Muslim-Muslim Ticket Proclaimed Winner of Nigeria’s Presidential Election Amid Protests
Voter turnout was only 29%, far lower than the last election in 2019, and video-documented claims of vote switching and voter intimidation were rife.
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Living Lent in Solidarity With Our Suffering Nigerian Brothers and Sisters
COMMENTARY: These 40 days are an opportunity to support our spiritual siblings.
Report: US Calls for Investigation Into Nigerian Forced Abortions
The U.S. Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, is seeking information from Nigerian authorities regarding evidence of a massive, forced-abortion program that was the subject of a Dec. 7 Reuters report.
Reuters Exposes Massive Rape and Forced Abortion Campaigns in Nigeria
7 Division, the Nigerian military force in charge of countering the insurgents, has been forcing chemical and surgical abortions on tens of thousands of women who have been raped by Islamist insurgents.
Pastor and More Than 80 Others Kidnapped in Attacks on 2 Nigerian Churches
More than a dozen escaped, and 43 remain captive.
Human Rights Activists Call on U.S. State Department to Return Nigeria to Religious Freedom Watchlist
The June 5 Pentecost Sunday terrorist attack on St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, which killed at least 40 people, brought the crisis to the world’s attention.
Sounding the Alarm on Anti-Catholic Violence
An in-depth analysis of the global persecution continuing across the globe, including in Nicaragua, China and Nigeria.
Kidnapped Nigerian Religious Sisters Released
Four religious sisters who were kidnapped while on their way to Mass Aug. 21 have been released, according to their order.
Arrests Made in Nigeria Pentecost Massacre
The assailants, some of whom sat through the Mass pretending to be worshippers, sprang into action toward the end of the service, killing at least 40 people.
Nigerian Priest: Federal Government Has Refused to Help Regarding Abductions, Killings
The priest of the Diocese of Makurdi, who was ordained in 1981, said he finds it baffling that none of the atrocities that have been meted against Christians in Nigeria had been dealt with in courts.
