News, Pop Culture, Current Events & True Crime · Anthony Okoye

Nigeria in Crisis: Over 7,000 Christians Killed in 2025 Massacres

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The Yawada Massacre saw 280 Christians killed, but other reports say only 100—why can't Nigeria agree on the numbers?
This episode investigates the claim that over 7,000 Christians were killed in Nigeria in early 2025, examining the data from InterSociety and contrasting it with sources like ACLED and Open Doors. It explores the complex interplay of religious, ethnic, and resource-based conflicts, highlighting debates over categorization and the implications for international response.

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A bleak, numbers-led account of violence in Nigeria, where the hardest issue is how losses are counted.

Reporting on violence against Christian communities in Nigeria, the piece keeps its attention on a harder problem: how deaths, abductions, and displacement get counted in places where security is thin and records are shaky.

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You want the scale of violence against Christian communities in Nigeria and the argument over what the numbers can prove.

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