NIGERIA: The Rosary inspired my captors to release me
A priest kidnapped in Nigeria has described how his abductors were persuaded to set him free after…
NIGERIA: Freed at last
There is rejoicing in Nigeria after a Catholic priest from the capital, Abuja, was released 10 days…
NIGERIA: Nigerian bishops back protest against police
Nigeria’s Catholic bishops have thrown their weight behind a nationwide youth-led protest against police brutality and corruption.
NIGERIA: Government failure has turned Nigeria into ‘a boiling pot’
On the 60th anniversary of the independence of Nigeria, a leading Catholic bishop has said that government…
NIGERIA: ‘Christians fear for their lives’
• Priest adds: “It is like we have been left to perish because of our faith.”…
NIGERIA: Bishop Kukah – ‘Genocide is happening in Nigeria’
Systematic violence against Nigerian Christians by Fulani herdsmen constitutes genocide, according to a leading Catholic bishop who…
NIGERIA: ‘Leah Sharibu must have been raped and forced to convert’
A Nigerian cleric close to the family of kidnapped schoolgirl Leah Sharibu has rejected rumours that the…
BLOG: Time for a rethink on UK overseas aid
Be it in Iraq, Syria, Pakistan or Nigeria, project partners of Aid to the Church in Need…
AFRICA: As persecution grows in Africa, ACN meets the need
With attacks on Christians rising across Africa, a leading Catholic charity has announced that the continent was…
NIGERIA: Corruption and weakness are killing us
Weak and corrupt government in Nigeria is to blame for conflict spiralling out of control, according to…
NIGERIA: ‘People are dying daily’ – Bishops lead peaceful protest against extremism
Amid a surge in Islamist violence, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) yesterday (1st March) led…
NIGERIA: Christians in the north are “all marked men and women”, bishop warns
“Killing Christians” and “destroying Christianity” in northern Nigeria are top objectives for Islamist terror groups – according…