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In an interview with ACI Africa, Father Isaac Agabi, 46, a parish priest, recounted his ordeal and recommended that major seminaries in Nigeria consider teaching seminarians survival tactics as well as crisis management.
After more than a decade of abuse and isolation, one young woman’s return to her faith and family sheds light on an international crisis.
Bishop Wilfred Anagbe wants his native land designated a ‘Country of Particular Concern.’
Local bishop urged the Nigerian government at all levels to work to address the deteriorating security situation.
The violence against religious personnel is not merely an attack on individuals but an affront to the very principles of compassion and community that they embody.
The violence left 55,910 people dead in 9,970 deadly attacks — as well as 21,621 people abducted in 2,705 attacks.
Alleged forgery is at issue in the Diocese of Lokoja.
The West African country has had a vocations boom in the past 50 years.
Bishop Anagbe, who leads the Makurdi Diocese, warned that if greater action is not taken he believes the Christian population, which currently numbers over 86 million, roughly half of the total Nigerian populace, could disappear entirely in the next few decades.
According to Rev. Dr. Gideon Para-Mallam, an evangelical leader who helped to organize the rally, the attacks also left 15,000 people displaced without homes.
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