January 6, 2026
The New Year has not begun peacefully in Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Kontagora. Just as the final days of 2025 were marked by violence and fear, early January 2026 has...
December 23, 2025
New data highlights scale of priest kidnappings amid Nigeria’s security crisis Between 2015 and 2025, at least 212 Catholic priests were kidnapped in Nigeria, in a wave of violence that...
December 12, 2025
Securing the release of the remaining students and staff remains the top priority of the local church, Bishop Bulus Yohanna told ACN. A hundred of the 265 students and staff...
December 10, 2025
Despite several attacks and one attempted murder, Yahaya and his family decided to remain in Sokoto to carry out his ministry of service to the Church. Around 3 a.m. on...
December 5, 2025
“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 November. Bishop Bulus Dauwa Yohanna...
November 27, 2025
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 (ACN) echoes the urgent appeal...
November 21, 2025
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 sources. The abduction of around...
November 17, 2025
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 received an official communication from...
August 14, 2025
It is terrible, people are traumatised, it’s a horrific thing to happen. People are protesting and refusing to leave the street