Despite over a decade’s insurgency in the North-East, the vocation to the Catholic priesthood remains strong in the Diocese of Maiduguri, as five young men were on Thursday raised to the Order of Priesthood.
The African Union (AU) has renewed its call for the immediate and unconditional lifting of unilateral sanctions imposed against Zimbabwean institutions and individuals, warning that the restrictions continue to undermine the country’s socio-economic development and long-term aspirations.
The University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) has expressed readiness to partner with the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Borno State Council, to promote healthcare delivery and enhance information flow across communities in the state.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has raised concerns over the rising number of complaints relating to human rights violations in Nigeria, following the recording of 338,810 complaints nationwide in September 2026, representing an increase of about 14 per cent from the previous month.
The African continent has overtaken Europe in the number of Catholics, emerging as the continent with the second-largest Catholic population in the world after the Americas, according to a new statistical report released by the Vatican’s Fides News Agency.
African Bishops, through the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), have voiced strong support for the Catholic Archbishop of Lusaka in Zambia, Alick Banda, following his recent release after being arrested in connection with a Toyota Hilux allegedly tied to former president Edgar Lungu, amid a post-election crackdown on dissenting voices.
The African Union Commission (AUC) has called on Ethiopia, Eritrea and Egypt to exercise maximum restraint amid heightened tensions among the three countries, warning that further escalation could threaten peace and stability in the region.
