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LIKE every other part of Nigeria, the South-West experienced a handful of deadly security breaches in 2022.

The horrific attack on worshippers at the St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, where more than 40 persons were

Altar of St. Francis Xavier Owo Catholic Parish of Ondo Diocese, Nigeria, where dozens were slain in a massacre on June 5, 2022. / Courtesy of ACNAdo Ekiti, Nigeria, Dec 9, 2022 / 12:05 pm (CNA).Six months after the Pentecost Sunday attack on St. Francis Xavier Owo Catholic Parish in Ondo Diocese, which left 39 Catholic worshipers killed and more than 80 injured, there have been arrests and promises but no prosecution, Bishop Felix Femi Ajakaye has lamented. "Dec. 5, 2022, is the sixth mont...

THE military, in collaboration with sister security agencies, has arrested the masterminds of at- tack on the Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State.  This

No fewer than 40 worshippers were massacred at the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, by suspected terrorists on 5 June.

The Defence Headquarters says it has rearrested one of the high-profile Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists, Idris Ojo who escaped from Kuje Prison in Ondo State.    Lucky Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff, said this on Tuesday at a media conference in Abuja.    On July 5, gunmen attacked the Kuje correctional centre in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and freed over 500 inmates, including suspected Boko Haram terrorists.   

The Chief of Defence Staff General Lucky Irabor, on Tuesday, said that the military in collaboration with other sister security agencies