![A group of bishops visit St Francis Catholic Xavier's Church after the terrorist attack. Bishop Jude Arogundade on the left.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/0605Nigeria_b.jpg)
NIGERIA: Bishop reflects on evils of terrorism and lack of justice a year after church massacre
On the first anniversary of the Pentecost Sunday 2022 church attack in Nigeria, the bishop of the…
![Christians in Nigeria's Middle Belt region.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/0430Nigeria_-Christians-in-Middle-Belt-region-e1536591834966.jpg)
NIGERIA: Call to beatify the Owo martyrs
A Nigerian priest has called for the beatification of more than 40 Christians who were killed in…
![Archbishop Matthew Ndagoso of Kaduna.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/0523Nigeria-scaled.jpg)
NIGERIA: Archbishop of notoriously dangerous diocese shares a glimpse into his life
The archbishop of one of the world’s most perilous dioceses has described how he has five guard…
![Police and locals outside a church in Nigeria after a terrorist attack.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/0512UK_Nigeria_a-scaled-e1684398237688.jpg)
UK/NIGERIA: Call for justice to be presented to Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief
The Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief will receive a petition calling for…
![An IDP camp in the Guma area of Benue state where the attack took place on Good Friday.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ACN-20221219-138064-e1681224747831.jpg)
NIGERIA: Good Friday turns black
More than 35 people in Nigeria’s Middle Belt died on Good Friday when gunmen opened fire at…
![Archbishop Matthew Man-Oso Ndagoso of Kaduna](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/0328Nigeria-scaled-e1680011827117.jpg)
NIGERIA: Archbishop optimistic about new Nigerian president
A senior Nigerian bishop has expressed hopes that the country’s incoming president Bola Tinubu will promote inter-religious…
![Funeral Mass of Seminarian Michael Nnadi at the Good Shepherd Seminary, Kaduna.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/0322Nigeria-e1679497605105.jpg)
NIGERIA: Killed for teaching kidnapper the ‘Our Father’
Two Catholic students seized from a seminary in north-west Nigeria have opened up about the events that…
![IDP camp in Guma, Benue State.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/0314Nigeria-e1678813245412.jpg)
NIGERIA: Why is the government letting people be killed?
A priest caring for IDPs in Nigeria’s Middle Belt – where more than 2 million have been…
![Janada Marcus, who was held captive by the jihadists.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Trauma-Counselling-20221111-136204.jpg)
NIGERIA: Women who escaped jihadist fanatics set to meet Pope
Two Nigerian women scarred by the horrific suffering they endured at the hands of extremist group Boko…
![Cross on the altar of a church in Nigeria (© ACN)](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/20130731_044-e1553879154669-scaled.jpg)
NIGERIA: Bishops appeal for peace as country stands on “edge of a dangerous precipice”
Catholic Bishops have called on Nigerians not to turn to violence following disputes over the legitimacy the…
![Father Isaac Achi, of St Peter and St Paul parish, Kafin Koro, Minna Diocese, Nigeria (Image © CSN)](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/0116NigeriacCSN.jpg)
NIGERIA: Priest burnt to death in presbytery
ONE priest was burned alive and another suffered gunshot wounds after attackers stormed a priests’ house yesterday…
![Bishop Jude Arogundade (without mask), visiting a survivor of the attack on St Francis Xavier's Catholic Church.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1116International_2.jpg)
INTERNATIONAL/UK: Report shows persecution of Christians is getting worse
Jihadists and nationalists are driving increased persecution of Christians around the world – according to a report…