Okoh, who is also the Bishop of the Abuja Diocese, said recent killings in parts of Kaduna and other states were worrisome and government must take action to protect all Nigerians
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Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja while receiving representatives of the 25 villages displaced by the crisis rocking Southern Kaduna, the President of CAN, Dr. Samson Supo Ayokunle, said the killings amounted to ethnic and religious cleansing
Ayokunle called on the government and all the security agencies to come together and put hands-on-deck so that there would be peace in Kaduna State
Ben Onwudinjo, the Proprietor and Chief Executive of the school, made this known in statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday
Ogugua stated that Governor Mohammed Bindow of Adamawa would be the Special Guest of Honour, while the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir David Lawal, would serve as Distinguished Guest of Honour at the event
Francis, who has made a more inclusive and forgiving church a characteristic of his papacy, made the announcement in a document known as an “apostolic letter” after Sunday’s close of the Catholic Church’s “Holy Year of Mercy”
The Archbishop said that the feast marked the last Sunday of the Catholic liturgical year and the end of the Catholic Year of Mercy as the church awaits advent
He said: “Research has shown that more than 50 per cent of youths are addicted to pornography, while 60 to 90 per cent of adolescent boys and 40 per cent of adolescent girls are addicted to masturbation
A statement issued by Turaki Hassan, Dogara’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, quoted the Speaker as making the remark at a reception organised in his honour by the Northern Nigerian Christian Politicians in Abuja
In a ceremony at St Peter’s Basilica, he named five new European cardinals, four from North America, two from South America, three Africans, two Asians and an Oceanian
Kwashi, who is also the Northern Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria, made the call on Saturday in Abuja at the National Conference of Northern Nigerian Christian Politicians
The governor said that members of the sect could not keep breaking the law and tampering with the rights of other citizens.
Ganduje said: “As far as they continue breaking the law, the police have to come in. They cannot use they-have-the-freedom-to-do-whatever-they-want because they are crossing other people’s human rights
John Kirby, the US Department of State’s Assistant Secretary and spokesperson, said although the incident was under investigation, his government was troubled by the response of the police
He said that the kidnappers abandoned their victims “in an area outskirt of Kaduna” before informing JNI of where they could located them
He said what the ruling APC needed to do was to ensure that those who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the party were monitored to ensure that they do not tarnish the good intention of President Muhammadu Buhari
He said that catholic faithful in Nigeria would join others worldwide to mark this year’s Solemnity of Christ the King (Corpus Christi) celebration with several activities
Chukwu said: “We just got information that the Shi’ite group is trying to embark on public procession in Maiduguri and the state government had already issued a statement banning that procession
Addressing journalists in Abuja, the Executive Secretary of CESJET, Comrade Ikpa Isaac, said the UN Mission in Nigeria should help prevail on the United Nations to designate the IMN as a terrorist organization
Francis made the call on Thursday after meeting Gewargis III, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, in Vatican City
Mudi told the News Agency of Nigeria in Jos on Thursday that Yusuf was kidnapped along with his driver on their way to Kaduna.
Mudi said: “They were kidnapped around Saminaka in Lere Local Government, Kaduna Stat