Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Nigeria church attack families hold funeral mass

Nigeria

40 people killed in gun and bomb attack on Saint Francis Catholic Church. Official say attack was carried out by Islamic State West Africa Province. No group has claimed the June 5 attack. The attack drew international condemnation and was a rare occurrence in the normally safer southwest region. Families of victims of a church … Read more

Gunmen kill ‘many’ worshippers in Nigeria church attack

Nigeria

Gunmen with explosives attack a Catholic church in Nigeria’s Ondo state. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. President Muhammadu Buhari condemned the “heinous killing of worshippers”. According to the government and police, gunmen with explosives invaded a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria’s Ondo state on Sunday, killing “many” worshippers and wounded others. The … Read more