Human rights organisation, the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has alleged fresh killings of about 100 Christians in Nigeria in the last 76 days.
The organisation, in its latest report released to journalists yesterday, also claimed that 120 other Christians had been abducted by people it described as jihadists in various parts of the country.
The report, signed by the Chairman of Intersociety, Emeka Umeagbalasi; and two Human Rights lawyers, Obianuju Joy Igboeli and Chidinma Udegbunam, also gave details of some of the Christians allegedly murdered, saying the incident took place between August 10 and October 26, 2025.
It listed some of those murdered as “Solomon Dung Choji (43), Sunday Gyang Chollom (29), Davou Mallam Chollom (24), Kefas Dung Sambo (29), Chollom Danjuma Chollom (37), Christina Davou Chollom (27), Marvelous Chollom (8), Japhet Solomon (14), Ntyang Chollom Danjuma (6), Mary Monday (10), Mancha Monday (12), Solomon Chung (40) and Musa Dung Bot (32)”
It said the list was an outcome of a fresh investigative discovery, which showed the North-Central as worst hit, North-West (second worst hit), North-East (third worst hit), South-West (fourth worst-hit, including Yoruba parts of Kwara and Kogi States), South-East (fifth worst-hit, including about 700 forest locations under Jihadist Fulani siege) and South-South (sixth worst-hit, especially Edo and Delta parts of the region).
MEANWHILE, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called for a national dialogue on allegations of religious genocide in Nigeria, as new data from its September 2025 Human Rights Dashboard revealed a staggering 371,622 complaints of rights violations across the country.
The Executive Secretary of the NHRC, Dr Tony Ojukwu, SAN, disclosed this yesterday in Abuja during the presentation of the Commission’s monthly human rights situation report, describing the figures as “reflections of lost lives and shrunk liberties.”
Ojukwu said the violations cut across issues such as unlawful arrest and detention, domestic and sexual violence, torture, discrimination, and denial of access to justice.
“In September, the commission received one of the highest numbers of sexual violence cases, including the defilement of minors and rape of young persons. This has become a worrisome trend, even within families,” Ojukwu said.
On the ongoing national debate on alleged religious genocide, the NHRC boss noted that the Commission had documented attacks on places of worship and religious leaders in at least seven states.
IN another development, a civil society organisation, One Nation One Law (ONOL), has called for urgent interfaith dialogue to address the alleged persecution of Christians in parts of the country.
The group linked the growing violence to the full implementation of Sharia law in 12 northern states, which it said had created deep religious divisions and emboldened extremist ideologies.
The organisation, in a statement yesterday by its founder, Benson Sunday, said for 25 years, Nigeria had carried the burden of a dual legal identity, one part secular and constitutional, another religious and sectarian.
The organisation said the adoption of Sharia-based criminal codes at the state level had fuelled social tension, weakened secular institutions, and undermined equal access to justice for all citizens
It also referenced reports by Open Doors International, which ranked Nigeria among the countries with the highest number of Christians killed for their faith globally in 2024.
