{"id":26163,"date":"2013-09-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-28T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csw-yeo.1wp.site\/prayer\/nigeria-487\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T21:56:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T20:56:36","slug":"nigeria-487","status":"publish","type":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/prayer\/nigeria-487\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>On 1 October, Nigeria celebrates its Independence Day. It should be a time of celebration and unity. But the regular attacks on Christians in the northern and central states show just how sharply the country is divided along religious and ethnic lines.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 1999, tens of thousands have lost their lives in religiously-motivated violence. A militant Islamic group called Boko Haram is trying to impose its vision of a Muslim country on Nigeria. In fact, after a series of particularly brutal attacks last year, Boko Haram issued a statement: &#8220;Christians in Nigeria should accept Islam, that is true religion, or they will never have peace.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank God for Reverend Yunusa Nmadu, CEO of CSW Nigeria, leading a church which pioneers reconciliation work in their neighbourhood;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This week please:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li>Pray that the reconciliation initiatives would be successful so that communities are able to live together peacefully;<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Ask God to strengthen Reverend Yunusa in his personal spiritual walk as he comforts and encourages families of victims;<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Pray for CSW&#8217;s advocacy work with the UN and EU, shaping appropriate political responses to events in Nigeria,<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Pray for guidance for the Government of Nigeria as they try to contain the violence;<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Pray for the leaders of Boko Haram, that their hearts would be changed and the killing would stop;<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Ask God to pour out his peace on Nigeria as it celebrates its Independence Day.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 1 October, Nigeria celebrates its Independence Day. It should be a time of celebration and unity. But the regular attacks on Christians in the northern and central states show just how sharply the country is divided along religious and ethnic lines.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"template":"","regions":[156,152],"class_list":["post-26163","prayer","type-prayer","status-publish","hentry","regions-nigeria","regions-sub-saharan-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/prayer"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40833,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26163\/revisions\/40833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions?post=26163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}