By Heather Preston Abuja, April 13, 2023: The Christian Association of Nigeria has received an apology from the manufacturers of Peak Milk, after it used Jesus’ crucifixion as a metaphor to promote its product on Good Friday. The controversial ad campaign showed a dented tin of Peak Milk pierced onContinue Reading
Rome, January 15, 2023: A Catholic priest burned to death on Jan. 15 after bandits set fire to his parish rectory in northern Nigeria. The body of Father Isaac Achi was found among the charred parish building of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church on Jan. 15, according to theContinue Reading
Abia, Aug 16, 2022: A priest and a seminarian kidnapped in Abia State, southeast Nigeria, were released unhurt August 15. Spiritan Father Chinedu Nwadike, who is deputy registrar at the Spiritan University Nneochi, and the seminarian were abducted August 12 at gunpoint shortly after driving out of the university gatesContinue Reading
Vatican City, June 6, 2022: Pope Francis has expressed his “spiritual closeness” to Nigerian Catholics mourning the victims of a massacre at a church on Pentecost Sunday. A telegram sent on the pope’s behalf said that he was praying “for the conversion of those blinded by hatred and violence.” InContinue Reading
Rome, May 26, 2022: Two priests serving in the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, northern Nigeria, have been abducted after unidentified gunmen attacked their residence. According to media reports, the kidnappers stormed St. Patrick Catholic Church in Katsina state in the early hours of May 25, seizing Fathers Stephen Ojapa andContinue Reading
Sokoto, May 15, 2022: A Christian student was stoned and then burned in Nigeria for allegedly sending a blasphemous WhatsApp message about Muslim prophet Mohammed during Ramadan. Deborah Yakubu studied at the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, northern Nigeria. The college was closed for holidays when the allegedContinue Reading
Abuja: One priest has been killed and another kidnapped from a parish in northern Nigeria. Father Alphonsus Bello was killed and Father Joe Keke was abducted on May 20, by a group of armed men who stormed the parish of St Vincent Ferrer in Malunfashi, in the state of Katsina,Continue Reading
Rome: Fr. Livinius Esomchi Nnamani, who was ordained to the priesthood in his hospital room on Holy Thursday with special permission from Pope Francis, has died of leukemia at the age of 31. The young priest’s funeral was held in Rome on April 26 at the parish of San GiovanniContinue Reading
Minna: Armed bandits in Nigeria have kidnapped and killed a priest returning from Mass in the latest act of violence against clergy in the West African nation. The body of Father John Gbakaan Yaji, of Minna diocese, in Nigeria’s Middle Belt region, was discovered January 17. Father Yaji’s brother, whoContinue Reading
Delta: A Catholic priest in Nigeria has been abducted by gunmen two years after undergoing the same ordeal. On September 26 evening, Father Jude Onyebadi was kidnapped from his pineapple farm in the Aniocha North area of Delta State, located in southern Nigeria. The priest had been visiting the farm,Continue Reading