Tag Archives: Nigeria
Nigeria: More Islamic killings prompt retaliation threats
ABC News A top Christian leader in Nigeria warned Wednesday that worshippers would abandon their restraint if a campaign of suicide car bombings and gun assaults by a radical Islamist sect doesn’t stop. The comments by Ayo Oritsejafor, the president … Continue reading
Nigeria: At last, someone who takes the Bible seriously!
Those witches better watch out! Sahara Reporters. The potentially dangerous activities of a new local church in Cross River-Akwa Ibom states axis of the country should be of concern to all people of conscience in Nigeria and beyond. This church, … Continue reading
Nigeria: Two hostages killed by Islamic group
SMH The two hostages from Britain and Italy found dead during a botched rescue operation spent their final days living in bare squalor under the watchful eye of their alleged al-Qaeda-linked Islamist captors. The bodies of Chris McManus and Franco … Continue reading
US: Accommodationists please note…
…here is a militant. SMH The Nigerian “underwear bomber” who tried to blow up a packed plane on Christmas Day 2009 must spend the rest of his life behind bars, a US judge has ruled. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 25, pleaded … Continue reading
Nigeria: Islamic attacks kill more than 50
SMH About 150 people have been killed in attacks claimed by an Islamist group in northeastern Nigeria, a rescue agency official says. “I was involved in the evacuation of corpses to the morgue. I personally counted 150 bodies,” the official, … Continue reading
Nigeria: Bull-stealers sentenced to amputation
An Islamic sharia court in Nigeria has sentenced two men to amputation at their right wrists for stealing a bull, with the amputation to be carried out in public if it is given final approval. The sharia court in the … Continue reading
Nigeria: Ten deaths per week in sectarian conflicts
BBC News Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the military to “take all necessary actions” to stop ethnic and religious unrest in Plateau state. His order to the chief of defence comes a day after two bomb explosions hit the … Continue reading
Nigeria: At least 18 killed in Islamic attack on UN
SMH No group has claimed responsibility for the blast but there is speculation it could have been carried out by a militant Islamic group known as Boko Haram, which draws inspiration from Afghanistan’s Taliban movement. Now, why would you automatically … Continue reading
Nigeria: 8-year-old ‘witch girl’ cast out by family
Butterflies and Wheels. Yesterday, I rescued for the second time an 8 year old girl, Esther Obot Moses who was branded a witch and exiled by her family in Nsit Ubium in Akwa Ibom state in Southern Nigeria. … According … Continue reading
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Worldwide: Muslims attack Christians and others at Xmas
SMH. As Christian leaders highlighted the plight of believers facing the threat of attacks around the world, a bomb in a church during Christmas mass in the southern Philippines wounded six people, including the priest. Military officials would not immediately … Continue reading
