Kogi State Police Command has launched a full-scale investigation into the death of Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Samuel Opeyemi, whose body was discovered in Ajaokuta Local Government Area of the state. According to a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Saliu Oyiza Afusat, the priest’s lifeless...
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Saturday in Abuja, reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to prioritising interfaith dialogue and promoting peace, harmony, and tolerance among Nigeria’s diverse religious communities. The President made this statement while receiving in audience Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, the Secretary for Relations with States and International Organisations...
The Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos, on Tuesday, granted leave to four persons standing trial for their roles in the deadly Angwa Rukuba attacks, to each produce five defence witnesses. This came on a day the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja reserved judgment in the trial...
The Catholic Church has raised concerns over the misuse of Artificial Intelligence (AI), warning that deepfakes, voice cloning and digital impersonation now threaten human dignity, identity and public trust. The concerns were raised on Friday during the 60th World Communications Day celebration organised by St. Augustine’s Major Seminary in...
Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, on Thursday joined Catholic clergy and faithful at the burial of the late Most Rev. Peter Nworie Chukwu, describing his passing as a painful loss to the Catholic Church and humanity. The requiem Mass and burial ceremony, held in...
Chidi AmutaUnited States President Donald Trump seems intent on fulfilling a self- appointed tragic destiny. Every step he takes to avoid being thought weak is leading him towards the inevitability of a disgraceful end and an apocalyptic legacy. Worse still, every step he has taken to show strength has...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- Priestly Ordination of Rev. Fr. Ari Ogwuche Jonah OP @ St. Dominic Catholic Church, Yaba On June 28, 2025, the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos erupted in spiritual jubilation as Rev. Fr. Ari Ogwuche Jonah of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) was ordained a Roman Catholic...
By EMMANUEL ANKELI, Sokoto– A team of researchers and humanitarian initiative from the government of Hungary, “Hungary Helps,” visited the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto to inspect ongoing projects supported by the organization. The Hungarian team was warmly received by the Diocesan Chancellor, Very Revd. Fr. Nuhu Iliya, and the...
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost entered the 2025 Papal Conclave for the election of a successor to late Pope Francis as a dark horse among heavyweights, especially from Europe. If it were a secular political election in his home country, America, whose president recently shared an AI-generated image of himself...