Amid Islamist attacks and soaring inflation, Nigeria's primate urges against travel and lavish spending; still Christ's birth will be defiantly celebrated.
Christians hail Marco Rubio’s decision to deny visas to Islamists tied to violence as a turning point, but government officials call it unfair and disproportionate.
About 11.5 million schoolchildren are affected by four Nigerian states’ decision to close schools during Ramadan, which Christians say is rooted in religious rivalry and threatens the country’s secular commitments.
Muslim Fulani herdmen shot Canon James Adebayo Famonure four times as he was leading family devotions, also wounding three other family members. The attack is the latest in a series launched against Christian farmers in central Nigeria in a conflict driven by land use disputes, Islamist ideology, and widely available weaponry. The current coronavirus seems to be making things worse.
