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Sr. Ushie Grace Imaji with some beneficiaries of the empowerment program. Credit: ACI Africa

Catholic Nun Donates Livelihood Kits to the Vulnerable in Nigeria

Mar 25, 2024

A Catholic Nun in Nigeria has donated business-startup kits to 17 vulnerable persons within the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja to help them to start income generating ventures.

Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama  during Holy Mass at Sts. Peter and Paul Nyanya Parish of Abuja Archdiocese. Credit: Abuja Archdiocese

Archbishop in Nigeria Decries “blatant misuse of public resources”, Says Perpetrators “rationalize sin”

Mar 19, 2024

The vice of corruption is pervasive and widespread in the West African nation of Nigeria, with perpetrators hell bent on diverting what “belongs to all” to themselves, Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of the country’s Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja has said.

Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama during Holy Mass at St. Paul’s Gwagwalada Parish of Abuja Archdiocese. Credit: Abuja Archdiocese

“Our thoughts, prayers”: Archbishop on Abduction of Hundreds of Students, Women in Nigeria

Mar 12, 2024

The Catholic Archbishop of Nigeria’s Abuja Archdiocese has expressed spiritual solidarity with the hundreds of students and women abducted in the recent past in the West African nation.

Students of Government Junior secondary school Waru Abuja, Nigeria , displaying their sanitary pads provided to them by the Catholic Youth Organization (CYON) Garki Deanery of Abuja Archdiocese. Credit: Abuja Archdiocese

Catholic Youths in Nigeria Launch “Pad a Girl Child” Initiative for Vulnerable Girls

Mar 8, 2024

The Catholic Youth Organization of Nigeria (CYON) in the Archdiocese of Abuja  is providing basic hygiene products to vulnerable girls in an initiative the Catholic entity has dubbed “Pad a Girl Child”.

Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama handing food items to one of the IDPs who visited him on March 2. Credit: Abuja Archdiocese

Nigerians Displaced by Terrorism Seek Catholic Archbishop’s Help to Rebuild Lives

Mar 6, 2024

Catholics residing in pastoral areas created by Nigeria’s Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja after they were displaced by Boko Haram Insurgency in the North Eastern part of the country have appealed for support, through the Archbishop, to rebuild their lives.   

Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Nigeria's Abuja Archdiocese. Credit: Abuja Archdiocese

Engage in Lenten Observances Devoid of “outward show”: Catholic Archbishop in Nigeria

Feb 17, 2024

Christians will do well to engage in Lenten Observances devoid of outward display to win people’s recognition, the Catholic Archbishop of Nigeria’s Abuja Archdiocese has said. 

Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama administers the Sacrament of Confirmation at St. Donatus’ Pastoral Area, Sokale. Credit: Abuja Archdiocese

Address Nigeria’s Economic Crisis in “a well-coordinated manner”: Archbishop to Government

Feb 13, 2024

The government of the West African nation of Nigeria needs to act with speed and in a structured and strategic way to address “worsening economic hardships” of the people God in the country, the Archbishop of Abuja has said.

Religion for Peace by John Cardinal Onaiyekan . Credit: ACI Africa

In New Book, Cardinal Highlights His “unwavering commitment” to Fostering Peace in Nigeria

Feb 8, 2024

In a new book, John Cardinal Onaiyekan has highlighted his involvement in peacebuilding initiatives in his native country of Nigeria, and across the globe. 

Let’s Not Allow Recurrent Challenges to “extinguish our hopes”: Archbishop to Nigerians

Feb 5, 2024

The Catholic Archbishop of Nigeria’s Abuja Archdiocese has cautioned the people of God in the West African nation against despair amid recurrent challenges in the country.

Christian leaders during an Ecumenical Service to mark the conclusion of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (WPCU) in Abuja Archdiocese. Credit: Abuja Archdiocese

“Christians the most persecuted people on earth”: Nigerian Archbishop Says, Urges Unity

Feb 1, 2024

There is a need for Christians to foster unity amid deliberate attempts to cause them suffering and even death, the Catholic Archbishop of Nigeria’s Abuja Archdiocese has said.

Aerial landscape view of Abuja City Business District. Credit: Tayvay via Shutterstock

“People are living in fear”: Catholic Official on Insecurity in Nigeria’s Federal Capital

Jan 29, 2024

“People are living in fear on a daily basis because of the rise in kidnappings,” the Chairman of the Justice Development and Peace Commission (JDPC) of Nigeria's Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja has said.

Credit: Abuja Archdiocese

Catholic Archbishop in Nigeria Laments Use of Authority “for personal gains”

Jan 29, 2024

Authority used for “personal gains” is abuse of power, the Local Ordinary Abuja Archdiocese in Nigeria has said.

Bishop Anselm Umoren, the Auxiliary Bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja wit the 14 Deacons he ordained on 14 January 2024. Credit: Archdiocese of Abuja

“Avoid every form of immorality”: Catholic Bishop in Nigeria to Newly Ordained Deacons

Jan 18, 2024

Bishop Anselm Umoren, the Auxiliary Bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja in Nigeria, has urged the new Deacons he ordained on January 14 to shun immorality in all its forms.

Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of Abuja Archdiocese. Credit: ACI Africa

Demands to Return Nigeria to Religious Freedom Violators List a “wake up” Call: Archbishop

Dec 18, 2023

The calls from over two dozen human rights advocates for the U.S Congress to get Nigeria back to the list of religious freedom violators is a “wake up” call for the West Africa nation that is Africa’s most populous nation, the Catholic Archbishop of the country’s Abuja Archdiocese has said.

Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama with parishioners of the Holy Trinity Catholic Parish of his Metropolitan See. Credit: Abuja Archdiocese

“Our joy must outweigh every sorrow”: Catholic Archbishop in Nigeria on Gaudete Sunday

Dec 18, 2023

“Our joy must outweigh every sorrow,” Archbishop of Abuja Archdiocese in Nigeria has said in his homily on December 17, Gaudete Sunday, the Third Sunday of Advent that invites the people of God to “rejoice always” as is captured in Philippians 4:4.

Bishop Anselm Umoren with member of the National Association of Catholic Lawyers (NACL) in Nigeria’s Abuja Archdiocese. Credit: Abuja Archdiocese

Catholic Lawyers in Nigerian Archdiocese Urged to “live above corruption”

Dec 10, 2023

Members of the National Association of Catholic Lawyers (NACL) in Nigeria’s Abuja Archdiocese have been cautioned against corruption in their legal practice.

John Cardinal Onaiyekan and other members of NIREC during the Fourth Quarter Meeting of the Interreligious Council in Abuja Nigeria. Credit: ACI Africa

Christian Leaders in Nigeria Appeal for Good Governance to Restore Hope in the Country

Dec 9, 2023

Good governance is crucial in restoring hope in Nigeria, members of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) have said.

Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama preaching at St. Rita Parish, Ndakwo in his Metropolitan See on Sunday, 3 December 2023. Credit: Abuja Archdiocese

Let’s Not “grow weary of doing good” amid Economic Hardships: Nigerian Archbishop

Dec 5, 2023

The Catholic Archbishop of Nigeria’s Abuja Archdiocese has encouraged the people of God in the West African nation not to tire of doing good amid economic hardship occasioned by rise in prices of commodities.

Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama after Holy Mass at Holy Ghost Pastoral Area of the Archdiocese of Abuja. Credit: Abuja Archdiocese

Nigerian Archbishop Decries “ministry of corruption”, Urges Imitation of Christ’s Kingship

Nov 28, 2023

The Archbishop of Nigeria’s Abuja Archdiocese has decried various forms of corruption in the West African country which he likens to a “ministry”, noting that people have normalized using shortcuts in getting what they want.

Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama giving his speech at the 11th Convocation Ceremony of Godfrey Okoye University on Saturday, 18 November 2023. Credit: Abuja Archdiocese.

Nigerian Catholic University “a good setting for cross-fertilization of ideas”: Archbishop

Nov 25, 2023

Godfrey Okoye University (GOUNI), a Catholic institution of higher learning under the auspices of Nigeria’s Enugu Diocese, is facilitating the sharing of ideas among students and faculty drawn from “most” Nigerian States, a Catholic Archbishop in the West African nation has said.