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The clergyman accused the INEC Chairman of misleading Nigerians regarding the conduct of the 2023 general elections. Bishop Emeritus of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has accused the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, of not telling the truth regarding the conduct of the 2023 general elections.

Rome CNN  —  Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic official to be convicted of child sex abuse before the ruling was overturned in 2020, has died, according to his secretary. He was 81. Father Joseph Hamilton confirmed Pell’s death on Tuesday evening local time after being admitted to a …

Nigerian-born cardinal, His Eminence, Peter Ebere Okpaleke has been appointed as member of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, by His Holiness, Pope Francis.   This was announced on Saturday October 8, in a statement released by Fr Mike Umoh, the National Director of Social Communications, Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Abuja. …

The news agency said the cardinal had been hospitalized for pneumonia earlier in the month, after testing positive for Covid-19. He had been in poor health for some time. In a telegram sent to the cardinal’s sister on Saturday, Pope Francis expressed his condolences. “I recall his diligent work alongside …