At least 40 Christians were killed in a Palm Sunday massacre in Jos, the capital of Plateau State, after gunmen attacked the Agwan Rukuba community, marking one of the deadliest incidents in a week of escalating violence across Nigeria.
According to Arise News, the victims were targeted in Jos North County, a historically Christian area in the country’s volatile Middle Belt. Local reports cited by TruthNigeria suggest the attackers may have been Boko Haram militants rather than the more commonly implicated Fulani militia, although this has not been confirmed by the Nigerian military. The attack echoes a similar massacre last year in Zikke village, where 54 Christians were killed on Palm Sunday.
The violence continued later that night in Kaduna State, where gunmen raided a wedding in Kahir village, Kagarko County, killing at least 13 people and abducting several guests in Southern Kaduna, another predominantly Christian region long affected by recurring attacks.
Earlier last week, militants attacked St James the Great Catholic Church in Adu, in Taraba State’s Takum District, causing extensive damage and triggering a mass displacement crisis. According to some estimates, more than 90,000 Christians have fled the area as militants push deeper into southern Taraba, despite prior warnings reportedly ignored by authorities.
‘More than 90,000 Christians have fled the area’
Meanwhile, Christians face constant persecution in Nigeria—dating back to the 1990s and intensifying after the Islamist terror organization Boko Haram emerged in 2009, with more than 50,000 Christians killed between 2009 and 2023—yet The New York Times managed to hit a new low yesterday.
Reporting on the massacre in Jos, the outlet accused Republican lawmakers, including Rep Riley Moore (R–WV), of ‘falsely claiming’ that there is an ongoing genocide against Christians in Nigeria. The New York Times pointed to analysts who said that the situation in the country is ‘much more complex’ and that ‘Nigerians of many faiths have been killed’. ‘Much of the violence…is fueled by criminals rather than religious or ethnic tensions,’ the article stated.
In a post on X, Rep Moore condemned The New York Times as ‘disgusting’, adding that it had been ‘barely a day since Jos was rocked by this horrific attack by radical Islamic terrorists against peaceful Christians.’ He criticized the outlet for not reaching out to him for comment ‘before running this anti-Christian hit’.
In the following part of the post, Rep Moore provided his would-be comment if The New York Times had asked: ‘How many more Christians need to be slaughtered by Muslims, particularly on holy days, before the failing New York Times acknowledges that Christians in Nigeria are being massacred for their faith in our Lord and Saviour? It’s pretty obvious if you aren’t trying to pass your radical political agenda off as news.’
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