Local news reports have confirmed that more than 100 Nigerians have been killed by armed terrorists in the last ten days. Boko Haram is said to have taken responsibility for the assaults, possibly with the help of Muslim Fulani tribesmen.

The deadliest of the assaults saw 50 members of the Church of Christ in Nigeria burned alive after they took refuge in their pastor's house in Maseh village.

The terrorist cell is attempting to rid the north of the country of Christians and to establish Islamic dominance throughout Nigeria.

Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has also called on the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs committee to officially declare Boko Haram a terrorist organisation, rather than simply pinpointing individual members of the group.

"This would be the equivalent of designating Bin Laden as a terrorist, but failing to designate al-Qaida as a terrorist organisation," Mr Ortisejafor told the committee.

"There are certain Muslim extremists who believe that Nigeria must be an Islamic nation; Boko Haram is the body that is fronting for this group of persons.

"[Nigeria] has a very well divided population among the two major religions, so it's not possible to Islamise Nigeria."

Other attacks took place in Ninchah, Kakkuruk, Kuzen, Negon, Pwabiduk, Kai, Ngyo, Kura Falls, Dogo, Kufang and Ruk.