Tag: Nigeria

A Nigerian priest kidnapped by Boko Haram in June has been released, OSV News has learned. Maria Lozano, press contact for Aid to the Church...

AUCHI, Nigeria -- In Nigeria's Edo state, gunmen stormed Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary in the Diocese of Auchi the night of July 10, killing...

A Nigerian priest who previously served in Alaska remains missing after being captured by Boko Haram operatives in his homeland, OSV News has learned. Father...

A young seminarian has become the latest victim of killings in Nigeria, the West African country where attack and kidnapping of Catholic clergy is...

UYO, Nigeria -- In March 2000, 46-year-old Aniette Asuquo began experiencing severe mental health struggles that led to a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Initially, she...

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...

In another chapter of an "evil scheme" plaguing Nigeria, the southern Enugu Diocese asked for prayers for Father Marcellinus Obioma Okide, who was kidnapped...

The chairman of U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Rabbi Abraham Cooper, has described religious freedom conditions in Nigeria as "abysmal." Speaking July 18 at...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. House lawmakers called the global status of religious liberty "dire" during a hearing July 18, citing concerns across the globe from...

The killing of Father Charles Igechi June 7 is further evidence of Christian persecution in Nigeria, church officials in the country say. The priest was...