The Federal Republic of Nigeria is a large oil-rich country in West Africa. It has land borders with Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Benin. Its capital is Abuja and the largest city is Lagos. The population in 2016 was 186 million, and growing rapidly due to high birth rates.
Nigeria is a rapidly growing nation with a young population projected to be 392 million and the fourth largest in the world by 2050. Muslims constitute 50% of the population, Christians 40%, and indigenous beliefs 10%.
There are 150.83 million mobile phone subscribers, or 83% of the population, the 9th largest group in the world as of 2015. English is the official language. It has huge oil reserves that are worked by the world’s major oil companies. Read more…
Nigerian Leader: Weapons Sent to Ukraine Are Ending Up in Hands of Terrorist Groups in North Africa
President Muhammadu Buhari warned last week that weapons from the raging war between Russia and Ukraine are now finding their way into the Lake Chad Basin region. Daily Trust reports that the president while speaking at the 16th Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC), held at the Conference Hall of the Presidential Villa, said all hands must be on deck ...
UN says new Polio Outbreak in Sudan caused by Oral Vaccine
The World Health Organization says a new polio outbreak in Sudan is linked to an ongoing vaccine-sparked epidemic in Chad — a week after the U.N. health agency declared the African continent free of the wild polio virus. In a statement this week, WHO said two children in Sudan — one from South Darfur state and the other from Gedarif state, close to the border with ...
International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church: Christians Around the World United in Fast and Prayer for Persecuted Christians.
Christians around the world united in prayer for the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church — a global prayer meeting for Christian brothers and sisters who boldly witness for Christ at any cost. VOM’s 2019 IDOP short film, Sang-chul: North Korea, provides a dramatic example of the challenges of following Christ inside the world’s most restricted nation. The film will inspire you and your ...
Nigerian Police Free Hundreds of Children Chained, Tortured in Islamic School
Nigerian police have freed more than 300 men and boys from an Islamic school in the northern city of Kaduna, with seven staff members arrested. Many of the students had been abused and held in chains. Nigerian police said Friday they had found and freed more than 300 men and boys from a school in the northern city of Kaduna. Many of them reported being tortured ...
Report: Polio Vaccinations Still Causing Polio
It is exceedingly rare for the public health community to admit to any problems with vaccination. Every so often, however, circumstances force officials into making just such an acknowledgment. The current debacle seeping out into the news—which is actually a long-running tale minted anew—is that oral polio vaccines are “spawning virulent strains” of polioviruses. The alarming surge in vaccine-derived polio cases presents vaccine planners with a ...
Nigeria: Muslims kill 120 Christians, destroy 140 homes in the last two weeks
But no “Islamophobia” was committed, so the international media takes no interest. “120 people killed, 140 homes destroyed by Nigeria Fulani since February,” by Samuel Smith, Christian Post, March 15, 2019: At least 120 people have been killed by alleged Fulani militant attacks since February in the Kaduna state of Nigeria with the latest attacks on Monday resulting in the deaths of over 50 and the ...
Report: 2019 World Watch List Released Exposing the Top Countries who Persecuted Christians in 2018
Last year, Christians were persecuted more than ever before in the modern era — and this year is expected to be worse: "4,136 Christians were killed for faith-related reasons," according to Open Doors USA in its recently published World Watch List 2019 (WWL) of the top 50 nations where Christians are persecuted. "On average, that's 11 Christians killed every day for their faith." Additionally, "2,625 Christians ...
Muslim Fulani Militant Herdsmen began a Killing Spree in Nigeria that lasted Four Days and Wiped Out a Dozen Christian Villages
Don't recall this story? That's because it wasn't covered by the mainstream media. Most of the victims were in their homes sleeping when the attacks began … when Muslim Fulani militant herdsmen began their killing spree in Nigeria that lasted four days, Thursday through Sunday evening and into Monday. In only days, a dozen villages in Nigeria’s Plateau state were wiped out. The affected communities surround ...
Saudi Princess’ Exposes Ruling Saudi Regime for Owning and Trading Child Sex Slaves
Saudi Princess Amira Bint Aidan Bin Nayef went on a rampage against the ruling Saudi regime in her exclusive statements to the French newspaper Le Monde, saying slavery in Saudi Arabia has different forms, but it is done in secrecy and permitted only among the primary beneficiaries of the princes of the House of Saud. She mentioned one of the most repulsive things: buying and renting ...
Austrian Officials: Half of Refugees claiming to be Children in Austria are Adults… and Many even Arrive with ‘Grey Hair and Beards’
Half of all migrants claiming to be children are lying, according to Austrian officials who say the 'juveniles' are sometimes in their 30s and have grey hair and beards. The unnamed official told Austrian journalists: 'It is completely absurd. We have men turning up here with full beards and grey hair claiming to be children.' Austrian officials said that of 2,200 asylum seekers claiming to be children, ...
