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Nigeria: We ask our leaders, ‘Why do you allow your citizens to be killed?’
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"Some camp residents have suffered multiple displacements. Others have seen their loved ones slaughtered, shot at, and butchered like animals. We have staff who give ...
Nigeria: young woman loses both parents in Fulani herdsmen attack
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"One of the men took his machete and cut off my mother’s head. Her blood splashed on my face. I screamed."
Two Boko Haram victims blessed by the Pope
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“They put the Christians in cages, like animals. The first thing they did was forcefully convert us to Islam. … The warned us not to ...
Christian farmer in Nigeria dies protecting son
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"I ran to my hut, where I found my husband lying in a pool of blood. He had been shot in the head, and he ...
Push to re-designate Nigeria as a ‘country of particular concern’
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Nigeria, because of its economic and demographic weight, “is the anchor of Africa. And if Nigeria falls, the whole of Africa falls.”
Bishops call on Nigerians to ‘reject evil’ in elections
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“Our votes are precious; we must use them well. We encourage all eligible citizens to come out en masse to vote for God-fearing, honest, vibrant, ...
In Nigeria, a farmer sees his family killed by Fulani herdsmen
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"Then I heard my brother scream. I rushed inside and saw my son’s head in one corner of the room and the rest of his ...
Fulani herdsmen kill a man in Nigeria, leaving his wife shattered
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"I saw my husband lying on the ground, lifeless, murdered in cold blood. His corpse was surrounded by eight Fulani herdsmen."
Nigeria: Thousands gather for tribute to Father Isaac Achi
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“Father Achi’s activities among his people in Kafin Koro could have caused the desire for his abduction or even killing. He has been the voice ...
Priest dies in attack on parish in northern Nigeria
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The gunmen doused the outside of the house with fuel and set fire to it. Father Colins Omeh, who was also in the rectory, tried ...









