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Court remands Catholic Rev. Father for allegedly raping, impregnating teenage girl in Nigeria

November 27, 2023November 27, 2023Bode DoluLeave a Comment

The Children, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Court sitting at the Chief Magistrate’s court in Awka, Anambra State, has remanded a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Nwaigwe Stephen, for allegedly r@ping and impregnating a teenager. The magistrate ordered the prosecutor to transmit the original case file to the office of the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of […]

Catholic Rev. Father burnt to death by bandits in Nigeria

January 15, 2023January 15, 2023Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Reports coming in say bandits attacked Kafin Koro Community in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria in the early hours of Sunday have burnt a Reverend Father, Isaac Achi of Saint Peter and Paul Catholic Church, to death. According to a family source, Rev. Father Achi was first abducted in Madalla and spent […]

Young Catholic Rev. Father assassinated in Nigeria

December 26, 2021Bode DoluLeave a Comment

A young Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Luke Adeleke of the Catholic Diocese of Abeokuta, Nigeria, was assassinated in Abeokuta on Christmas eve on his way home after Mass. He was attacked by some gunmen and was shot dead. The post: Nigeria happened to us here this Christmas. Yesterday, a priest working in a parish close […]

Catholic Rev Father accused of defiling a girl commits suicide (Photos)

April 25, 2019April 25, 2019Bode DoluLeave a Comment

A Catholic priest in Ivory Coast has committed suicide after being accused of defiling a young girl. The clergyman identified as Rev.Father Richard Bilé of Saint Francis of Assisi D ‘Affiénou (Maferé) parish in Ivory Coast hanged himself on Wednesday over the case of paedophilia on the underage girl, according to Presse Cote d’ivoire. The news […]

Scores trapped as Catholic church building collapses

September 2, 2018September 2, 2018Bode Dolu1 Comment

The building of St. Paul’s Catholic church, Ugolo, Adagbrasa in Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria, collapsed on Sunday morning. Many of the church members are still trapped in the building as at press time. Vanguard Nigeria reports that the incident happened during the morning mass. Number of casualties cannot be ascertained at […]

Slain Abuja Catholic Priest buried amidst tears

August 25, 2018Bode DoluLeave a Comment

It was a very painful and teary event at the Saints Simon and Jude Seminary Kuje, when late Rev. Fr. Michael Akawu, shot dead by armed robbers in Gwagwalada, was laid to rest. The Catholic Bishop of Abuja, Most Revd. John Cardinal Onayeikan, many catholic priests, family members, relatives and other faithful, could not hold […]