For decades, Nigeria has remained a source, transit and destination country for human trafficking in sub-Saharan Africa, with her citizens making up 6% of immigrants in Libya, where they are commonly traded in open markets, according to a 2021 report from the
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- As violence devastates Nigeria's Christians daily, a U.S. Catholic bishop has urged his country's secretary of state to partner with Nigeria to fight extremism. The chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace, Bishop A.
The Bigard Memorial Seminary in Enugu, Nigeria, is celebrating its 100th birthday in 2024. Officials say the sheer statistics warrant a big celebration: the institution has 780 clerics -- a number not seen in years in seminaries across Europe and the Americas.
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The Australian Catholic University's Center for Liturgy offered a training program for lay liturgical ministers of the Word in Nigeria. The program, delivered online, aims to equip participants with spiritual and technical skills needed to effectively proclaim the Word and serve in
Nigeria's government must urgently address the "evil of kidnapping" and the "looming crisis" in the country, two Vatican officials said.
"In addition to putting measures on (the) ground to secure lives and properties, the state, with the support of the church, should seek
In a recent communiqué, the Catholic Bishops of the Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province made an urgent and heartfelt appeal to all Nigerians, encapsulating a wide range of concerns that touch upon the very fabric of the West African nation’s well-being. They vividly describe
Nigeria is one of the countries in the world with the best Mass attendance. As many as 94% of self-identified Nigerian Catholics surveyed said they attend weekly or daily Mass, according to a study published in early 2023 by Georgetown University's Center
More than 100 people were killed and 300 injured in Nigeria's Plateau state Dec. 23-24, 2023, in what some news outlets attributed to clashes over land between farmers and herders amid ecological changes brought about by climate change. But Bishop Wilfred Chikpa
Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Nigeria's Plateau state declared a week of mourning Jan. 1-8 to honor the deaths of at least 200 Christians killed over Christmas by Fulani Muslim herders, targeting Christians in the country. Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto, Nigeria,
One of Nigeria's most respected figures, he has dedicated his life to serving God and bettering his nation. From his early desire to become a priest, through his pivotal role in shaping Nigerian political history, and his active involvement in interfaith dialogue