Reinhard Bonnke

=== Kano riots and subsequent expulsion from Nigeria ===
In 1991, during Bonnke's visit to [[Kano (city)|Kano]] in Nigeria, there were riots in the city as Muslims protested over remarks he had reportedly made about Islam in the city of [[Kaduna]] on his way to Kano.<ref name=marty>{{cite book|editor1-last=Marty|editor1-first=Martin Emil|editor2-last=Appleby|editor2-first=R. Scott|title=Fundamentalisms and the State: Remaking Polities, Economies, and Militance|url=https://archive.org/details/fundamentalismss00mart|url-access=registration|date=1993|publisher=University of Chicago Press|location=Chicago|isbn=9780226508849|page=[https://archive.org/details/fundamentalismss00mart/page/199 199]}}</ref> A rumour was spread that Bonnke was planning to "lead an invasion" into Kano. Muslim youths gathered at the Kofar Mata Eide-ground where they were addressed by several clerics who claimed that Bonnke was going to blaspheme Islam. About 8,000 youths gathered at the Emir's palace and after noon prayers the riots ensued, during which many Christians sustained various injuries and several churches were burned. Official reports state that at least eight people were killed,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=boer>{{cite book|last=Boer|first=Jan H|title=Nigeria's Decades of Blood: Volume One: Studies in Christian-Muslim Relationships|date=2003|publisher=Essence Publishing|location=Bellville, Ontario|isbn=9781553065814|pages=41–44}}</ref><ref name=deception>{{cite web|title=Reinhard Bonnke|url=http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/rbonnke.html|work=Deception in the Church}}</ref><ref name=monitor>{{cite web|title=German Evangelist 'Banned'|url=http://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/2000/12-December/newsarticle_0783.html/|work=World Watch Monitor|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320011103/http://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/2000/12-December/newsarticle_0783.html/|archive-date=2014-03-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|agency=Associated Press|date=1991-10-17|title=At Least 8 Dead in Nigerian City As Muslim-Christian Riots Go On|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/17/world/at-least-8-dead-in-nigerian-city-as-muslim-christian-riots-go-on.html|access-date=2021-06-04|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> although other research and reports place the number as being as much as 500 as many of the Christians who were killed were thrown into wells and the attacks were spread between multiple locations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2019/12/07/flashback-the-day-500-people-died-for-bonnke-in-kano/|title=Flashback: The day 500 people died for Bonnke in Kano - P.M. News}}</ref>

Despite the state governor absolving Bonnke of any blame for the incident, Bonnke's subsequent attempts to return to Nigeria were denied, as the Nigerian Embassy refused his visa applications.<ref name=":0" /> In 2000, a new civilian government in Nigeria was elected to power, and President [[Olusegun Obasanjo]], a Christian, invited Reinhard Bonnke to return to the country.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-12-08|title=Reinhard Bonnke, special blessing to the world, say Bamgbola, Olaleye|url=https://guardian.ng/sunday-magazine/reinhard-bonnke-special-blessing-to-the-world-say-bamgbola-olaleye/|access-date=2021-06-04|website=The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News|language=en-US}}</ref> Bonnke returned to Nigeria and held a crusades in [[Benin City]] in the south.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-08-01|title=The Nigerian Outpouring|url=https://www.cfan.org.uk/articles/story-of-cfan/nigerian-outpouring|access-date=2021-06-04|website=Christ for all Nations|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-10-26|title=Return of Reinhard Bonnke|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/10/return-reinhard-bonnke/|access-date=2021-06-04|website=Vanguard News|language=en-US}}</ref> He would deny reports that the Northern Region of Nigeria's Council of Ulamas banned him from entering northern Nigeria.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200011140162.html|title=Nigeria: Bonnke Denies Ban By Northern Islamic Group|first=Sam|last=Eyoboka|publisher=Vanguard|website=allafrica.com|date=2000-11-14|accessdate=2023-02-28}}</ref>

Bonnke held many crusades in Nigeria after 2000, and conversion rates were significantly higher than in many other African nations, with one campaign achieving an 83% conversion rate. Nigeria would be where his final international crusade would be held, in Lagos in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://guardian.ng/sunday-magazine/ibru-ecumenical-centre/bonnkes-nigeria-visit-and-the-promise-of-fire/|title=Bonnke's Nigeria visit and the promise of fire|date=1 October 2017}}</ref>