Mass Killings of Christians in Nigeria Go Unreported by Global Media, Allege Rights Groups

While India faces global outrage and widespread condemnation on social media and in international media over the recent jihadist terrorist attack in Pahalgam, a silent genocide continues to unfold in Nigeria — largely ignored by both mainstream global media and social platforms.

According to Genocide Watch, over 126 Christians, including women and children, have been brutally killed in Nigeria by Fulani extremists between March 27 and April 13, 2025. Despite the Nigerian Army’s declared presence in Plateau State, the violence continues unabated. In one particularly horrific incident, on March 27 in the town of Ruvu, 12 mourners attending a funeral were massacred. Among the atrocities was the gang rape of a 19-year-old woman.

Dr. John Ebner, President of Christian Solidarity International, stated, “There has been no effective intervention from Nigeria’s well-resourced security apparatus, and no arrests have been made so far.” What makes the situation more alarming is that many of the victims were slaughtered with machetes. A seven-year-old boy, Benedict Stevens, survived a throat-slitting attempt, though his father was killed on April 13. His mother’s hands were chopped off, and his two siblings were also murdered. Benedict now screams intermittently in trauma.

The Fulani militant group has been carrying out attacks in Nigeria’s north-central region since at least 2018, particularly targeting Christian farming communities to seize land and displace them. Reports indicate that in Benue State alone, over the past week, at least 56 people were killed by armed Fulani herdsmen.

Clashes between herders and farmers over land use are frequent in central Nigeria, but since most herders belong to the Muslim Fulani group and farmers are largely Christian, these conflicts often turn into religious violence. More than 100 people have reportedly been killed this month alone.

A detailed chronology from Genocide Watch documents numerous attacks:

• On March 24, Fulani extremists abducted a 19-year-old woman and gang-raped her for four days.
• On April 2, 56 people, including women and children, were killed in coordinated attacks on 15 villages in Bokkos LGA.
• On April 6, Emmanuel Dau of Riyom LGA was injured in another attack.
• That same day, a woman from Fwil community in Jos South was murdered.
• On April 10, two men from Dunbwarag and Agwog in Riyom were injured.
• On April 12, a man named Daniel Lattey was shot dead in Wereng, Riyom LGA.
• On April 13, Fulani militants destroyed crops in several villages and killed 56 people, including 15 children, in an attack on Zik village, Bassa LGA. Nine were injured, 2,000 displaced, and over 100 houses destroyed.

Genocide Watch reports that nearly 62,000 Nigerian Christians have been killed since the year 2000. Human rights observers and citizens across the world are questioning the near-total silence from Western mainstream media and international institutions. Many are also asking why there is no expression of solidarity or condemnation in the UN for the victims of such targeted killings.

This growing discrepancy between media coverage of terrorism-related incidents in different countries has sparked a debate on selective outrage and the ethics of global journalism.