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.
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.
This piece critically examines the quagmire surrounding the legislation and the lingering unresolved questions around electoral transparency in the oil-rich African nation.
The truth about Northern Nigeria is uncomfortable, and that is exactly why it is constantly denied. Christians are being deliberately targeted, humiliated, kidnapped, displaced, and killed, yet the same society that looks away turns around to lecture survivors about patriotism. This hypocrisy is not accidental. It is sustained by lies, propaganda, and a deliberate refusal to name ideology for what it is.
Bishop Matthew Hassan KUKAH’s Public Lecture, “To Have and To Hold: Faith, Moral Authority, and the Care of Our Common Home,” delivered at the 24th S.L. Edu Foundation Lecture Series on January 30th, 2026, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Hall, 16, Yar’adua St. Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.
If holiness were measured by noise, Fr. Michael MCGRATH might have been overlooked. He did not arrive with thunder, slogans, or spiritual fireworks. He arrived instead with books under his arm, time in his pocket, a tennis racket in the boot of the car, and a Mass that was celebrated as though heaven itself had politely asked him not to rush.
There is hardly a newspaper in Europe or the United States that does not repeat this truth: The Church needs Africa. It is such an obvious statement that it has become almost banal. And yet, few—if any—media outlets are able to explain why.
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has paid glowing tributes to a renowned and globally celebrated Islamic cleric, Imam Abdullahi Abubakar, who sheltered 262 Christians who came under heavy attack in 2018 by armed Fulani herdsmen in the Barkin-Ladi local government area of Plateau State, north-central Nigeria.
This feature raises alarm over the dwindling numbers of those enrolling in seminaries, novitiates, and young people attending Holy Mass in Europe, stressing that the empty pews are a metaphor for a Church in need of oxygen.
