Nigeria Report

Twitter account of the Nigeria Report website. News and advocacy about Nigeria's crisis of sectarian violence. A project of Christian Solidarity International.

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Chibok still grieves 10 years after schoolgirl abductions - https://t.co/FFjXIzZGjL

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Nigerian journalist Luka Binniyat made a fact-finding visit to Chibok for CSI and heard from the parents about the trauma, depression and hardship the families of the missing girls have endured.
@Kindusluka
https://t.co/Hipi2kONHn

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Boko Islamists Kidnap Many in Nigeria: Persecuted Christians – Modern Tokyo Times

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Terror attacks in central Nigeria’s #Plateau State have claimed dozens of Christian lives since mid-April.
https://t.co/ICKhXdq2Fp

[John Eibner @JohnEibner]

https://t.co/nsYLx4M9Ob

Benue's Catholic Bishop Angabe: “It is a #jihad — purely a religious war — a #genocide, the elimination of the Indigenous tribes who are mainly Christians."

US State Dept: #ReligiousFreedom in #Nigeria is of "No Particular Concern".

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A report from CSI's partner in #Plateau state in #Nigeria, on the killings of 17 Christians by Fulani militias last week.

Six of the victims were children. The youngest, Isreal Mahan, was only one year old.

https://t.co/n7W2ADl2nd

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“The so-called bandits who carried out the abduction are working hand in hand with elements of Ansaru, an al-Qaeda affiliated group operating mainly in the north west,” journalist @SKefason told CSI.

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Jihadist groups fingered in the abductions of schoolchildren in #Kaduna, #Nigeria.
https://t.co/hfwMXU1jRs

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It's being reported that churches are being torched and Christians attacked in #Mangu, #Plateau State. This is happening as @SecBlinken arrives in #Nigeria for talks. It's exactly a month since the brutal #Christmas Eve attacks in Plateau.
https://t.co/6L9AjKmcJO

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Up to 20,000 people are reportedly homeless following brutal attacks on Christian villagers in central #Nigeria’s #Plateau State over Christmas.
https://t.co/qOkc9T9aYD

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Rhoda Jatau is out of jail but the charges against her still stand.
#FreeRhoda
https://t.co/scntiQ3VFG

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Rhoda Jatau's 18-Month Incarceration: Unveiling Religious Tensions and Legal Struggles in Bauchi Sta https://t.co/XzV5gmAqHL via @nbnews247

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A huge blow to #RhodaJatau's supporters and defense team as Bauchi High Court rejects her bid to have the #blasphemy charges against her thrown out.

CSI will continue to press for her release.

#freeRhoda

https://t.co/hnwLMQxJ5X

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Update: another pastor, Amako Maraya, of ECWA, Damakasuwa, Kaduna State, was shot dead by gunmen on November 17, bringing the total killed to 15.

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Nigeria: Catholic bishops sound alarm over kidnapping and killing of clergy. 14 clergy killed this years, CSI research shows.
https://t.co/Z6Dho18KDf

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https://t.co/YXpY7BTKpR

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The Bauchi High Court has set November 27 as the date for ruling on a “no-case submission” in the trial of Rhoda Jatau.
#freeRhoda

https://t.co/QUgb41m4jD

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Rhoda Ya’u Jatau, a Christian from Bauchi State, is approaching her 500th day in prison where she awaits the continuation of her trial for alleged #blasphemy. Court hearings in her case are repeatedly postponed.
https://t.co/K7pg1Rxwcj

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A wave of attacks on Christian settlements in Nigeria’s Middle Belt in recent weeks show the government's inability or unwillingness to stamp out religious persecution.
#middlebelt #christians
https://t.co/vrlRaogkCL

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The court ruling in the case of an 18-year-old #convert to #Christianity sends a signal that the fundamental right to change religion must be guaranteed in #Nigeria, even in those states that enforce #Islamic law.
https://t.co/kjB3evaP5C