The ministry organisation Open Doors, which supports persecuted Christians all over the world, is shocked by the massacre at a church in southwestern Nigeria in which at least 50 people were killed, many more injured and an unknown number of…
Yesterday, May 12, a group of male Muslim students brutally attacked and killed a female Christian student from Shehu Shagari College of Education in Wamako, Sokoto State Nigeria. The female student, Deborah Samual Yakubu, a Home Economics student, apparently reacted…
Have you ever been to a war-torn space or country? Have you looked at the old, bombed, burnt, vacant buildings and dirty city spaces and wondered how the people in the area live after all the turmoil? Now imagine if…
Afghanistan is the most dangerous place to be a Christian after Taliban takeover Open Doors International released its 2022 World Watch List (WWL) on 19 January. This list, compiled annually, announces the top 50 countries where Christians experience the worst…
Earlier this year, young children stood around a newly installed borehole, watching clean water run from the tap. Before the borehole, fetching water was a tedious and sometimes dangerous chore. Christian communities in Bauchi, one of the Sharia-governed states in…
In the early hours of Monday, 5 July, unknown gunmen kidnapped 140 learners from a Bethel Baptist Boarding School in Kaduna state in northern Nigeria. “The kidnappers took away 140 learners, only 25 pupils escaped. We still have no idea…
Yesterday in the early hours of the morning, unidentified gunmen stormed the Government Science College in Kagara, Niger State, Nigeria. There were 650 students in the school when the attack took place. Muhammad Sani Idris, a spokesman for Niger State…
Today marks two years since Leah Sharibu and fellow students were kidnapped from their school in Dapchi, Borno State, by Boko Haram. All the girls were released one month later (except for five who died during the ordeal), but Leah…
Christian communities and churches in Nigeria are under attack with persecution being strongest in the 12 northern Sharia states and the Middle Belt region. The country, which is ranked #12 on the Open Doors World Watch List, has once again…
