“Village of Widows” in Plateau State, Nigeria: Victims of “Christian genocide”?
The UK’s Channel 4 broadcast yesterday a deep dive into violence from the Fulani militia in Plateau State. As the militia is made up of
Nigeria’s violent conflicts are about more than just religion – despite what Trump says
The US president, Donald Trump, is threatening military action in Nigeria over what he sees as the persecution of Christians there. He has accused the
Thug culture in Nigerian politics: the links between state governors, funding and violent armed groups
Since Nigeria’s return to democracy in 1999, elections have consistently been marred by violence. The elections between 1999 and 2019 and in 2023 saw party clashes, physical attacks, assassinations
The violence in Nigeria’s Middle Belt has long historical roots
There is systematic violence taking place in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, writes Onyedikachi Madueke. The government calls it local skirmishes, but the reality goes deeper than
Mounting death toll and looming humanitarian crisis in Nigeria amid unchecked attacks by armed groups
At least 10,217 people killed in two years since government took power Over 6,896 killed in Benue, at least 2,630 killed in Plateau 638 villages
Nigeria’s spiralling rural violence heaps pressure on Tinubu
A recent wave of rural violence has killed hundreds in northern Nigeria and piled pressure on the country’s president, with simmering tensions in the region
Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill 56 people in Benue State, Nigeria
At least 56 people are reported to have been killed as suspected nomadic cattle herders carried out twin attacks in central Nigeria‘s Benue State. Police
Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen kill up to 51 in Nigeria
At least 51 people have been killed in the Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State by suspected Fulani herdsmen. Witnesses claim the victims were
British MPs slam Nigeria as “6th worst place in the world to be a Christian”
Patricia Gibson, the Scottish National Party MP for North Ayrshire and Arran, said today in Westminster: After North Korea, the worst offenders for the persecution
Nigeria: Farmer-herder conflict exposes government inaction
The recent spate of violence in Nigeria’s Plateau state which resulted in over 160 deaths has raised questions whether present and past Nigerian administrations are
