SPIRITED THINKING SINCE 1888
Gavin Ashenden
Nigeria
Nigeria: Stories of modern-day slavery (and the under-funded fight to end it)
July 29, 2021
Every year, thousands of Europe-bound Nigerian youths illegally travel along often-dangerous migration routes through the Sahara desert and across the Mediterranean Sea, voyaging on hapless boats, most intent on reaching Italy where they hope to make a better living. Their hopes often crumble like a house of cards.
279 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped last week have been released
March 03, 2021
Hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped from a state boarding school in the north west Nigeria state of Zamfara last week have been released, a local official announced.
Nigerian bishop laments continuing insecurity since seminarian’s killing a year ago
February 16, 2021
Sokoto, Nigeria, Feb 15, 2021 / 07:19 pm MT (CNA).- One year after the burial of Michael Nnadi, an 18-year-old Nigerian seminarian abducted and killed by gunmen, the local bishop has indicated his sorrow at the lack of progress in preventing abductions and murders. “It is quite tragic that one year later, we are still
Outlook for Nigerian Christians is bleak in spite of escaped Chibok girls
February 02, 2021
At least one of 276 schoolgirls abducted from a boarding school seven years ago has escaped captivity, Christian persecution watchdog Open Doors UK and Ireland reports.
Government apathy encouraging abductions, says Nigerian Bishop
January 28, 2021
One of Nigeria's most senior bishops has blamed government apathy for the recent surge in abductions of the clergy.
Christians in Nigeria keep the faith amidst lingering insurgency and persecution
January 19, 2021
Nigeria is about evenly divided: a little more than half the country’s 206 million people are Muslim, a little fewer than half are Christian. In the northern part of the country, Islam stands as the dominant faith, while Christianity stands in the South – but most of the killings take place in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, where the halves of the country meet. While religion was not originally an issue linked to conflict in Nigeria, it has risen to the fore.
North Korea – the worst place to be a Christian
January 14, 2021
Open Doors, the charity supporting persecuted Christians around the world, published its 2021 list of the countries where Christians face the most extreme persecution
Catholic bishop released five days after kidnapping in Nigeria
January 03, 2021
The diocese in southeastern Nigeria announced late on Jan. 1 that Bishop Moses Chikwe and his driver, Ndubuisi Robert, had been released by their abductors “unhurt and without ransom.”
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