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On 5 June 2022, a mass shooting and bomb attack occurred at a Catholic church in the city of Owo in Ondo State, Nigeria. At least 40 people were killed, with the highest estimates being around 80. [1] Some in the federal government of Nigeria suspect the Islamic State – West Africa Province of carrying out the massacre.
A series of armed attacks occurred between 23 and 25 December 2023 in Plateau State in central Nigeria. They affected at least 17 rural communities in the Nigerian local government areas of Bokkos and Barkin Ladi, resulting in at least 200 deaths and injuries to more than 500 people [1] [2] as well as significant property damage.
Today, religious violence in Nigeria is dominated by the Boko Haram insurgency, which aims to establish an Islamic state in Nigeria. [50] Since the turn of the 21st century, 62,000 Nigerian Christians have been killed by the terrorist group Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen and other groups. [48] [49] The killings have been referred to as a silent ...
Religious riots between Christians and Muslims over the introduction of sharia law in Kaduna State, start of the religious riots phase of the Sharia conflict in Nigeria. 2001 Jos riots: 2001-09-07 to 2001-09-17 Jos: 500–5000 [15] Religious riots between Christians and Muslims. Zaki Biam Massacre: 2001-10-20 to 2001-10-24 Benue State: Over 200 ...
Forty people were killed in a massacre at a Catholic church in Nigeria's Ondo State on Sunday and 61 survivors are still being treated in hospital, the state governor said on Thursday.
On 22 May, the Christian Association of Nigeria said that over the past week "about 130 people were killed, about 1,000 buildings burnt, and about 22 villages affected." Archbishop and president of the CAN Daniel Okoh deplored the massacre and called for an end to the violence. [ 10 ]
Other community leaders say it began with an argument over the rebuilding of a Muslim home in a predominantly Christian neighbourhood that had been destroyed in the November 2008 riots. [12] Both Muslim and Christian youth have been blamed for starting the violence. [13] A 24-hour curfew was imposed on the city on 17 January 2010. [14]
Map of Kaduna. The 2000 Kaduna riots were religious riots in Kaduna involving Christians and Muslims over the introduction of sharia law in Kaduna State, Nigeria. [1] It is unclear how many people were killed in the fighting between Muslims and Christians, that lasted with peaceful intervals from 21 February until 23 May 2000; estimates vary from 1,000 to 5,000 deaths.