{"id":64804,"date":"2025-09-28T02:02:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T02:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=64804"},"modified":"2025-09-28T02:02:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T02:02:27","slug":"christian-persecution-in-nigeria-1200-churches-destroyed-annually-hundreds-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/christian-persecution-in-nigeria-1200-churches-destroyed-annually-hundreds-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"Persecuzione dei cristiani in Nigeria: 1.200 chiese distrutte ogni anno, centinaia di uccisi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Nigerian security officers during a military operation ahead of the gubernatorial elections in Benin City, Edo, Nigeria, on Sept. 17, 2020. \/ Credit: Oluwafemi Dawodu\/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 26, 2025 \/ 15:28 pm (CNA). Father Matthew Eya was returning to his parish, St. Charles in Eha-Ndiagu, Nigeria, on the night of Sept. 19 when at least two armed men on motorcycles shot his car tires. Forced to stop the car, the men then shot him several times at close\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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Forced to stop the car, the men then shot him several times at close\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":65196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100,1064],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-64804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news","category-islam"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":64607,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/catholic-priest-killed-in-senseless-act-of-violence-in-nigeria\/","url_meta":{"origin":64804,"position":0},"title":"Catholic priest killed in \u2018senseless act of violence\u2019 in Nigeria","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Settembre 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Father Matthew Eya, a parish priest in the Diocese of Nsukka in Nigeria, was shot and killed on the evening of Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, while returning to his parish after a pastoral assignment. \/ Credit: Diocese of Nsukka ACI Africa, Sep 23, 2025 \/ 14:12 pm (CNA). 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