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UK & NIGERIA: Parliamentarians back ACN UK Nigeria petition
FIFTEEN Parliamentarians from both Houses have publicly backed a Catholic charity’s petition calling for Government action to…
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NIGERIA: Bishop backs petition demanding justice for persecuted Christians
A NIGERIAN bishop, whose diocese fell victim to one of the country’s worst acts of violence against…
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NIGERIA: Bishop – extremists are targeting Christians
A bishop from Nigeria has told EU parliamentarians that a jihad against Christians is taking place in…
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NIGERIA: Archbishop – New terror attacks represent “really serious threat”
Fresh terrorist attacks could pose the gravest danger Nigeria’s capital has ever seen, according to a leading bishop…
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NIGERIA: Priest ‘brutally murdered’
Catholic leaders in Nigeria have announced the “gruesome murder” of Father John Mark Cheitnum – the fourth…
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NIGERIA: 68 or more Christians in one state killed within two months
At least 68 Christians have been killed – with many more abducted or displaced – in the…
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NIGERIA: ‘Everybody is afraid’
Christians in Nigeria are living in fear – according to a leading bishop – who says the…
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NIGERIA: ‘I shielded them as a hen shields her chicks’
A priest in Nigeria has given a first-hand account of how he tried to save his parishioners…
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NIGERIA: 50 killed during Pentecost Sunday massacre at Catholic church
More than 50 people, including children, are believed to have been killed during a savage attack on…
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NIGERIA: New suspects sought for murder of Christian girl in Nigeria
Police announced today (18th May) that they are looking for more suspects in connection with the brutal…
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NIGERIA: Student stoned and burned to death
Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) condemns the murder of Deborah Yakubu, a Christian…
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NIGERIA: Kidnapped priest killed as another is abducted
Father Joseph Akete Bako has been officially confirmed dead after being abducted in early March in Kaduna…