[ April 17, 2026 ]
A media blackout continues to shield one of the world’s most sustained atrocities: the Islamic genocide of Christians in Nigeria. For years, Christians across Africa have been massacred, kidnapped, raped, and driven from their land—yet the story barely registers in Western newsrooms.
The silence is deliberate.
Islam is treated as a protected category, and the violence cannot be blamed on Israel—so the world shrugs. Legacy media outlets keep quiet, terrified of being accused of “Islamophobia,” while opposition to genocide is smeared as bigotry. When coverage does break through, it is sanitized, stripped of religious motive, and framed as random “banditry.”
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The reality is unmistakable. As Reuters reported this week, more than 170 Christians were kidnapped during church services in Kaduna, with over 160 still missing. Armed Muslim gangs stormed churches, abducted worshippers en masse, and vanished—part of a long-running campaign of terror concentrated in northern Nigeria. The Nigerian government continues to deny systematic persecution, even as churches are emptied and entire Christian communities disappear.
Only when Donald Trump publicly condemned the persecution—and ordered strikes against Islamic State targets on Christmas Day—did the issue briefly pierce the fog of indifference. Otherwise, the killings continue in near-total silence.
These are the names of the 172 Christians kidnapped during Sunday Service.
Please pass it round https://t.co/gNzZKv2HvG pic.twitter.com/4NBufnxzk5
— FS YUSUF (@FSYusuff) January 20, 2026
Where are the nay sayers that are denied the kidnapping and attacking of Christians in Northern Nigeria. The list of people kidnapped on Sunday are out for those who says is propaganda you will know no peace. pic.twitter.com/0H88VfBpFE
— ADEOYE OLASOJI (@AdeoyeOlasoji) January 21, 2026
Mass kidnapping at Kaduna churches adds to pressure on Nigeria
By Abdullahi Alhassan, Reuters, January 21, 20263:00 AM ESTUpdated 4 hours agoSummary
Over 170 kidnapped during Kaduna church serviceNigerian government denies systematic persecution of Christians
Kidnappings by Muslim gangs prevalent in northern Nigeria
Afiniki Moses thought her ordeal was over when armed abductors released her on January 15 after her family paid a ransom in a village in northern Kaduna state. She was wrong.
The children later escaped, she said, but her husband is among 163 people that the Christian Association of Nigeria says are still missing.
“They kidnapped a large number of people in the community and my husband happened to be among them.” she said.
The attack on the churches is the latest in a series of abductions in the West African country.
After initially denying the incident, police in Nigeria’s Kaduna State have now admitted that more than 163 Christians were kidnapped by Islamists, and soldiers have been deployed to the village of Kurmin Wali.
By speaking up we force real action to protect Christians in need. https://t.co/k2bRu8wmjd pic.twitter.com/WdJclNBfTD
— Turning Point UK 🇬🇧 (@TPointUK) January 21, 2026
It is under scrutiny from U.S. President Donald Trump who over what he says is persecution of Christians before launching an airstrike on Christmas Day. The Nigerian government has denied there is any systematic persecution of Christians.
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