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Monday October 19, 2009

Christianity • Nigeria • Witchcraft:

Churches denounce African children as “witches”

African Children (C) Robin Hammond, SteppingStonesNigeria.org

An increasing number of children in Africa accused of witchcraft by pastors and then tortured or killed, often by family members. Pastors were involved in half of 200 cases of “witch children” reviewed by the AP, and 13 churches were named in the case files.

Some of the churches involved are renegade local branches of international franchises. Their parishioners take literally the Biblical exhortation, “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.”

“It is an outrage what they are allowing to take place in the name of Christianity,” said Gary Foxcroft, head of nonprofit Stepping Stones Nigeria. [video]
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Tuesday March 4, 2008

Nigeria:

Nigeria governor denies cult link

The governor of a south east Nigerian state has denied being involved in a secret ritual that was filmed and uploaded onto the internet.
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Friday October 12, 2007

Nigeria:

Nigeria: Police Rescue 13 From Child Trafficker

The suspect who identified himself as Pastor Moses Enebeli was picked-up by the police following a tip-off from members of the public in Ndokwa West council of the state.
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Monday January 29, 2007

Fraud • Nigeria:

Nigerian evangelist scams woman out of nearly $800.000

Nigerian evangelist Ezekiel Uzoechi is charged with swindling a woman by use of a false prophecy.
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Wednesday October 11, 2006

Nigeria:

Nigerian court sentences sect leader to death

A high court in northern Nigeria’s Adamawa state on Tuesday sentenced the leader of an unorthodox and militant Islamic sect on the run for 22 years to death by hanging, state-run Radio Nigeria Kaduna reported. Musa Ali Suleiman was found guilty of three charges of murder, conspiracy and incitement of public disturbance, the report monitored here said.
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Wednesday July 26, 2006

Nigeria:

How I went to church and became a drug mule

Sandra Chetty spent her 40th birthday crying on the floor of a Sao Paulo prison cell - and facing a six-year jail sentence for laundering $50 000 (about R351 000) for an international drug syndicate.
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Wednesday February 22, 2006

Nigeria:

Nigerian Christians threaten anti-Muslim reprisals

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's main Christian body has said it may no longer be able to contain Christians from retaliating after Muslim rioters killed dozens of Christians and torched churches.
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Wednesday September 15, 2004

Nigeria:

Cultism: Odili Warns Collaborators

Governor Peter Odili of Rivers State has threatened that any body in the state who hides and cover-up cultists in the on going campaign to rid the state of the menace are accomplices and shall be treated as such when caught in line with the law.
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Wednesday May 5, 2004

Nigeria:

Nigerian Muslims say 300 killed in “genocide”

LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's top Muslim leader says 300 people, mostly Muslims, were killed in Sunday's attacks by Christian militia in the town of Yelwa in the central Plateau state.
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