UK/Nigeria: Nigerian Bishop tells UK parliamentarians Church facing ‘Islamist extermination’
A bishop in Nigeria’s Middle Belt has denounced the mass killing of Christians by Islamist extremists and…
NIGERIA: More priests kidnapped
Two priests were kidnapped in the south of Nigeria last weekend. Fr John Ubaechu parish priest of…
NIGERIA: Seminarian murdered
Christians in Nigeria are in shock after a 21-year-old seminarian was brutally killed by kidnappers. In a…
NIGERIA: Let our children go back to school
A plea for government in northern Nigeria to re-think the sudden and unprecedented closure of schools during…
NIGERIA: Bishop, ‘His blood cries out for justice’
The death of another priest in northern Nigeria has prompted a Christian leader to demand authorities take…
NIGERIA: Priest kidnapped and murdered
A Catholic priest was kidnapped and murdered in the Diocese of Kafanchan, in Nigeria’s Middle Belt. Father…
NIGERIA: Dozens of Christians killed last month
Islamist extremists attacked Christian communities in Nigeria’s Middle Belt last December, with the worst massacre claiming 47…
NIGERIA: Congregation asks for prayers as two Sisters kidnapped
Two religious Sisters were abducted on Tuesday (7th January) in Anambra State, south-east Nigeria. The kidnapped religious,…
NIGERIA: Memorial Mass for massacred Christians
Just over a year after extremists murdered more than 300 people in coordinated attacks targeting Christian villages…
NIGERIA: ‘I cannot thank you enough’
Bishop thanks ACN for reaching out to hundreds of families displaced by persecution A Nigerian bishop committed…
NEWS BRIEFING: Gunmen attack seminary and abduct rector
Unidentified armed men stormed a Catholic seminary in southern Nigeria on Sunday evening (27th October) and kidnapped…
NIGERIA: Fresh help reaches flood victims
Vital aid from a Catholic charity has reached flood victims in northern Nigeria – but a senior…