Posts Tagged ‘Nigeria church attack’

Nigerian Imam reaches out after deadly church attack

Monday, June 13th, 2022

After gunmen attacked a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria killing 40 people and wounding more than 60, Owo town’s chief imam Ahmad Aladesawe has been holding his prayers in a mostly empty mosque. The rare attack in the usually more peaceful southwest has scared away worshippers, the imam said. The tragedy has prompted Aladesawe to Read more

Infants killed in Nigeria Catholic church attack

Thursday, June 9th, 2022
infants among worshippers killed

Two infants are among more than 20 worshippers killed in an attack on a church in southwest Nigeria. Around 50 wounded people are still being treated in hospital following the attack at the St Francis Catholic Church in Owo town in Ondo state, said Kadiri Olanrewaju, head of Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Services in Ondo. Read more