Nigeria Archives

Nigeria facing ‘systematic, planned, calculated’ genocide of Christians

Jun 29, 2020

Nigeria has had over 50,000 people killed since 2009 due to the Boko Haram insurgency, which has also displaced over 2 million people. In the country’s “Middle Belt” – where the Muslim North meets the Christian South – Muslim Fulani bands have killed thousands of Christians.

By Charles Collins

After two years in captivity, Christian schoolgirl’s example ‘should challenge us all’

Jun 20, 2020

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – A kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirl who refuses to renounce her faith should “inspire every Christian,” according to a leading human rights group. Leah Sharibu was the only Christian among 110 schoolgirls kidnapped by the Islamic State’s West African Province (ISWAP) on February 19, 2018 in Dapchi located in

By Crux Staff

Nigerian bishop says Africa needs to stop blaming the West for its problems

Jun 15, 2020

Following a June 10 report by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) that nine of the ten “most neglected displacement crises in the world” are found in Africa, one Nigerian bishop is warning against blaming the West for the situation.

By Crux Staff

Radio host influences priest’s climate change actions in Nigerian parish

May 17, 2020

Father Innocent Mba started teaching his parishioners about conservation, having learned about climate change on Ekene Odigwe’s “Climate Time” radio program, which focuses on raising awareness to reduce the societal impacts of climate change in Nigeria.

By Valentine Iwenwanne

Nigerian bishop: Murdered seminarian had courage of a martyr

May 14, 2020

A murdered Nigerian seminarian had the courage of a martyr, his bishop said after three men were arrested for murder and kidnapping.

By Catholic News Service

In southern Nigeria, nuns put TB, leprosy patients on road to recovery

May 12, 2020

Nigeria has seen an increase in the rates of tuberculosis and Hansen’s disease. Late diagnosis and lack of effective tools for prevention and treatment have contributed to the lack of an effective model to predict their spread.

By Valentine Iwenwanne