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Breakthrough in Nigeria: 100 children freed from St. Mary’s school kidnapping
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has secured the release of 100 children who had been kidnapped from St. Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary School ...
Nigerian bishop on school kidnappings: “Our hearts are broken, but our faith remains firm”
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“Evil will never win,” said Nigeria’s National Security Advisor, during a visit to the bishop of Kontagora, where over 300 children were kidnapped in late ...
Nigerian Bishops: “Lasting peace cannot be achieved through silence or delay”
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Catholic Bishops of Nigeria warn of escalating violence and call for urgent action to protect life and religious freedom Aid to the Church in Need ...
Nigerian catechist survives stabbing — and offers powerful lesson
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Tobias Yahaya almost lost his life during an attack on his home in Nigeria. Fortunately for him, his wife, and their four small children, Yahaya, ...
Armed attack and mass kidnapping at Catholic Schools in Niger State
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The Catholic Diocese of Kontagora has reported a violent overnight attack on St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Niger State, Nigeria, resulting ...
New mass abduction of schoolgirls in northern Nigeria
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The attack represents “a major blow to the education of young girls, which is already quite rare in these parts of the country,” say local ...
Nigeria: Priest abducted in the Archdiocese of Kaduna
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The west African nation has been classified as suffering from severe, systematic, and ongoing religious freedom violations. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has ...
Terrified women and children block road after three more murders
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On Monday, August 11, women and children in Nigeria blocked a road in protest of their lack of security, after their besieged town fell victim ...
“They beat me, but I thank God I survived,” says priest kidnapped by jihadists
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A Catholic priest has given a harrowing account of how he nearly lost an eye after being kidnapped by armed extremists in Nigeria and held ...
Nigeria: Kidnapped priest, Father Alphonsus Afina, freed along with ten female hostages
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Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International joyfully announces the release of Fr. Alphonsus Afina, a priest of the Diocese of Maiduguri, Nigeria, who ...