The Oluwo says Yoruba Obas are not religious leaders, but rather cultural symbols, and they have the freedom to choose their religions.

The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has faulted the remarks made by Justice Phillips Akinside of the Ogun State High Court on the obligations of traditional rulers to adhere to ...

Ife, regarded as the cradle of Yoruba civilisation, came alive on Sunday as it played host to the 2025 edition of the Alaragbo Festival, a colourful annual celebration of culture, spirituality and ...

For more than a decade, thousands of Nigerians have been victims of mindless killings by terrorists across the country. This ...

Stakeholders in Niger State condemned the practice of forced marriage, affirming that no section of the Nigerian Constitution, Sharia law, the Holy Bible, or the Qur’an supports such an act.

Young Nigerians like Ujah can face many challenges to faith. Cult groups, street gangs, and internet fraudsters in Nigeria ...

As of 2015, di Pew Research Center bin report say Nigeria population na 50% Muslim and 48.1% Christian, wit around 2% wey dey adhere to oda or no religious affiliations.

Nsukka, Nigeria — Since early childhood, Chidi Nwaohia’s life has swung like a pendulum between two spiritual paths: Christianity and African traditional religion. His life was always marked ...

Nearly four years ago, the Biden administration removed Nigeria from a list of countries whose threats to religious freedom are of “particular concern,” but continued attacks on Christians and ...

A U.S. Congressional subcommittee on Africa was told that Nigeria is becoming "one of the most dangerous places in the world" for religious minorities due to violence in northern parts of the ...

Secretary Antony Blinken last announced the State Department’s CPC list on Dec. 29, 2023. Leaving aside Nigeria’s blasphemy laws as well as its sharia courts, it seems impossible to argue that ...

A new report has found that ethnic and religious violence in Nigeria has claimed the lives of nearly 56,000 people in the West African country over four years — and the victims were ...