A video posted on social media shows the moment a truck rammed into the crowd. Screenshot/X In the early hours of April 21, a joyful crowd was descending a hill outside Billiri in Gombe State following an Easter Monday service. The procession to the top of the hill is a tradition that Christians in… Read more »
Aid is delivered to survivors of the attacks in Bokkos. ECCVN Addressing the media on April 8, a spokesman for the Plateau State chapter of the Coalition of Fulani Registered Organizations (COFRO) made a series of demands of the state government to restore peace to Plateau after weeks of violence. The statement, which came… Read more »
CSI provided emergency aid to victims of the Plateau State attacks in Nigeria. csi It was on the night of April 13 as Palm Sunday gave way to Holy Week that suspected Fulani militants burst into Zike community in Nigeria’s central Plateau State, opening fire on villagers. Within a few hours, at least 56 people… Read more »
Christian Solidarity International’s Joel Veldkamp, Ph.D., discusses the streak of Fulani killings of Christians in Nigeria during an interview (below) for CBN News with Billy Hallowell. Watch the interview on CBN News On April 17, CSI’s director for public advocacy, Joel Veldkamp, spoke with Billy Hallowell on CBN News about the recent massacres of indigenous… Read more »
Naomi Ezekiel Gana of Furti village, Bokkos, was widowed in the April 2, 2025 attack. csi As the Easter holiday approaches, Christians in the Middle Belt of Nigeria are facing a renewed wave of violence. At around midnight on Palm Sunday suspected Fulani militants attacked villages in Zike community, Bassa local government area (LGA), killing… Read more »
On April 13, Palm Sunday, Fulani militias massacred 56 people in a Christian village in Plateau State in Nigeria, CSI has learned from its staff on the ground. CSI’s Nigeria project manager arrived in Jos, the capital of Plateau State, on April 12. “Since I arrived, there has been an attack on Christian villages every… Read more »
Nenche Steven, a 7-year-old boy from Plateau State, sits in a hospital with his head bandaged after the latest Fulani killings of Christians in Nigeria’s Middle Belt. Seven-year-old Nenche Steven is lucky to be alive. Muslim Fulani militiamen broke into his home at night on the 13th of April. They shot his father dead, chopped off… Read more »
Rhoda Jatau, a northern Christian healthcare worker who spent 19 months in jail on blasphemy charges, has finally been acquitted – one year after being released on bail. Throughout her time in prison, CSI campaigned for Jatau’s release. The mother of five was jailed on charges of inciting public disturbance, “exciting contempt of religious creed”,… Read more »
A Christian youth organization is leading calls for a crackdown on Islamist Fulani militias amid a surge in violent attacks in Plateau State and other parts of Nigeria’s Middle Belt. Following renewed attacks in Nigeria’s Plateau State, Christian youth organization Berom Youth-Moulders Association (BYM) has issued a statement calling for urgent military action to stem the tide… Read more »
Dozens of Christians in Mangu local government area of Plateau State in Nigeria have been killed in Fulani militia attacks since January 23, CSI’s sources in the area report. The massacres came as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an official visit to Nigeria on January 23 and 24, and just three weeks after… Read more »
