Dark memories of Sept. 11, 2001 strike a special chord with Nigerians who lost everything that same day in the idyllic hilltop town of Rankum, south of Jos. Unnoticed by Nigeria’s press and overshadowed by the sensational attacks in the United States, the brutal murder of 200 Christian residents by Fulani militants remains a traumatic…

They came to the orphanage without parents. As of the night of Aug. 2, they were homeless, too. The only orphanage supported by a U.S. nonprofit in the conflict-devastated Jos area of Plateau State in Nigeria has been destroyed, but the staff and children are safe, according to Rev. William Murray, founder of the Religious Freedom…

KADUNA – Having mowed down large swaths of ripe crops in the predawn of Aug. 3, armed assailants stormed into four villages in Southern Kaduna state, central Nigeria, killing 22 and burning down 134 houses, according to Kaduna State Police. Kaduna State shares a border with Plateau State to its east. The area inhabited by the Chawai Chiefdom…

Civilians with sling shots and homemade shotguns are scrambling to repel terrorists with assault rifles in Nigeria’s north, according to a leader of the group that saw action the night of July 31. “We laid in the grass firing stones with our slingshots and firing the few Dane guns [shotguns] in our possession to scare…

The gunmen came after dark and killed residents with impunity for hours, according to Aya Bitrus, who narrowly escaped death from the Muslim terrorists. “They entered our villages after dark shouting “Allahu Akbar” [Allah is great]. I heard and saw more than 200 Fulani with guns and machetes,” he told The Epoch Times. “They were speaking…