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The Sunday, April 10 killing of at least 70 inhabitants of villages in Kanam local government area of Nigeria’s Plateau State shows how exposed and “helpless” the people of God are in the West African nation, a Catholic Priest has told ACI Africa in an interview.
Pope Francis has appointed the Chaplain of the All Saints Catholic Chaplaincy of the University of Maiduguri Auxiliary Bishop of Maiduguri Diocese in Nigeria.
The Nigerian constitution is not working because it has been crafted by leaders who do not have the people’s interest at heart, the Bishop of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Nsukka has said, and concluded that the West African nation “is founded on a lie”.
A member of the Clergy of the Catholic Diocese of Minna in Nigeria was freed last Friday, April 8, after weeks in captivity.
Peter University, Achina/Onneh under the joint ownership of the Catholic Dioceses of Awka and Ekwulobia in Nigeria is among the 12 new private universities approved by the country’s federal government to operate as a higher learning institution in the West African country.
Pope Francis has appointed Mons. Wolfgang Pisa as the Local Ordinary of Tanzania’s Lindi Diocese and Mons. Isaac Bunde Dugu as the Bishop of Katsina-ala Diocese in Nigeria.
A Catholic Archbishop in Nigeria has decried the fact that the country is witnessing crisis after crisis, the latest that is part of the series of “criminal elements” being last week’s bombing of a train, an incident in which at least nine lives were lost.
A High Court in Nigeria’s Kano State has sentenced the president of the Nigerian Humanist Society to 24 years behind bars on blasphemy charges, a decision that Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has described as a “gross violation” of the right to the freedoms of expression.
Nigeria stands in need of leaders characterized with courage who, like Jesus Christ, “speak the truth and live by it”, the Catholic Bishop of the country’s Oyo Diocese has said in his message ahead of Palm Sunday.
Catholic Bishops in West Africa are expected to deliberate on Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter on human fraternity and social friendship, Fratelli Tutti and challenges facing the region during their Plenary Assembly scheduled for May in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja.
Catholic Bishops in Nigeria have condemned the March 28 Abuja-Kaduna train attack and bemoaned “bloody attacks” in the country that result in citizens of the West African nation “mourning with anguished hearts”.
Christians in Nigeria need to refute the notion that politics is a “dirty game” and participate actively in the politics for good governance, the Catholic of Nigeria’s Jalingo Diocese has said.
UK-based human rights foundation, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), is appealing to the international community to pressure the Nigerian government to be accountable for its failure to protect citizens of Kaduna State who are experiencing heightened insecurity.
Last Sunday, Sr. Esther Nkiru Ezedinachi distributed pounded yam, soup, and an assortment of other Nigerian dishes to 30 mentally challenged people on the streets of the West Africa country.
A Catholic Bishop in Nigeria has urged parents in the West African country to be always available for their children to protect them from cultists and other social vices that might destroy their future.
Christian leaders in Nigeria’s Kaduna State under the auspices of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) have offered their prayers for the victims of the Monday, March 28 train attack.
The Archbishop of Abuja Archdiocese in Nigeria has told Catholic Priests and other religious leaders to keep off prejudices and narratives that may cause divisions among the people of God in what would turn them “into ethnic champions.”
A Catholic Priest serving in Nigeria’s Minna Diocese is among 45 people who were reportedly abducted Sunday, March 27 evening, Nigeria Catholic Network (NCN) has reported.
The Bishop of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan has decried the laxity in the government and international community’s response to the incessant attacks in the West African nation.
Christian leaders in Nigeria’s Kaduna State have expressed sadness over persistent attacks and killings in the West African nation.