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NIGERIA: Was kidnapped priest tortured to death?
With contradictory rumours circulating about Father Joseph Akete Bako’s fate more than a month after his kidnapping,…
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CAMEROON: ‘Boko Haram kill the men first’
Boko Haram militants are conducting night-time raids on villages in Cameroon and killing all the men, according…
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NIGERIA: Kidnapped seminarians released
Three seminarians kidnapped from their college chapel in Nigeria were released last night (Wednesday 13th October), prompting…
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NIGERIA: Three seminarians abducted from chapel
Three seminarians from Nigeria’s conflict-stricken Middle Belt were kidnapped from their college chapel last night (Monday) and…
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NIGERIA: Leah Sharibu is still alive
A young Christian woman, captured by extremist militants more than three years ago aged 14, is…
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NIGERIA: Bishop seeks release of 75-year-old priest from kidnappers
A bishop has taken personal charge of negotiations to secure the release of a retired parish priest…
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NIGERIA: Leah Sharibu turns 18 in Islamist captivity
A Nigerian priest has issued a heartfelt message of solidarity in support of a Christian woman who…
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NIGERIA: Government apathy is stoking kidnappings ‘disease’
The Nigerian government lacks the will to tackle an epidemic of kidnappings gripping the country – according…
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NIGERIA: Catholic priest murdered
Armed bandits in Nigeria have kidnapped and killed a priest returning from Mass in the latest act…
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NIGERIA: ‘No evil will take away our faith’
A Christmas Eve attack by Boko Haram – that left at least 11 dead and two church…
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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…
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NIGERIA: Freed at last
There is rejoicing in Nigeria after a Catholic priest from the capital, Abuja, was released 10 days…