Tag: JOHN ONAIYEKAN
Gowon, Akpabio, Peter Obi attend Onaiyekan’s 80th birthday celebration in Abuja
Former Head of State Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd), Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former presidential candidate Peter Obi were among guests who attended a...
Cardinal Onaiyekan denies asking Nigerians to accept Tinubu as president-elect
Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has said he would never ask Nigerians to accept the results of the...
Pope gives warring Imo Catholic priests ultimatum over bishop
Pope Francis has given a 30-day ultimatum to warring Catholic priests in Imo State to accept the nomination of a bishop or face being...
Pope wades into ethnic crisis in Nigerian Catholic Church
Pope Francis has intervened in an ethnic crisis rocking the Nigerian Catholic Church in Ahiara, Imo State, whose Bishop, Peter Okpaleke, is unwanted by...
Mbaka: Priest, politician or renegade? By Reuben Abati
Catholic priests in Nigeria have always captured the public imagination. Some of them have served in government positions, some were prominent in the fight...
Buhari, Saraki come together for Independence Day celebration in Aso Rock
President Muhammadu Buhari and embattled Senate President, Bukola Saraki. on Thursday met at a low key celebration to mark the nation’s 55th independence anniversary.
The...