Abuja, 26 January, 2026 / 7:54 pm (ACI Africa).
Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja has urged Nigerians to rise above political, religious, and ethnic divisions and embrace the values that unite them, warning that persistent disunity continues to fuel social instability and violence across the country.
In his Sunday, January 25, homily at St.Joseph Pastoral Area, Lugbe Across, Archbishop Kaigama described the call to repentance as urgent in a society deeply polarized along fault lines of identity.
“Preaching the message of repentance is an urgent and important message for us because we live in a society that is so polarized along political, religious, and ethnic lines,” the Archbishop said on in his homily on the Sunday of the Word of God.
“We must learn to rise beyond the little things that divide us, to embrace and appreciate those basic things that unite us,” he said, and added, “With our individual behavior, unique talents, and distinctive attributes, each one of us is needed to enrich the Kingdom of God; to bear witness to the gospel message.”
The Local ordinary of Abuja called for unity among Christians for the sake of spreading His light to the whole world, saying, “Our apostolate will be a mighty force if it comes from one united Church. Together we can win, divided we fall.”
