Gunmen have abducted a Catholic Priest attached to Port Harcourt Diocese, Rev. Father Livinus Maurice, along with two others. Maurice is the Parish Priest of St Patrick’s Catholic in Isokpo, the Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. The identities of the two others abducted alongside the priest could not be ascertained as of the time of filing this report …

A Reverend Father has allegedly shot a boy dead after the latter set off knockouts within the church premises. The incident which happened during the New Year Mass held on 1 January, 2025, in Amaimo, Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State, has attracted reactions from social media users. However, PUNCH Online couldn’t verify the name and parish of the …

Authorities from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have taken into custody the parish priest and several officials of the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Abuja in connection with a tragic stampede that occurred in the Nigerian capital. The police are investigating this incident and two similar events in Anambra and Oyo states. The stampede in Abuja, which happened …

Gunmen have freed a Catholic priest, Reverend Father Kingsley Eze, and a driver, Uchenna Newman, following their abduction in Imo State, South East Nigeria. Reverend Father Eze, affectionately known as Father Ichie, serves as the priest at Saint Michael’s Catholic Church Parish within the community. The abduction occurred approximately seven days ago at Umuekebi, Osuoweerre, in the Isiala Mbano Local …

Gunmen on Friday kidnapped a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Mathias Opara along Ejemekwuru-Ogbaku Road, a highway linking Oguta and Mbaitoli Local Government Areas of Imo State. An eyewitness told our correspondent said that the priest was cornered while driving back to Owerri, the state capital, after the burial rites of the father of one of his colleagues at Izombo community, …