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18 persons killed near Jos’ christian villages; reprisal fears mount —— Special to USAfricaonline.com, CLASSmagazine, The Black Business Journal, USAfrica e-groupand Nigeria360@yahoogroups e-group ——- AFP: Jos, Nigeria — Twelve people were reported dead in an overnight attack on a central Nigerian village, the military said, in the latest outbreak of violence in the tense region near the city of [...]
President Jonathan to appoint “terrorism adviser”, as insecurity, violence mount in Nigeria Special to USAfricaonline.com and USAfrica multimedia networks, Houston. USAfrica, January 3, 2011: With the rise in insecurity across the regions of Nigeria especially the terroristic attacks by radical groups in the country’s capital Abuja, Jos, Maiduguri, Niger Delta, and varied religious-political terror, Nigeria’s [...]
Pope Benedict XVI condemns attacks on churches in Nigeria; calls it “absurd violence” Special to USAfricaonline.com AFP. Vatican City―Pope Benedict XVI deplored on Sunday (December 26, 2010) the “absurd violence” against Christians after attacks on churches in the Philippines and Nigeria over the Christmas holiday. “It was with great sadness that I learnt about the [...]
Wacky names of Nigerian churches/ministries/evangelists http://www.usafricaonline.com/2010/09/14/wacky-names-nigerian-churches/ USAfrica and CLASSmagazine (Houston) have received a popular e-mail on the humorous but actual church/mission/evangelism ministry names in Nigeria. The compiler of the list is, so far, not known to me, our editors and correspondents. We welcome him or her to indicate his/her identity. We note, too, that another [...]
Muslim attack on Christian village in Jos, Nigeria kills 8, about 45 injured AFP: Jos, Nigeria — Muslims attacked a Christian village in central Nigeria on Saturday, killing eight people with machetes and burning seven houses and a church in fresh religious violence, an army spokesman said. The attack followed clashes in eastern Nigeria earlier [...]
New conflicts, killings in Jos; Fulani herdsmen vs christians Special to USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston In March and April 2010, there were renewed cries of religious and ethnic killings of hundreds of christians around Jos by Islamic, Fulani herdsmen of northern-middle-belt Nigeria. This weekend of May 22, 2010, wire services are reporting that 3 Fulani [...]
After murder of pastor n wife in Bauchi, Nigeria police step up patrols Special to USAfrica, USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston AFP: The Nigerian Police on Sunday heightened security in a mainly Muslim state of Bauchi in northern Nigeria in the wake of the murder of a Christian pastor and his wife. “The situation is well under control with the [...]
USAfrica Flashpoint Nigeria: More killings of christians by muslims in Jos….13 dead today USAfricaonline.com wt agency reports The crises in Nigeria’s middle belt are continuing with more killings of christians by Fulani muslims, as reported by local authorities, eye-witnesses, local and international media. At least 13 persons have been killed by armed Fulani herdsmen near [...]
Clinton says Nigeria must bring killers of Christians to justice. Special to USAfricaonline.com (AFP) Washington DC— US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called on Nigeria to find and punish those responsible for the killings of more than 500 Christians in a wave of sectarian slaughter.“We continue to urge all parties to exercise restraint,” Clinton [...]
“The Acting President has placed all the security forces in Plateau and neighbouring states on red alert so as to stem any cross-border dimensions to this latest conflict,” Jonathan’s office said in a statement on Sunday March 7, 2010
Thousands flee as refugees in middle belt of Nigeria after violence kills 220; soldiers on streets Special to USAfricaonline.com By Jon Gambrell (CP): JOS, Nigeria — Soldiers with machine-guns patrolled the streets of Jos and charred bodies lay in the streets Wednesday following days of religious violence between Christians and Muslims in central Nigeria that killed [...]
Reasonably, based on facts, I ask: is it too much to ask of these people to minimally show grace and kindness rather be sources of toxic stereotyping of the entire country of Haiti, distorting the entire history of Haitians and viciously assaulting persons who share your own Igbo ancestry and general humanity?? These “christians” largely seat on their hypocritical fannies, speak condescensions and shout insensitive distortions as other less privileged children of God largely die, by the hour, by the minute….
Christmas and its blessings for our families. By Rev. Dr. Fyne Nsofor and family. Special to USAfricaonline.com, USAfrica The Newspaper, Houston, AfricanChristians@yahoogroups.com, CLASSmagazine and The Black Business Journal “Last Christmas we were thinking about all the things we didn’t have; This Christmas we are thinking about all the things we do have. Last Christmas we were [...]
