The First Plenary Meeting of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), which was held at the CSN Resource Centre, Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Durumi, Abuja, 19 – 26 February 2026, has ended with a strong call for civil authorities to shun repressive and tyrannical tendencies based on the common good.
The United Nations Children’s Fund, (UNICEF), has disclosed that a total of 1,120 children, comprising 595 girls and 525 boys, were recruited by armed groups in Northeast Nigeria.
As survivor of Boko Haram violence whose father, Joseph and brother, Anthony were killed in cold blood by the sect exactly 12 years, shared his shock and nostalgia about the fresh killings of dozens of people in Shuwari Kirchinga, community in Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State.
President Abiy Ahmed, who spoke during the 39th African Union (AU) Summit at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, tells the world that “By 2035, Africa will add more young people to the global workforce than the rest of the world combined,” arguing that “projections show that Africa’s growth will be on par, if not above, that of Asia.”
In the scorched heart of Africa’s Sahel, where deserts swallow fertile lands and ancient rivalries ignite modern bloodbaths, Nigeria’s northern turmoil is hurtling toward a cataclysmic echo of Sudan’s devastating resource wars.
In this exclusive on-the-ground report, Advocatus Africa gathered that from January 2026 to February 2026, no fewer than 200 Christian girls were rescued from alleged forceful conversion to Islam in Bauchi State.
A Nigerian mother of 4 who gave birth to a baby girl three months into her doctoral studies, including the miracle of having twin boys towards the end of her four-year lifecycle of postgraduate studies, has defied all odds by successfully defending her Ph.D. from the UK.
The African Union Commission (AUC) has condemned in the strongest of terms the recent massacre of innocent Nigerians in Zamfara State in coordinated attacks.
A Catholic Priest, critical of the Yoweri Museveni regime, has finally been released from Police Custody after 69 days of detention.
This year, the Catholic Church in Scotland is firmly dedicating its Lenten campaign to the urgent need for clean water in the Horn of Africa, specifically Ethiopia.
