Tag Archives: Catholic Bishops

The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has urged the bishops, and by extension the leaders of the Church, not to relent or be discouraged in constantly speaking out against the societal ills in the nation which, he said, are getting worse by the day. Obi gave the advice while ...

Catholic Bishops, under the Kaduna Ecclesiastical Province, have bemoaned worsening insecurity in the country, saying deaths in the hands of kidnappers, killer herdsmen, bandits and terrorist groups have made Nigeria the most terrorised country in the world. The clerics blamed Nigerian leaders and northern governors for not doing enough to stem the spate of attacks and killings of innocent persons. In a ...

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari not to “focus energy, time and resources (on) any form of propaganda against religious leaders who disagree with (his) performance.” In a statement on Thursday signed by its president, Augustine Akubeze, the CBCN described the recent allegations by the presidency and the State Security Service (also called the ...

Northern bishops ask Southern Kaduna residents to defend selves The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has scored the Federal Government low over what it termed poor performance in one of its key electoral promises – security. It also joined in the call for an end to the bloodshed in Southern Kaduna and other parts of the country. These were the ...

Catholic bishops, under the umbrella of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), will, on Sunday, hold a prayer procession in Abuja, as part of activities for the first 2020 plenary. The exercise is being organised to register their discontent with the state of insecurity and other socioeconomic problems in Nigeria. A statement by the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN) ...