BY TIMOTHY AGBOR It’s season of celebrations for the Catholic Diocese of Oyo. The diocese is celebrating its 60th creation anniversary, the 50th Episcopal Ordination anniversary of its first bishop, Most Rev. Julius Babatunde Adelakun and the Priestly Ordination of three of its deacons. Activities lined up for the week-long celebration had started on Sunday,

The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, Ignatius Kaigama, has advised newly elected and appointed leaders in Nigeria not to use their offices or position to seek fame or riches. He said the newly elected and appointed leaders must truly work for the country and her people to witness a “new dawn”. According to him, Nigeria

Fulani herdsmen displace Catholics, leading to the closure of 13 parishes igeria is the country with the largest Catholic Mass attendance in the world, according to a recent study. So when a diocese loses 13 parishes, it affects a lot of people. That’s the case with the Diocese of Makurdi, in central Nigeria, where attacks on predominantly

Today, 9th June, 2023, at Abuja, The National Universities Commission (NUC) which is a parastatal under the Federal Ministry of Education (FME), in charge of promoting quality education in Nigeria, handed the Provisional license-to-operate, to the proprietors of the newly approved 36 Universities. The Registered Trustee of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha, Archbishop Valerian

  “I am the living bread which has come down from heaven. Anyone who east this bread will live forever; and the bread I shall give is my flesh for the life of the world.” In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy spirit: Amen! Good morning brothers and

  Fr George Adimike Emergencies are autonomous. They are a law unto selves and are their own rules, imposing their principles and forcing humans to respond according to possibilities. Not long ago, a health emergency, the COVID-19 pandemic, demanded that the Church review a number of her practices to prevent the worsening of a bad

Worried over the controversial utterances of the immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai while addressing a group of Islamic clerics where he disclosed alleged plot to islamise the nation, Catholic Diocesan Priests Association (NCDPA), of Kaduna, Zaria and Kafanchan dioceses have have issued a protest letter to the Governor of Kaduna State, Uba

Priest of the Catholic Diocese of Benin, Rev. Fr. Charles Onomhoale Igechi has been reportedly shot death in the late hours of yesterday June 7, 2023. According to a release signed by the Archbishop of Benin City, His Grace Archbishop Augustine Akubeze, the deceased Cleric, who until his death, was the Vice Principal of St.

By Fidelia Angbalaga, CSN Media The National Director of Social Communications, Very Rev. Fr. Michael Nsikak Umoh was at the home of the veteran media enterpreneur, High Chief Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi to sign the condolence register on behalf of the Catholic Bishops of Nigeria. The widow of the media guru was at hand to receive

OPEN LETTER FROM THE NIGERIAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN PRIESTS ASSOCIATION (NCDPA) KADUNA, ZARIA AND KAFANCHAN, TO THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF KADUNA STATE, SENATOR UBA SANI: ON THE PUBLIC DECLARATION OF ISLAMIC POLITICAL SUPREMACISM BY EX-GOVERNOR NASIRU EL-RUFAI, IMPLICATIONS ON DIALOGUE AND PEACE, CALL FOR YOUR PUBLIC STANCE Thursday 09 June 2023 Your Excellency, With consternation and