Eight more people have been slain in Nigeria and two others kidnapped in the relentless persecution of Christians that has made the country the world’s most deadly place for believers.
A Somali man received serious injuries when his relatives attacked him for putting his faith in Jesus Christ.
ABUJA, Nigeria — More violence in Nigeria has left 34 Christians dead and others in captivity. Open Doors, which tracks persecution of Christians, says Nigeria
This year, Nigeria ranks No. 6 on Open Doors’ World Watch List of places most difficult to be a Christian.
A video uploaded to YouTube earlier this month gives hope that a pastor and his wife abducted 14 months ago in Nigeria are still alive.
Three Sudanese Christians were arrested in January after one of them was found with a Bible by the Sudan Armed Forces. While jailed, the trio was tortured before being released in March.
More than 34 Nigerian Christians were slain for their faith in April, continuing a pattern that has made the country the world’s most deadly place to be a follower of Jesus.
Saidu Yakubu, alleged leader of a kidnapping gang that set a fire which destroyed a Nigerian church rectory and killed a seminary student, has been taken into custody.
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