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Q&A with Sr. Cordelia Anikwem helping Cameroonian refugees in Taraba, Nigeria

As a result of the crisis between the minority Anglophone and the French-speaking Cameroonians, the plight of the refugees has become a major focus for Anikwem's congregation.

Catholic-run CORAfrica aims to fill learning gap fueled by poverty in Nigeria

Q&A with Sr. Cordelia Anikwem, who cares for elders in Nigeria

In Nigeria, women religious are rescuing, rehabilitating victims of human trafficking

By Valentine Benjamin LAGOS, Nigeria (OSV News) -- For decades, Nigeria has remained a source, transit and destination country for human trafficking in sub-Saharan Africa, with her citizens making up 6% of immigrants in Libya, where they are commonly traded in open markets, according to a 2021 report from the International Organization for Migration. But

Nigerian sisters bring inclusive education to children with disabilities

Seeing a lack of effective education for children with disabilities in Nigeria, the Sisters of St. Louis launched inclusive education and community-based rehabilitation at St. Louis Nursery and Primary School in Akure.

With farming initiative, Nigerian priest aims to increase local protein consumption

Women break stereotypes to encourage interreligious dialogue in violence-torn Nigeria

By Valentine Benjamin ABUJA, Nigeria (OSV News) -- While religion was not originally an issue linked to conflicts in the country, deeply rooted religious hostility has in recent decades created a divide between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation. Now, when the state of religious freedom in the country is called "abysmal,"

Nigerian Catholic Church launches campaign to plant 5.5 million trees

A retrospective and look ahead for Hope Amid Turmoil series

Nigerian nuns offer cancer screening so indigent women can live

The Medical Missionaries of Mary developed a screening program when they realized that poverty and lack of information in Nigeria made breast and cervical cancer that much more fatal.