The Latest Breaking News from Owo

The deadly virus Nigerians fear more than COVID-19: Lassa fever

Inside a Nigerian hospital ward treating Lassa, a virus that infects 100,000 – 300,000 people in West Africa every year.

Al Jazeera · Aug 21, 2022

What’s behind terrorist attacks on churches in Nigeria

In early June 2022, 40 people died, including children, in a mass shooting and bomb attack on a Catholic church in the city of Owo, southwestern Nigeria.

The Conversation · Aug 15, 2022

ISWAP blamed for church massacre in Nigeria

But security experts say the armed group ISWAP might not be behind the Owo killings despite the government’s accusation.

Al Jazeera · Jun 9, 2022

Nigeria church attack: What, where and why?

Gunmen with explosives stormed a Catholic church in Ondo state and opened fire, killing at least 50 people.

Al Jazeera · Jun 6, 2022

Police recover explosives following massacre in Nigerian Catholic church

Survivors of an attack by unknown assailants on a Catholic church in Nigeria lay weeping and writhing in pain at a local hospital on Monday after suffering what a doctor described as lacerations, bullet wounds and blast injuries.

Reuters · Jun 6, 2022

Nigeria church shooting: At least 50 killed in 'satanic' massacre by gunmen

Women and children are believed to have been killed, with the state governor calling the attack a 'great massacre' and 'the most dastardly act that could happen in any society'

Daily Mirror · Jun 6, 2022

‘Evil and wicked’: At least 50 killed in Nigeria church attack

At least 50 dead including many children as attackers targeted the St Francis Catholic Church in Ondo state.

Al Jazeera · Jun 5, 2022