More than 7,000 Christians had been killed in Nigeria during the first 220 days of 2025, a civil-society watchdog said.
This is an average of 35 killings a day, according to the recent report published by the Nigeria-based human-rights NGO International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law (Intersociety).
Newsweek has contacted the Nigerian Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and National Human Rights Commission via email for comment.
Nigeria has long been an epicenter of Christian persecution, with more Christians killed for their faith in Nigeria than in the rest of the world combined, according to human rights organization Open Doors, which monitors the persecution of Christians around the globe.
Muslims mass butchered Christians for their religion, title fixed bbgirl
NegevThunderstorm on
Campus ceasefire now protestors have been deployed to demand peace from the Christians right???
eggflip1020 on
I’m glad I’m neither a Christian nor a person living Nigeria.
MaggieBarnes on
We should send out highest ranking Christian spiritual leaders over there to use their power of prayer and good news to convince the killers to stop. We can send an airbus full of politicians and mega church pastors. Imagine what they could fix there, as powerful and connected to God as they are.
CtrlAltDelusions on
Maybe stop trying to force your religion on people who already have one?
perry147 on
We need to load up all these Christian nations on planes and just drop them off over there. “Thoughts and Prayers!”
EugenesMullet on
People really do be out here killing each other for their imaginary friends
drizzes on
Can people just stop killing each other over differing faith or race. Is it really that hard?
Dinklemeier on
Brohim unless you can edit your title to say israel did it, no one cares and this will be forgotten (assuming its remembered by anyone at all) within a day.
aay_27 on
I think a lot of people here lack context to the killings. This is not a government sponsored purge of Christians, but is the work of mostly extremists Islamic groups operating in northern Nigeria.
Edit:
Also, about half of Nigeria’s population is Christian btw
drkole on
god works in mysterious ways…
Hot_Tadpole_6481 on
When Americans say ‘Christian’s are oppressed’ I’m like ya, jus not in America
Complete-Breakfast90 on
But the Vatican send thoughts and prayers.
blackdragon8577 on
With all the foreign aid cuts by the US earlier this year you are going to see more and more reports like this.
Areas with little resources will start fighting more and more as those resources become more scarce.
Foreigners and minority groups will be the first ones targeted when violence breaks out.
shawnjp on
There won’t be an uproar on Reddit because Muslims did it to Christians. If it was the other way around tho. Where are all the “iT’s a HuMaNiTaRiAn iSsUe” folks.
DarkWingDuck_11 on
Huh, it’s almost like Christian’s did something really bad there…
Privateer_Lev_Arris on
„great news“ – reddit
MakimaGOAT on
title wont say who though eh
beermaker on
Their All Powerful yhwh seems to be ok with it, it’s just a couple of his religions hacking it out like they’ve done for a couple millennia.
Unfortunately all this religious shit overflows onto us nonbelievers.
bluegreen998 on
Don’t care.
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Reddit celebrates!
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Those are rookie numbers
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This is why Redditors are mostly trash human beings, this will not be a topic much discussed but if it were the other way around it would be everywhere for the next few months. You people are soulless.
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By Jordan King — US News Reporter |
More than 7,000 Christians had been killed in Nigeria during the first 220 days of 2025, a civil-society watchdog said.
This is an average of 35 killings a day, according to the recent report published by the Nigeria-based human-rights NGO International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law (Intersociety).
Newsweek has contacted the Nigerian Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and National Human Rights Commission via email for comment.
Nigeria has long been an epicenter of Christian persecution, with more Christians killed for their faith in Nigeria than in the rest of the world combined, according to human rights organization Open Doors, which monitors the persecution of Christians around the globe.
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ok newseek
Killed By Whom?
Pray for the martyrs.
Can’t call spade a spade but eh?
Muslims mass butchered Christians for their religion, title fixed bbgirl
Campus ceasefire now protestors have been deployed to demand peace from the Christians right???
I’m glad I’m neither a Christian nor a person living Nigeria.
We should send out highest ranking Christian spiritual leaders over there to use their power of prayer and good news to convince the killers to stop. We can send an airbus full of politicians and mega church pastors. Imagine what they could fix there, as powerful and connected to God as they are.
Maybe stop trying to force your religion on people who already have one?
We need to load up all these Christian nations on planes and just drop them off over there. “Thoughts and Prayers!”
People really do be out here killing each other for their imaginary friends
Can people just stop killing each other over differing faith or race. Is it really that hard?
Brohim unless you can edit your title to say israel did it, no one cares and this will be forgotten (assuming its remembered by anyone at all) within a day.
I think a lot of people here lack context to the killings. This is not a government sponsored purge of Christians, but is the work of mostly extremists Islamic groups operating in northern Nigeria.
Edit:
Also, about half of Nigeria’s population is Christian btw
god works in mysterious ways…
When Americans say ‘Christian’s are oppressed’ I’m like ya, jus not in America
But the Vatican send thoughts and prayers.
With all the foreign aid cuts by the US earlier this year you are going to see more and more reports like this.
Areas with little resources will start fighting more and more as those resources become more scarce.
Foreigners and minority groups will be the first ones targeted when violence breaks out.
There won’t be an uproar on Reddit because Muslims did it to Christians. If it was the other way around tho. Where are all the “iT’s a HuMaNiTaRiAn iSsUe” folks.
Huh, it’s almost like Christian’s did something really bad there…
„great news“ – reddit
title wont say who though eh
Their All Powerful yhwh seems to be ok with it, it’s just a couple of his religions hacking it out like they’ve done for a couple millennia.
Unfortunately all this religious shit overflows onto us nonbelievers.
Don’t care.
🎼🎶🎵🌎smallest🎻
Reddit celebrates!
Those are rookie numbers
This is why Redditors are mostly trash human beings, this will not be a topic much discussed but if it were the other way around it would be everywhere for the next few months. You people are soulless.