Thursday, June 25, 2026

Lucius Ugorji

February 26, 2026

Catholic Church says Tinubu postponing ‘evil days’ with food importation, demands mandatory e-transmission of election results

The Catholic bishops demanded mandatory real-time transmission of results from polling units to collation centres via BVAS and IReV to restore voter confidence.

Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria
February 22, 2026

Catholic bishops demand mandatory e-transmission of poll results

Mr Ugorji noted that voter turnout plummeted from 69 per cent in 2003 to a record low of 23 per cent in 2023.

Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN)
June 22, 2025

Benue Killings: Catholic bishops declare nine-day prayers for peace

The recent killings in Benue have sparked widespread public outcry, prompting President Bola Tinubu to visit the state in a show of solidarity.

Christians praying
August 30, 2024

All Nigerians are corrupt; hunger, economic hardship self-inflicted, Catholic Church declares 

“We need to repent of all our wrongdoings, as individuals and as communities, as leaders and as followers, as Church and as a Nation,” the Catholic Church said.

Nigerians and Pope
December 21, 2023

Nigerian catholic bishops react to Pope’s new pronouncement on same-sex marriage

The CBCN assured the entire people of God that the teaching of the Catholic Church on marriage remains the same.

Pope Francis
July 28, 2023

Ex-PDP national chairman Ogbulafor buried in Umuahia

Mr Ogbulafor died after a brief illness in Canada, on Oct. 6, 2022, at the age of 73.

February 13, 2023

Catholic bishops decry naira scarcity, tell Buhari to review CBN policy

“The elections, if well conducted, can be a turning point in our political and economic history.”

September 15, 2022

Governor Uzodimma needs peace to perform well in Imo: Catholic Church

“Your prayers are working. Continue to pray and own up to your own because charity begins at home,” stated Mr Uzodimma.

Bishops of the Catholic Church in Nigeria with Hope Uzodimma and wife
April 15, 2022

Easter: Catholic Bishops Conference calls for end to strife, bloodshed

“Together we need to muster the political will to drastically reduce these social ills in our nation,” the cleric said.