BREAKING NEWS: Nigerian Missionaries, Christians Trapped In Islamic ‘War Zone’
By BosNewsLife Africa Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Nigerian missionaries and other Christians were reportedly trapped Wednesday, June 20, in what they called a "war zone" as an Islamic group went on a killing spree in northern Nigeria, targeting churches and other sites.
BREAKING NEWS: Blasts Rock Three Churches In Nigeria, Dozens Killed (Update)
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Suspected Islamic militants attacked three churches in northern Nigeria Sunday, June 17, killing dozens of people and over 100 others an evangelist and BosNewsLife reporter said, citing officials,
BREAKING NEWS: Nigeria Church Attacks Kill 7; Christians ‘Gunned Down’ (Update)
(ADDS CLAIM OF RESPONSIBILTY FROM BOKO HARAM, CHANGING LEAD AND DEATH TOLL)
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
JOS, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Islamic group Boko Haram claimed responsibility Sunday, June 10, for bombing a church and spraying another congregation with bullets in Nigeria's troubled northern and central region, killing at least seven people, including a suicide bomber and injuring over 40 others
NEWS ALERT: Boko Haram Claims Deadly Church Attack In Nigeria
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
BAUCHI, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- The militant Islamist group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed at least 15 people at an evangelical church in northern Nigeria.
BREAKING NEWS: Nigeria Church Bombing Kills Over Dozen People
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
BAUCHI, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Up to 15 people were killed and scores injured when a suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into an evangelical church in northern Nigeria Sunday, June 3, an evangelist and reporter told BosNewsLife.
Residents of Nigerian City Traumatized After Easter Bombing (Special Feature)
By Lekan Oyekanmi, Voice of America Correspondent reporting from Kaduna, Nigeria
KADUNA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Still traumatized residents in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna are trying to resume their lives after an Easter Sunday car bombing that killed at many as 38 people. Scores of wounded and witnesses are attempting to come to grips with the attack.
Nigeria Church Collapse Kills 22
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in northern Nigeria were without weighing their options Monday, April 23, after a packed church building collapsed during a recent Easter vigil service, killing at least 22 people and injuring over 30 others.
Pope Condemns Persecution Christians Amid Nigeria Bloodshed
By BosNewsLife News Center
VATICAN CITY/ABUDJA/TEHRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Pope Benedict XVI on Easter Sunday condemned discrimination and persecution of Christians around the world, just as news emerged that dozens of people were killed in an attack near Nigerian churches.
BREAKING NEWS: 38 Killed In Easter Bombing Near Nigerian Churches (Update)
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- A car bombing in the northern Nigerian town of Kudana killed dozens of people and damaged the All Nations Christian Assembly Church during an Easter worship service Sunday, April 8, officials and Christians said.