Fulani herdsmen raid the churches during Sunday school and the worship services, but the Kaduna state government denied the abductions. Eleven of the victims later escaped.

Nigeria, Sudan and Mali witness an increase in persecution by armed Islamist groups. Syria, China and Algeria are other places on the planet where Christians suffer restrictions and difficulties in living their faith. The Open Doors World Watch List (WWL 2026) monitors the situation of persecuted Christians around the world.

“The farmers were working on their farms when the herdsmen attacked them around 10 a.m. Four Christians are members of the same family”. 

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Christian leaders in Nigeria believe herdsmen attacks are inspired by their desire to forcefully take over Christians’ lands and impose Islam.

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Most of those killed were Christian farmers who stayed at a centre for displaced people that was set on fire. The attacks lasted for five days.

The shared love for Christ and the desire to make Him visible gives participants the courage to move beyond their differences, to work together and to seek mutual understanding.

The assault was the latest in a wave of violence reflecting a resurgence of jihadist attacks in Nigeria’s northeast by Boko Haram.

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Days before, Fulani herdsmen also raided a village in Plateau state and killed 15 Christians.

In just one week, Fulani herdsmen killed 48 Christians, including women and children, many were on their way to church services.

A Christian was ambushed and killed, days after another Christian and his mother were slain.Spike in violence in central part of country continues.

At least 10 people were murdered and 30 kidnapped, including religious leaders, during several Sunday morning worship services, in just 2 weeks.

The Observatory for Religious Freedom in Africa finds that Christians were the largest group of victims, with over 16,700 deaths.

Residents said herdsmen also attacked other predominantly Christian villages in the Ukum area in the past three months

The victims are farmers and were working when 20 heavily armed assailants attacked. One of the Christians was shot and his hands was shattered.

Evangelicals denounce that Nigerian government “has failed to protect civilians, most particularly Christians, from the increase of brutal acts of violence”.

TWR broadcasts more than 12 hours of programming a week in the Hausa language from its 150,000-watt Oasis Transmitter.

Dozens of other Christians were wounded and received treatment in hospitals, sources in the area said.

They were slain in a highway ambush by Fulani terrorists. Dozens of other Christians were wounded in the attack.

A report by a Nigerian organisation shows that over 8,000 people were killed in the country in 2023 because of their Christian faith.

The issue has gone unnoticed in Nigeria, “perhaps because of the patronage Joshua enjoyed among senior government officials, politicians and celebrities”.

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