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17-05-2011 Nigeria: Fears of further anti-Christian violence
13-05-2011 Nigeria: Pastor's wife and three children killed in raid
28-04-2011 Nigeria: Christians 'targeted' in post-election violence
22-03-2011 Nigeria: Extremists 'stir up unrest' ahead of April elections
22-03-2011 Bombs target Christians in Nigeria in campaign to spread violence ahead of elections
16-02-2011 Nigeria: Jos killings continue unchecked
01-02-2011 Nigeria: Release partners under intense pressure amid sectarian violence
26-01-2011 Nigeria: Further deaths as Plateau violence continues
14-01-2011 Nigeria: 13 killed in Christian village as religious tensions in Plateau soar
30-12-2010 Nigeria - Release calls for restraint as Christmas violence death toll rises
29-12-2010 Nigeria: Scores killed over Christmas in Plateau and Borno
29-12-2010 Nigeria Christmas killings - Islamists claim responsibility
02-12-2010 Nigeria: Three Christians killed in night raid on Jos village
05-11-2010 Nigeria: Women and children killed in brutal night raid on Plateau village
20-07-2010 Christians 'sitting targets' warns Release, after machete attack on priest's family in Jos, Nigeria
19-07-2010 Nigeria - Release urges action to protect Christians after fresh attacks
09-07-2010 Nigeria: Further attacks on northern Christians leave at least seven dead
06-07-2010 Nigeria - Christians fear further attacks to drive them from Plateau State
28-04-2010 'Step up security in Nigeria and defend reporting freedom' - Release
01-04-2010 Nigeria in crisis: call to halt the violence
30-03-2010 Nigeria: Second brutal attack on Jos Christians in two weeks
18-03-2010 Release calls on international community to protect Christians after fresh attack near Jos, Nigeria
16-03-2010 Nigeria: 'Uneasy calm' and questions after Christians slaughtered in Jos
02-03-2010 Nigeria: Eight churches destroyed in unprovoked assault on Christians
02-02-2010 Nigeria: Violent clashes rock Jos for the second time in just over a year
11-08-2009 Nigeria: Christians attacked in militants' rampage across north Nigeria
03-08-2009 Nigeria: No satisfying the extremists
17-04-2009 Christians attacked, churches burnt in Easter violence in Nigeria
10-03-2009 Nigeria: Hundreds of Christians made homeless in Bauchi
24-02-2009 Nigeria: Blasphemy conviction is overturned
25-12-2008 Nigeria: Wife forgives killers of her husband
10-12-2008 Nigeria: Christian leaders say insurgents caused violence in Jos
03-09-2008 Nigeria: Islamist radicals attack Christians
11-05-2008 Nigeria: Muslim leaders call for blasphemy laws
15-04-2008 Christians dismayed as Nigeria joins OIC
04-03-2008 Nigeria: Christian Policeman Dead, Two Teenagers Injured
19-02-2008 Nigeria: Kano State increases enforcement of Sharia law
11-12-2007 Nigeria: RI documentary to be screened on God TV over Christmas
11-12-2007 Nigeria: Christian teacher killed in Kano State
27-11-2007 Nigeria: Christians take governor to High Court
27-11-2007 NIGERIAN PASTOR FORGIVES ATTACKERS WHO TORCHED HIS CHURCH
27-11-2007 Nigeria: Extremists Stir Up Schoolchildren Against Their Christian Teacher
27-11-2007 Nigeria: Woman Stoned and Clubbed to Death
27-11-2007 Nigeria: Local Authorities May Try to Seize Church Land
27-11-2007 Nigeria: Muslim Students Try to Prevent Rebuilding a Chapel
27-11-2007 Nigeria: Christian High School Teacher Being Tried for Blasphemy
27-11-2007 Nigeria: Two Christian Students Not Seen Since Beaten Unconscious
27-11-2007 Nigerian State Seeks Help to Train Jihadists
24-11-2007 Nigeria: Christian Student Describes How He Ran For His Life
23-11-2007 Nigeria: Governor Announces All Schoolchildren to Wear Islamic Dress
23-11-2007 Nigeria: Christians Urging World to Stand With Them in Prayer
23-11-2007 Nigeria: Fourteen Churches Earmarked for Demolition
23-11-2007 Nigeria: Justice Demanded for Murdered Schoolteacher
23-11-2007 Nigeria: Christians Told to Relocate the Homes and Places of Worship
23-11-2007 Nigeria: Armed Militants Attack Home of Anglican Bishop
23-11-2007 Nigeria: Nigerian Bishop Stands Firm Despite Attack
23-11-2007 Nigeria: Church in Stand-Off Over Fence
23-11-2007 Nigeria: Girl in Hiding After Scalded for Converting
23-11-2007 Nigeria: Fear of Persecution Following Election
23-11-2007 Nigeria: Police armoured tanks are again patrolling the streets of Maiduguri
21-11-2007 'TALIBAN' MILITIA ATTACK CHRISTIANS IN NIGERIA
21-11-2007 NIGERIAN CHRISTIANS FACE BACKLASH AFTER POPE CRITICISES ISLAM
21-11-2007 MAJOR NEW TV DOCUMENTARY ON PERSECUTED CHURCH IN NIGERIA
02-11-2007 NIGERIAN CHRISTIAN LEADER LATEST VICTIM OF CHURCH MASSACRE
02-11-2007 'TALIBAN' ATTACK ON CHRISTIANS IN NIGERIA FEARED IMMINENT
02-11-2007 SUPPORT FOR WIDOWS ATTACKED BY EXTREMISTS IN NIGERIA
02-11-2007 NIGERIA: MILITANTS WARN 'NOT ONE CHRISTIAN WILL SURVIVE'
02-11-2007 NIGERIA - MAJOR CHRISTIAN COMPLEX TARGETED, 15 CHURCHES SERVED NOTICE TO QUIT
02-11-2007 NIGERIAN CHRISTIANS BEAR BRUNT OF BACKLASH OVER DANISH CARTOONS
02-11-2007 ATTACK AGAINST NIGERIAN CHRISTIANS 'CAREFULLY ORCHESTRATED'
02-11-2007 NIGERIA: MUSLIM STUDENTS PREVENT CHRISTIANS REBUILDING SCHOOL CHAPEL TORCHED BY MILITANTS Top story in Persecution Now news roundup, plus news from Uzbekistan, China and India
02-11-2007 ‘UNTIL MY TIME IS UP I WILL STAND ON THE GOSPEL’ – BISHOP OF JOS, NIGERIA, WHO HAS SURVIVED A FRESH ATTACK ON HIS LIFE
02-11-2007 NEW CARTOON RIOTS KILL CHRISTIANS IN NIGERIA… ACCUSED STUDENT DESCRIBES FLEEING FOR HIS LIFE… RELEASE INTERNATIONAL PROVIDES AID TO CHRISTIANS BURNED OUT OF THEIR HOMES…

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