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Amnesty, an invitation to confusion – CAN Calls on Cardinal Onaiyekan to stop speaking for Christians
The Christian Association of Nigeria{CAN} has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to as a matter of urgency dismiss the whole idea of amnesty to the Boko Haram sect, as it would be an invitation to confusion in the country. Related posts: Amnesty for Boko Haram… Deal or No Deal??? Nigeria: Amnesty for Boko Haram
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Nigerian Catholic Church Withdraws Membership Of CAN Temporarily
Dr. Omonokhua listed as reasons for the pull out to include the polarizing statements of some Christian leaders; the use of money in CAN elections; and several court cases involving state chapters of CAN. Related posts: EFCC to arrest Catholic priests over Atuche’s N45 million tithe Kaduna: Suicide Bomber Kills Five, Wounds 98 Boko Haram
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Death toll rises in central Nigeria riots spurred by checkpoint killing of a Muslim
A local official says the death toll from riots that erupted in central Nigeria has risen from four to 10. Related posts: At least 24 killed after explosions, gunfire in northeast Nigeria city home to radical sect Nigeria debt profile rises, to borrow $25bn by 2015 Boko Haram Claims Responsibility for Bauchi Church Attack
Kaduna: Suicide Bomber Kills Five, Wounds 98
St. Rita’s Catholic Church, Kaduna after the attack A suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives into a Catholic church in Kaduna on Sunday moring, killing at least five people, wounding nearly 100 and triggering reprisal attacks that killed at least two more, officials said. Related posts: Car bomb kills at least 5
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Muslims to unite against violence
VATICAN CITY (AFP) – Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday called for Christians and Muslims to unite against violence, following a trip to Lebanon last week in which he condemned fundamentalism in any religion. “I think the time has come… for us together to issue a determined rejection of violence and wars,” the pope said at
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Nigeria: Okene Church Attacks – Boko Haram Not Involved – Kogi CP, Adaba
The commissioner of police, Kogi State Command, Mr. Mohammadu Katsina and a former chairman of DAAR Communications, Mr Tom Adaba, have exonerated Boko Haram from the shooting at Deeper Christian Life Bible Church in Okene that led to the death of many worshippers. Related posts: Boko Haram Attacks Mali-Bound Soldiers In Kogi Leader Of Militants
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Attack in Sokoto: 2 bombers, 3 others killed.
SOKOTO, Nigeria (AP) – Attacks targeting authorities in two major cities of Nigeria’s troubled north have left two suspected suicide bombers dead and killed three others, authorities said Monday. Related posts: Gunmen Attack Nigerian Market, 34 Killed 26 killed as gunmen open fire in student housing area Boko Haram: 5 Igbo iron welders killed in
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Nigeria: Boko Haram – ‘North Loses N19 Billion Daily’
Kaduna — NORTHERN Nigeria is losing more than N19 billion daily due to the crisis and insecurity caused mainly by the frequent Boko Harambomb attacks in the region. Pastor James Mobeth Wuye, spokesperson for Christian-Muslim Youths Peace Initiative of Nigeria, Kaduna State chapter, stated this last weekend at the Sultan Bello Mosque during the breaking
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Christians In Kaduna Storm Mosque, Eat Solidarity Ramadan “Breakfast” With Muslims
Related posts: Jonathan calls for peace at Ramadan Nigeria: Boko Haram – ‘North Loses N19 Billion Daily’ Sheik Gumi: Soldiers Are Fighting Innocent Muslims, Not Boko Haram
Christians avoid churches in Lokoja
Christians who usually go for night vigil in Lokoja churches, are now avoiding their worship centres, in the wake of the recent attempted bomb attack in Okene. Related posts: Boko Haram’s Plan is to wipe out Christians in the north —CAN Fight Back, Christian Leaders Tell Northern Christians Boko Haram Attacks Mali-Bound Soldiers In Kogi
Boko Haram Vows to Hunt Down More Government Officials
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Armed Herdsmen Attack Village in Jos Again
Suspected Fulani herdsmen have attacked a village, populated by Christians in the central Nigeria’s Plateau State early Saturday, killing yet-to-be counted number of people, officials said. The attack on Kankuru village in Riyom local government area and near the flashpoint state capital of Jos happened around 7:00 a.m,today they said. “Presently the casualty figures are
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Boko Haram Claims Responsibility for Bauchi Church Attack
Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for Sunday’s suicide car-bombing of the Living Faith Church in Yelwa, on the outskirts of the north-eastern state of Bauchi, which killed at least 15 people. The suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden car into the church forcing himself past a checkpoint and ramming it into the church to cause an
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Policemen Defuse Two Bombs at Bayero University
Eyewitnesses have confirmed the defusing of two homemade bombs detected and defused at the old campus of Bayero University Kano (BUK). The bombs were discovered on Tuesday morning at the Sports Complex of the Faculty of Science and in front of the office of the sub-dean of the Faculty of Law. Sources said men
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Boko Haram’s Plan is to wipe out Christians in the north —CAN
The Southern Christian Association of Nigeria,CAN, has raised the alarm that there is an agenda to wipe out Christians in Northern Nigeria owing to series of bombing of churches in the north by the Islamic sect Boko Haram. In a statement issued by southern CAN, comprising the 17 Southern States lamenting that the sect Boko
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