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News Nigeria » Kaduna » Religion: NSCIA Alleges Religious Bias in El-Rufai's Incarceration

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/other/nscia-alleges-religious-bias-in-el-rufai-s-incarceration/ar-AA2bQX2C
Published on: Tuesday 08 September 2026

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has alleged external and religious forces in the continuous detention of the former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai.In a ...

News Nigeria » Kaduna » Religion: NSCIA Warns Govt, Judiciary Against Religious Prosecution of Ex-Governor Nasir El-Rufai

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/top-stories/nscia-warns-govt-judiciary-against-religious-prosecution-of-ex-governor-nasir-el-rufai/ar-AA2bRrAS
Published on: Tuesday 08 September 2026

Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has warned the federal government and the judiciary to ensure that individuals with vested religious interests were not allowed to weaponise public ...

News Nigeria » Kaduna » Religion: Defamation Dispute: Religious Leaders Urge Restraint as El-Rufai Sues Musa for ₦10bn

News channel or source: https://www.nigerianeye.com/2026/09/defamation-dispute-religious-leaders.html
Published on: Monday 07 September 2026

Muslim and Christian leaders in Southern Kaduna have called for calm, restraint and dialogue after Defence Minister Gen. Christopher Musa (retd.) made critical remarks about former Kaduna State ...

News Nigeria » Kaduna » Religion: El-Rufai: NSCIA sounds alarm over alleged religious bias

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/news/el-rufai-nscia-sounds-alarm-over-alleged-religious-bias/ar-AA2bREU5
Published on: Tuesday 08 September 2026

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has broken its silence on the detention of former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, expressing concern over what it described as ...

News Nigeria » Kaduna » Religion: Kaduna group backs defence minister, says El-Rufai’s govt divisive, arbitrary

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/nigeria/kaduna-group-backs-defence-minister-says-el-rufai-s-govt-divisive-arbitrary/ar-AA2bLxlq
Published on: Monday 07 September 2026

A Kaduna-based interfaith group, the Kaduna State Muslim-Christian Network for Good Governance, has thrown its weight behind the Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa, over his recent comments ...

News Nigeria » Kaduna » Religion: Nearly 150 Catholic Priests Kidnapped Across Nigeria in Past Decade, at Least 11 Killed

News channel or source: https://www.ncregister.com/cna/nearly-150-catholic-priests-kidnapped-across-nigeria-in-past-decade-at-least-11-killed
Published on: Thursday 13 March 2025

Nearly 150 Catholic priests have been kidnapped in Nigeria over the past 10 years, a new report has indicated, unearthing the growing persecution of Christians in the West African country. The report ...

News Nigeria » Kaduna » Religion: 3 kidnap victims die in Nigeria, held in same camp as 37 abducted from worship service

News channel or source: https://www.christianpost.com/news/3-die-in-nigeria-abduction-held-with-37-church-captives.html
Published on: Sunday 06 September 2026

Three of 11 people seized from Nigeria s Kaduna state have died while held captive, in the same forest hideout used to confine 37 worshippers taken during Easter Sunday services at three churches in ...

News Nigeria » Kaduna » Religion: Nigeria church attackers demand ransoms as search intensifies for over 150 hostages

News channel or source: https://religionnews.com/2026/01/26/nigeria-church-attackers-demand-ransoms-as-search-intensifies-for-over-150-hostages/
Published on: Monday 26 January 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — In one of the largest mass abductions targeting religious worship centers in the West African nation in recent months, the attackers on Sunday raided three different churches in ...

News Nigeria » Kaduna » Religion: Trump says Christians are being persecuted in Nigeria. The reality is more complicated

News channel or source: https://religionnews.com/2025/11/19/trump-says-christians-are-being-persecuted-in-nigeria-the-reality-is-more-complicated/
Published on: Wednesday 19 November 2025

LIGARI, Nigeria (AP) — The villagers in northwestern Nigeria were settling in for church service when motorcycle-riding gunmen invaded, shooting at random and seizing at least 62 people, including the ...