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After the attacks, photos of the 2022 Owo church attack circulated on social media with miscaptioned labels suggesting they were from the massacres in Plateau State. [19] On 8 January 2024, around 5,000 Nigerian Christians rallied in Jos, the capital of Plateau State, to protest over insecurity. The protesters gathered outside of the office of ...
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 ...
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.
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.
Nigerian military attacked the village of Odi, as part of the Conflict in the Niger Delta. 2000 Kaduna riots: 2000-02-21 to 2000-05-23 Kaduna: 2,000 [12] [13] –5,000 [14] 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 ...
The massacre occurred on 11 February 2014 in Konduga, Borno State, northeastern Nigeria. [1] The village where the attack occurred was predominantly Christian. Dressed in military gear, dozens of attackers raided the village. Some of their victims were shot; others had their throats slit. By the end of February 15, 2014, 121 people had been killed.
A Christian mother in Nigeria was acquitted of blasphemy charges after being imprisoned for condemning the mob murder of a Nigerian Christian student.
The worst massacre took place on 19 January in the settlement of Kuru Karama, where 174 people, including 36 women and 56 children, were killed. [2] Satellite images released by Human Rights Watch show the near complete destruction of buildings in Kuru Karama. [15] The BBC reported the fighting had spread to Pankshin, 100 km from Jos.