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Abah Anthony John

Abah Anthony John

Abah Anthony John is a Nigerian Journalist with great enthusiasm and interest for Catholic Church Communication and Media Apostolate. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Mass Communication from Benue State University, Makurdi, Benue State Nigeria. He has vast experience in Print,  Electronic and Multi-Media Production.

God Didn’t “create us just to suffer”: Catholic Archbishop on Nigeria’s Bad Economy, Calls for “divine intervention”

The economic situation in the West African nation of Nigeria “seems hopeless”, Archbishop Matthew Ishaya Audu of the country’s Catholic Archdiocese of Jos has...

Rural Women in Nigeria Equipped with Skills in Catholic Nun’s Initiative to Curb Hunger, Promote Interfaith Dialogue

A Catholic Nun in Nigeria has taken the fight against insecurity, poverty, and violent conflict in the West African country...

Bishop Donatus Aihmiosion Ogun of the Catholic Diocese of Uromi in Nigeria. Credit: ACI Africa

It’s time to Teach Nigerians “how to fish”: Catholic Bishop on Alleviating Poverty

Bishop Donatus Aihmiosion Ogun of the Catholic Diocese of Uromi in Nigeria has called on government authorities to implement sustainable measures to alleviate the...

Fr. Simon Onyekachi Madu. Credit: ACI Africa

Catechize Peers with Social Media Posts: Nigerian Priest Urges Catholic Youths to Counter Growing Paganism

Catholic youths have the possibility of constructively engaging social media and counter the growing trend of paganism, including the appetite...

JDPC Coordinator in Yola Diocese, Fr. Maurice Kwairanga

Displaced Youths in Nigerian Catholic Diocese to Benefit from Initiative “designed to restore hope, rebuild livelihoods”

Nigeria's Catholic Diocese of Yola is spearheading an initiative to empower 150 young people by the end of December 2025, an official...

Fr. Hyacinth Ementa Ichoku. Credit: ACI Africa

Journalists in Nigeria Urged to Speak Up, Expose all Forms of Christian Persecution

The Vice-Chancellor of Nigeria’s Veritas University has encouraged journalists in the West African nation to expose Christian persecution which is at its...

Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of Nigeria’s Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja

“Don’t let politics or money scatter us”: Nigerian Archbishop at Conclusion of Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of Nigeria’s Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja has called on Church leaders to foster unity, holiness, and collaboration, urging them to...

Ambassador Martin Ehoeghian Uhomoibhi, Nigeria's former under-secretary to the United Nations. Credit: ACI Africa

“Biggest tragedy”: Nigerian Diplomat on Government’s Take-Over of Catholic Schools

The former Permanent Secretary of Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has blamed the failures in the Nigerian education system to...

Fr. Raymond Olusesan Aina. Credit: ACI Africa

Seminary Rector on Why Priests in Nigeria have become Soft Targets for Kidnappers

Catholic Priests in Nigeria have become “soft targets” for kidnappers, the Rector of the National Missionary Seminary of St. Paul has said,...

Fr. Callistus Isara. Credit: ACI Africa

“You can bomb churches but you cannot destroy the gospel”: Catholic Official on Christian Persecution in Nigeria

The Superior General of the Missionary Society of St. Paul (MSP) has addressed the challenges facing the Nigerian Catholic Church, including the...

Catholic Bishop in Nigeria Decries Growing Materialism, Calls for Return to Faith through Selfless Service

Bishop Gabriel Ghiakhomo Dunia of the Catholic Diocese of Auchi in Nigeria has decried the growing culture of self-centeredness and loss of fidelity to...

The team of six Nigerians sent to the United States by CBCN in a group photograph with the CBCN president Archbishop Lucius Ugorji. Credit: ACI Africa

Catholic Church in Nigeria Seeks to Transform Catechesis in U.S. Partnership

Members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) have launched an initiative to enhance faith formation by sending a team of...

Fr. Moses Jimbili. Credit: ACI Africa

Nigerian Catholic Parish Determined to Remain Charitable after Tragic Stampede at Food Distribution Joint

The deadly stampede during last year’s annual food distribution exercise at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Nigeria’s Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja will not dampen...

Bishop Bertram Johannes Meier of the Catholic Diocese of Augsburg in Germany. Credit: ACI Africa

German Catholic Bishop Encourages Nigerians to Foster Works of Mercy, “to put smiles in the faces of the poor”

The recent deadly stampede during food distribution in the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja that claimed the lives of 10 beneficiaries of St. Vincent de...

John Cardinal Onaiyekan. Credit: ACI Africa

“Things are not going well”: Cardinal on Economic, Security Challenges in Nigeria

Nigerians are grappling with economic hardship and escalating security challenges, conditions that John Cardinal Onaiyekan has described as “dire and unacceptable”.

Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja in Nigeria. Credit: Abuja Archdiocese

Days after 10 Die in Food Distribution Stampede in Nigeria, Archbishop Urges Collective Action to End Hunger

Days after the tragic stampede during the food distribution event that claimed the lives of 10 people in Nigeria’s Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja,...

In New Book, Catholic Priest in Nigeria Offers “tools, strategies” for Catechists to “nurture” Catechumens’ Faith

In a new book, a Catholic Priest in Nigeria is offering “tools and strategies” insights that can benefit Catechists in...

Bishop Gerald Mamman Musa of the Catholic Diocese of Katsina in Nigeria. Credit: Catholic Diocese of Katsina

We’re “finding creative methods to reach people”: Pioneer Bishop of One-Year-Old Nigerian Catholic Diocese

The Catholic Diocese of Katsina whose erection the Vatican made public on 16 October 2023 is realizing “creative methods” of evangelization, the pioneer Local Ordinary has said in...

Fr. Ambrose Anene, Parish Priest of  Archangels Durumi-Gaduwa Parish in Nigeria's Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja. Credit: ACI Africa

Salesian Priest Attributes Progress of Initiatives at Nigerian Catholic Parish to Devotion to Mary Help of Christians

The Parish Priest of Archangels Durumi-Gaduwa Parish of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja has attributed progress in infrastructural initiatives at the Nigerian...

Barrister Edward Orgah, President of National Associate of Catholic Lawyers (NACL) Nigeria. Credit: ACI Africa

Catholic Lawyers in Nigeria Urged to Embrace Profession as a Vocation for Evangelization and Justice

Catholic lawyers in Nigeria have been called to look at their profession as a divine vocation and an opportunity to...