The Laity Council of the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi in Benue State, one of the troubled areas in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, has turned down the Federal Government’s proposed National Communal Ranching Programme (NCRP) for the state. Instead, they are urging the prompt and respectful return of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to their ancestral homes.
The Catholic Bishop of Yola Diocese, Most Rev. Dr. Stephen Dami Mamza, has distributed emergency food items to 60 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and refugee returnee families at the Fombina IDPs Camp in Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa State.
The Metropolitan Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Most Rev. Dr. Ignatius Kaigama, has appealed to the government to support the Church’s missionary and humanitarian endeavours to reach out to those at the margins of society.
Church leaders in Benue State, central Nigeria, have provided testimony to an international team on a fact-finding mission regarding the atrocities committed against Christians in the state, urging collective action to end the menace.
A Catholic priest and humanitarian worker has raised awareness about the struggles of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Gwoza Local Government in Borno State, now residing in Girei Local Government, Adamawa State, Northeast Nigeria.
Priests of Wukari Diocese have lamented the destruction of Church property in two parishes worth over N100 million in Adu and Atav communities in Takum Local Government Area (LGA) of Taraba State, North-Eastern Nigeria, by suspected Fulani militia.
The senior cleric in the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) and regional Chairman for the Barkin Ladi Local Government Area, Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo taken a swipe at Benue state Governor, His Excellency Hyacinth Alia, over what he alleged as denial of Christian genocide in his state, while lauding an American activist for rebuilding homes of Yelewata survivors.
