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A woman prays during evening Mass at St. Michael Cathedral in Minna, Nigeria, Dec. 4, 2025. Catholic leaders in the Diocese of Otukpo, in Nigeria's Benue state, appealed for prayers following the Oct. 13, 2026, kidnapping of Father John Inalegwu Otache, pastor of St. Margaret Parish in Ajegbe–Awume. (OSV News photo/Marvellous Durowaiye, Reuters)

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Another priest is kidnapped amid Nigeria's security crisis

Fredrick Nzwili|Oct 16, 2026|2 Min Read

Father Samuel Opeyemi Oyetoro, a Nigerian priest, is pictured in an undated screenshot photo from Facebook. Police in northern Nigeria are investigating the murder of Father Opeyemi, who was killed in an apparent roadside ambush, the Diocese of Lokoja announced in a Facebook post July 30, 2026. (OSV News/Facebook)

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Catholic priest in Nigeria killed after machete attack

Junno Arocho Esteves|Aug 3, 2026|2 Min Read

A Catholic choir sings during the funeral Mass Jan. 11 for people killed by Fulani herdsmen in Makurdi, Nigeria. With at least 80 people killed since the start of the year in conflict over fertile land in Nigeria, the nation's bishops condemned what they call brutal massacres of innocent people. (CNS photo/Afolabi Sotunde, Reuters) See NIGERIA-BISHOPS-MASSACRES Jan. 18, 2018.

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Nigeria report: Fulani terror groups, not Boko Haram, behind most Christian deaths

EWTN News|Jul 2, 2026|4 Min Read

Front pages of newspapers reporting on U.S. airstrikes against Islamic State group militants in Nigeria, according to U.S. President Donald Trump and the U.S. military, are displayed at a newspaper stall in Lagos, Nigeria, Dec. 26, 2025. While some Nigerian Catholic Church leaders welcomed the U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic State group militants in the northwest of the country, an outspoken bishop strongly opposed it, with some church leaders questioning the religious framing behind the action. (OSV News/Sodiq Adelakun, Reuters)

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Catholic leaders in Nigeria have mixed reaction to U.S. airstrikes

Fredrick Nzwili and Ngala Killian Chimtom|Dec 26, 2025|6 Min Read

Schoolchildren from St. Mary's Catholic School in Papiri, Nigeria, are seen after arriving at the Niger State Government House Dec. 8, 2025, after being freed from captivity. Church officials confirmed that the remaining 130 students were released on Dec. 21, ending a month-long ordeal that began when more than 300 pupils were abducted Nov. 21 from the diocesan school in Niger State. (OSV News/Marvellous Durowaiye, Reuters)

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Final group of kidnapped Catholic school students freed in Nigeria

Fredrick Nzwili|Dec 22, 2025|3 Min Read

Flowers lie on caskets during a funeral Mass in the parish hall of St. Francis Xavier Church in Owo, Nigeria, June 17, 2022. The Mass was for some of the 40 victims killed in a June 5 attack by gunmen during Mass at the church. Over the last 14 years in Nigeria, 52,250 people have been killed only for being Christians, according to an April 10 report. (OSV News photo/Temilade Adelaja, Reuters)

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Bill Maher draws attention to plight of Christians in Nigeria

Kate Quiñones|Sep 30, 2025|4 Min Read

Nigerian Father Mathew Eya is pictured in an undated photograph. He was killed Sept. 19, 2025, as he was returning to his parish of St. Charles in Eha-Ndiagu, in Enugu state, Nigeria. (OSV News photo/courtesy Diocese of Enugu)

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Nigerian priest killed; killings, kidnappings prompt fear of genocide of Christians

Ngala Killian Chimtom|Sep 22, 2025|4 Min Read

Bishop Gabriel Dunia of Auchi, Nigeria, seen on an undated photo, has called upon all priests in the diocese to celebrate Masses, offer Benediction and lead the faithful in praying the rosary for divine protection throughout Edo state and Nigeria after gunmen stormed Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary in his diocese the night of July 10, 2025, killing a security officer and abducting three seminarians. (OSV News/courtesy Diocese of Auchi)

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One officer dead, three seminarians kidnapped after attack on Nigerian seminary

OSV News|Jul 15, 2025|5 Min Read

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Latest attack reportedly kills nearly 200 people in Nigeria

Fredrick Nzwili|Jun 13, 2025|5 Min Read

Women are pictured in a file photo praying during Mass at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Abuja, Nigeria. (OSV News photo/Afolabi Sotunde, Reuters)

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Nigeria pledges to uphold religious freedom, but actions on the ground suggest otherwise

Ngala Killian Chimtom|Apr 14, 2025|4 Min Read

A woman cries during a funeral Mass in the the parish hall of St. Francis Xavier Church in Owo, Nigeria, June 17, 2022, for at least 50 victims killed in a June 5 attack by gunmen. In the West African country, seminarian Andrew Peter, 21, has become the latest victim of killings there. On March 3, 2025, he was kidnapped alongside Father Philip Ekweli, a priest from the Diocese of Auchi in southern Nigeria. The priest was released March 13, but the abductors killed the seminarian, the diocese said. (OSV News photo/Temilade Adelaja, Reuters)

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Kidnappers kill young Nigerian seminarian

Fredrick Nzwili|Mar 19, 2025|2 Min Read

Nigerian Father Tobias Chukwujekwu Okonkwo, pictured on an undated photograph, was shot dead by unidentified assailants, at lhiala, along Onitsha-Owerri Expressway, Diocese of Nnewi said in a Dec. 27, 2024 statement. (OSV News photo/courtesy Eze Emmanuel Facebook)

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Gunmen shoot Catholic priest dead in Nigeria on Boxing Day

OSV News|Dec 29, 2024|2 Min Read

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