Catholic Bishop of Yola Diocese, Most Rev. Dr. Stephen Mamza Dami, firmly rejects the recent Electoral Bill, insisting, “I will not vote if the transmission is not going to be done directly from the polling unit and in real time – I will not waste my time to go and vote. I will not! I will also discourage people from going to vote.”
President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania has joined other national leaders in paying national tributes following the death of Polycarp Cardinal Pengo, former Archbishop of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Emerging reports indicate that 34 people were killed by suspected Lakurawa terrorists in fresh Kebbi coordinated attacks.
The latest data by the World Food Programme (WFP) has raised alarm over the humanitarian crisis across Nigeria’s northern states.
Following recent legislation that introduced significant reforms—such as making manual collation the primary legal standard in Nigeria’s electoral framework ahead of the 2027 general elections—various stakeholders, including prominent religious leaders, like the Catholic Bishop of Yola Diocese, have expressed their opposition.
“Nigeria’s political history continues to wrestle with the enduring dangers of extremism, sectarian rhetoric, and religious bigotry,” asserts Solomon Dalung.
The Scottish Catholic Education Service (SCES) has issued a statement on the proposed amendments to the Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill before the Scottish Parliament insisting that children’s rights and parental guidance are critical to choices about religious education and observance.
At the just-concluded 39th African Union summit at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, African Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) championed developing a strong African solidarity, financial independence, and a collective push to shape the global agenda.
When the news of the Tuesday, 3 February 2026, attacks on the Woro-Nuku communities in Kwara State by suspected Jihadists, which resulted in the death of about 200 people, broke, little did anyone know that at least 5000 of those victims were Plateau State indigenes who had migrated to the community for farming purposes.
Community leaders in Ganawuri District of Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State, north-central Nigeria, the epicentre of incessant attacks by suspected Fulani militia, have lamented that their woes have increased due to the recent unprecedented influx of thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) into their community.
