Nigeria: Pastor and Christian Student Murdered Amid Surge of Violence in Taraba State

by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent (Worthy News) – Amid a wave of violence against Christians in north-eastern Nigeria’s Taraba state, suspected Islamic extremists murdered a pastor and a female Christian student in separate attacks last week, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. Tens of thousands of Christians have been slaughtered by Islamic extremists since jihadism took hold in northern Nigeria in 2009: more Christians have been killed on account of their faith in