The first and oldest church in Nigeria is the Cathedral Church of St. Peters in Ake, Abeokuta. The key missionary in charge, Rev. Henry Townsend arrived from Sierra Leone to spread Christianity.

Islam: The First Major Religion in Nigeria Islam was ... ALSO READ: The oldest church in Nigeria The significant spread of Christianity began in the 19th century with the arrival of British ...

Nigeria June 5, 2022. Reuters One of the priests at the church, Rev. Fr. Andrew Abayomi, said they were at the end of the service and people were getting ready to leave when the first gunshot rang ...

“Nigeria will eventually win.” While the attack was the first of its kind in Ondo state ... as Mass was drawing to a close at the small church in the Nigerian town of Owo.

The Methodist Church Nigeria, on Sunday, enthroned Rt Rev. Nkechi Nwosu as the first female bishop of the Church in the country. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Nwosu was enthroned ...

A woman who lost her parents in the southwestern Nigerian city of Owo said they regularly attended the Catholic church where a mass ... it was an explosion at first, then we started panicking ...

It was the first time that a church had been attacked ... In late May, the head of Nigeria’s Methodist Church was kidnapped and released a few days later after Methodist officials said they ...

many worshippers were shot in their legs Grace was being shared when the first shot rang out. For dozens of worshippers at the St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, south-western Nigeria, the Lord's ...