In an exclusive interview with Advocatus Africa, the Catholic Bishop of Lafia Diocese, north-central Nigeria, decried the general situation of insecurity in the country, insisting that both the government and religious leaders have an obligation to peace and security.
During a plenary session held on Tuesday, 10 Tuesday 2026, on the floor of the state, former Senate president, Ahmad Lawan, urged the Islamic community to tackle clerics who preach radical Islam.
A concerned and courageous Nigerian prelate known for frequently addressing social and spiritual issues with a call for all to embrace practical Christianity, has denounced the senseless killings going on in Nigeria, urging for open and sincere documentation of these atrocities against Christians.
Fresh controversy has erupted over Nigeria’s electoral reforms following an emergency plenary session of the Senate on Monday, 10 February 2026, which commenced at about 12:50 p.m., amid sustained public backlash over the rejection of mandatory electronic transmission of election results.
Inspired by the principle of subsidiarity and corporate governance, the Catholic Diocese of Umuahia recently donated two new electric street sweepers and scraper vehicles to the Abia State Government.
In the wake of protests on the removal of the provision mandating the electronic transmission of results from Nigeria’s amended 2022 Electoral Act, Yiaga Africa, a leading election monitoring organisation, has educated Nigerians on the real meaning of real-time transmission of election results.
Coming few days after a series of violent attacks by Armed Fulani Ethnic Militia (FEM) leading to the death of about 33 Christian in some parts of Benue State, the abduction of 9 worshippers from St. John’s Catholic Church, Ojije, in the Utonkon district of Ado Local Government Area of the same state, highlights growing insecurity in the middle belt region of Nigeria.
Following the kidnapping of Rev. Fr. Nathaniel Asuwaye alongside 10 others on 7 February 2026, at around 3:20 in an attack that led to the death of 3 others, the Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan has confirmed that 3 victims have escaped, as 8 others, including the priest, are still with their abductors.
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.
Nigeria’s Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has come under criticism from Nigerians for publicly defending the National Assembly’s decision to remove the provision mandating electronic transmission of election results from Nigeria’s amended Electoral Act.
