The Christian As­sociation of Nigeria (CAN) has released names of 165 Chris­tian female students and 15 Muslim females abducted by Boko Haram insurgents almost two weeks ago.

JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Muslim herdsmen slaughtered 37 Christians in coordinated attacks on four Plateau state villages early this morning after Boko Haram terrorists killed at least 34 Christians in Borno state earlier this month, sources said.

The National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has urged Christians to intensify their prayers for peace, unity and progress of the nation.

Please be informed that this is the official website of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). It has come to our notice that some other websites are online and purport to be CAN's website. This is absolutely false.

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Kwara State chapter, has decried the perceived marginalisation of Christians in the central Nigerian state by the state government and its agencies.

Kwara State’s CAN Chairman, Rev. James Folaranmi, made CAN’s displeasure known at a press conference held in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, recently.

JOS, NIGERIA (ANS) -- Gunmen believed to be members of the deadly Islamic extremist Boko Haram group yesterday (Tuesday, May 14, 2013) killed the Rev. Faye Pama Musa, secretary of the Borno state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). He was 47.

Christians in Kano are engaged in a hot dispute with the police over the actual number of their members killed by Muslims in a recent attack in the state

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, and the Police Command in Kano State, are currently engaged in a dispute over the figure of Christians killed at Sheka in Kombotso Local Government Area of the state on 22 February 2013. While reacting to media reports that 13 people were killed by gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect, Kano State Commissioner of Police, Musa Daura, confirmed the incident but claimed that only eight people were slaughtered by the Islamic militants.

The Christian Association of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja reacted to the allusion to Jesus Christ by a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, on a social media.

The body condemned el-Rufai, saying he was only tring to whip up sentiments around religion for a selfish agenda.

U.S. urged to designate Boko Haram as terrorist group 
Jihadist group tied to Al Qaeda has killed thousands in Nigeria

WASHINGTON - Jubilee Campaign and Alliance Defending Freedom, together with several other concerned organizations, are formally requesting that the U.S. State Department designate the Nigerian Jihadist group Boko Haram as a “foreign terrorist organization.”

Nine Christians killed, four churches burned in Nigeria

Boko Haram suspected in rampage in predominantly Christian area

Lagos, Dec. 4 (Open Doors News) — Nine Christians were killed and four Churches burned in two separate Dec. 1 attacks in northeast Nigeria by gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram Islamist group.