A seminarian abducted on March 3 from a parish rectory in the Nigerian Diocese of Auchi was murdered by his abductors, an ...

At least 204 Catholic priests and seminarians have been abducted in Nigeria, with 15 of them killed while in captivity in the last 10 years.The most recent victims include Peter Andrew, a seminarian ...

Nearly 150 Catholic priests have been kidnapped in Nigeria over the past 10 years, a new report has indicated, unearthing the ...

Catholic priests in Nigeria have always been a prized target for kidnappers, but the first two months of 2025 have witnessed ...

KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - A Catholic priest was kidnapped and killed in Nigeria's northern Kaduna state, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said on Friday, adding that the murder highlighted ...

Abuja — In the last 10 years, 145 priests have been kidnapped in Nigeria. This is evident from the analysis carried out by the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN), which collected data on the ...

US condemns killing of Catholic priest Sylvester Okechukwu in Kaduna. Bandits abducted, murdered him on Ash Wednesday. Police ...

A Catholic priest was kidnapped on Tuesday night in Kaduna state, Nigeria, where Fulani herdsmen and other Islamic extremist ...

Christians in Nigeria are in shock after a 21-year-old seminarian was brutally killed by kidnappers.In a statement sent to ...

As the persecution of Christians continues to define the news in Nigeria, members of the U.S. Congress has passed a ...

Insecurity is rife in Nigeria, where kidnappings ... Peter follows a series of other kidnappings that have targeted Catholic priests in Africa’s most populous nation. Later, on Feb. 19, Father ...

KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - A Catholic priest was kidnapped and killed in Nigeria's northern Kaduna state, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said on Friday, adding that the murder ...