As Christmas arrived in Nigeria’s troubled northern states, believers counted their losses and their blessings in 2022.
Christians in Makurdi, the capital of Benue state, are celebrating Christmas despite recent financial reversals, according to Rev. Michael Burton, an American missionary in the city.
“People are excited about Christmas, partly because nearly all employees get a full week of paid vacation,” Burton told The Epoch Times.
Farmers in the northern county of Guma have suffered nearly incessant attacks since 2018 according to media reports.
In October and early November, scores of rural dwellers were slaughtered during night-time raids by Muslim mercenaries striking from across the border in neighboring Nasarawa and Taraba states….