Tag: Plateau

Nigerian student arrested after converting from Islam to Christianity

January 16, 2018 Nigeria Converts, ECWA, Islamic extremism, Jama'atu Nasril Islam, Jos, Nasarawa, Nigeria, Plateau

A Nigerian university student who converted from Islam to Christianity has been arrested by state security forces, as has the man who introduced her to Christianity. Nabila Umar Sanda, 19, is a student at Bingham University in Karu, in the central state of Nasarawa, which is owned by one of . . . Read More

A Nigerian Christmas: no will or means to celebrate

January 1, 2018 Nigeria Christmas, Fulani herdsmen, Nigeria, Plateau

How do Christians under pressure for their faith celebrate Christmas? In the ninth installment of our series, we hear from Nigerians in central Plateau State affected by violence. While the Islamist group Boko Haram has gained notoriety for its attacks on civil, military and Christian targets, a second source of . . . Read More

Nigeria: Plateau attackers arrested, as Christians call for grazing ban

December 12, 2017 Nigeria Church of Christ in Nigeria, Fulani herdsmen, Jos, Nigeria, Plateau

Many experts now report that ongoing violence in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, where mainly Muslim Fulani herdsmen have attacked predominantly Christian farmers, has killed more people than Boko Haram. Now, after a period of relative calm, that violence has resumed in Plateau state, which has also witnessed the deadliest sectarian violence . . . Read More

Nigeria: Northern Christian leaders claim government lacks political will to stop Fulani herdsmen’s impunity

December 5, 2017 Nigeria Christian Association of Nigeria, Church of Christ in Nigeria, Fulani herdsmen, Jos, Nigeria, Plateau

Christian leaders in northern Nigeria have continued to lament the impunity with which Fulani herdsmen are attacking Christians in the region, especially in Plateau state, and the lack of political will by the federal government to stop it – in spite of their repeated calls. Last Thursday (30 November), at . . . Read More

Nigeria: Fulani Christians call for peace as violence continues in Plateau

November 15, 2017 Nigeria Christian Association of Nigeria, Fulani herdsmen, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Plateau

Fulani Christians in Nigeria have spoken out against the persistent attacks and killings attributed to Fulani herdsmen in the central state of Plateau, calling on them to embrace peace and shun all acts of violence. Rev. Buba Aliyu, chairman of the Fulbe Christian Association of Nigeria, led a contingent of . . . Read More

Christian Association of Nigeria asks President about Fulani violence

November 11, 2017 Nigeria Christian Association of Nigeria, Fulani herdsmen, Middle Belt, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Plateau

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), the main umbrella organisation of the major Churches, has expressed concern to President Muhammadu Buhari over ongoing violence by Fulani herdsmen in the country’s Middle Belt states. Throughout September and October, repeated attacks against Christian communities left more than 75 dead, according to an . . . Read More

Nigeria: 9 dead as suspected Fulani herdsmen ambush Christians in Plateau

November 9, 2017 Nigeria Christian Association of Nigeria, Church of Christ in Nigeria, ECWA, Fulani herdsmen, Nigeria, Plateau

Nine Christians were shot dead by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria’s central Plateau State on Tuesday night (7 November), as they returned from a weekly village market. Four more were injured during the incident in the Riyom Local Government Area (LGA), which happened at around 7.30pm. Seven were killed instantly, . . . Read More

Nigeria: cattle-grazing ban seeks to end Fulani violence

November 2, 2017 Nigeria Benue, ECWA, Middle Belt, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Plateau

A law imposing a ban on cattle grazing has come into force today (2 November) in Nigeria’s central state of Benue. The ban follows years of deadly clashes between nomadic Fulani herdsman and local farmers in Nigeria’s Middle Belt. According to the BBC, the new law requires everyone to keep . . . Read More

Nigeria’s Christians condemn killings in Plateau, urge government to intervene

October 18, 2017 Nigeria Fulani herdsmen, Jos, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Plateau

Worried by the recent incessant killings in Plateau state, north-central Nigeria, the Christians in the north under the aegis of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) have urged the government to intervene. The Chairman of the Northern CAN, Rev. Yakubu Pam, expressed concern that people who had lived together peacefully . . . Read More

Nigeria: religious leaders unite in ‘Appeal of Peace’ after violence in Jos

September 26, 2017 Nigeria Jos, Nigeria, Plateau

Nigeria’s Christian and Muslim leaders have called for peace following a recent surge of violence in the central state of Plateau. On 14 September, three people lost their lives after an eruption of inter-religious violence in the city of Jos, which followed the massacre of about 20 Christians by Fulani . . . Read More

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