doors UK & Ireland CEO Henrietta […]

  • Two Young Christian Women Killed in Nigeria

    Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed two young Christian women in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria, on Friday (Jan. 17), sources said. The herdsmen on motorbikes rode into Gora-Gan village in Zango Kataf County at about 5 p.m. shooting villagers on sight, according to a local resident. Luka Biniyat, spokesman for the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), confirmed […]

  • Baroness Cox mission to Nigeria reveals mass killing of Christians

    After a fact-finding mission to Nigeria, Baroness Cox has reported that extremists in northern and Middle Belt Nigerian states have killed thousands of Christians. According to Barnabas Fund, armed Fulani militants are targeting Christian communities in an aggressive and strategic land-grabbing policy, epitomised in the phrase, “your land or your blood”.       “I have visited many […]