Nigeria is about 50% Christian. Of those Christians, around 75% are Protestant, 24% Roman Catholic. Of the remaining 1%, there is a small Orthodox Christian community. These Christians are being subjected to a ruthless persecution that has gone on with sporadic attacks for years, and has been escalating recently. Targeting the Christians are both the Islamic militant group Boko Haram and Muslim Fulani herdsmen. Bishop Stephen Mamza, the state chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, said that Christians are being “killed by these so-called herdsmen on a daily basis, without security forces responding appropriately to stop them from hurting Christians.” Mamza warned that the “incessant attacks on Christians has led to hunger and starvation” and said that “if these Christians are not aided many will die of starvation.”

“Nigeria: 4 Children, Grandmother Among 17 Christians Slaughtered by Radicals in Mass Raid,” by Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post, October 2, 2018: