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Critics to Kukah on Pro-Chancellor Appointment: Beware of Banana Peels

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With Agency Report Critics have warned Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Hassan Mathew Kukah, to beware of banana peels regarding his recent Pro-Chancellor ship appointment. Reminding him of his role as the nation’s conscience, the pundits urged the cleric to be careful not to be silenced. Speaking to

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Tinubu appoints Bishop Kukah as Pro-Chancellor of Federal University, Kachia

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President Bola Tinubu has appointed Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, as the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the Federal University of Applied Sciences, Kachia, Kaduna State. The appointment underscores the administration’s commitment to advancing higher education in Nigeria. In addition to Bishop Kukah, the

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Peace Accord not constitutional requirement – Bishop Kukah

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…says PDP has not broken any law by not signing A member of the National Peace Committee, Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah has said that signing of Peace Accord is not a constitutional requirement for political parties and candidates in an election. He said the it is just a conventional arrangement put in place to commit […]

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Bishop Kukah urges APC, FG to cut down fuel price, immediately

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By Tom Okpe Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Most Rev’d Matthew Hassan Kukah has urged the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Federal Government to cut down pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, other wise known as fuel, to reduce high suffering in the country. Bishop Kukah stated on Friday, while speaking at […]

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Those responsible for Nigeria’s problems are not also safe – Bishop Kukah

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Those Responsible For Nigeria’s Problems Are Not Also Safe – Bishop KukahThe Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Kukah has submitted that for Nigeria to overcome its challenges, the people must look inward and deploy home-grown solutions. The outspoken clergyman submitted that though the country’s problems look gigantic, they are all surmountable. He

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Kukah’s Christmas Message To Buhari

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The Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, on Sunday, criticized President Muhammadu Buhari over his failure to fulfill his 2015 electoral promises. In his Christmas message at St. Mary Catholic Church, Sokoto, titled, ‘Let us turn a new leaf, Kukah said Buhari would be leaving Nigerians “far more vulnerable” than he met them […]

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Kukah, other religious leaders express concerns over nation’s polarisation

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Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto and other religious leaders on Sunday expressed concerns over the polarisation of the nation along primodial lines such as religion and ethnicity. The religious leaders spoke differently as guests at the Society of African Mission’s (SMA) 166th anniversary thanksgiving in Lagos. They said that such […]

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2023: Nigerians want leaders they can trust — Kukah

Ihesiulo Grace 20 September 2022 0

Bishop Matthew Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, says Nigerians want leaders that can be trusted. He made this known at an event organised by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) in collaboration with the Kukah Centre. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event has as its theme, […]

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2023 Presidency: Shun bribes, focus on track records of candidates, Kukah urges Nigerians

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BY BENJAMIN OMOIKE Nigerians must shun the lures of bribe and focus on the track records rooted in the brainpower, rather than the deep pockets and potentials of political candidates to dole out bribes, Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Kukah, admonished on Friday, as he weighed in on the quality of the next President the […]

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What Kukah stands for, by Governors’ Forum

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The Northern Governors Forum says the contributions of Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev. Mathew Kukah, to the development of democracy is significant in sustaining the national unity and empowerment. The forum eulogised the cleric in a statement by its Chairman, Gov Simon Lalong of Plateau to mark his 70th birthday. The statement was […]

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2023: Muslim-Muslim ticket unacceptable — Kukah

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Catholic bishop of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, says the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket adopted by the All Progressives Congress (APC) is a setback to the country’s progress on national integration. Kukah spoke on Thursday in an interview on Channels Television. The Daily Times recalls that Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate, picked Kashim Shettima, the former

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Muslim-Muslim ticket: Bishop Kukah says Tinubu free to pick candidate of choice

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BY BENJAMIN OMOIKE Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah, says the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was free to pick whoever he wanted as his running mate. Kukah, in his reaction to the emergence of Senator Kashim Shettima as Tinubu’s running mate, said it was […]

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Unwillingness of ruling class to tolerate opposing views, threat to Nigeria’s civic space – Kukah Centre

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The Kukah Centre, on Wednesday, raised the alarm that the unwillingness of the ruling class to tolerate opposing views in Nigeria was posing a threat to the development of the country’s civic space. Executive Director of the Centre, Fr. Atta Barkindo, said this in Abuja while speaking at the public presentation of a document titled: […]

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Nigerian bishops oppose investment in helping Boko Haram members

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Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto criticized the Nigerian government for investing millions of dollars in rehabilitating Boko Haram’s so-called repentant members in the belief that they would turn over a new leaf. He said the public had not heard anything about a rehabilitation program for the thousands of Nigerian schoolchildren who had been victims […]

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Easter: Kukah berates Buhari’s govt again, says Nigeria now ‘massive killing field’

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The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, has again hit at the Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government over the grave security situation in Nigeria. Mr Kukah, a vocal critic of the administration, delivered the new criticisms in his Easter message. Easter is the celebration of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, which […]

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Kukah leads procession in Sokoto to mourn deaths from insecurity

Ihesiulo Grace 26 February 2020 0

Sokoto –  Bishop Matthew Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto on Wednesday  led a  peaceful prayer procession in Sokoto organised by the diocese to mourn Nigerians  killed by  Boko Haram insurgents, bandits,  terrorists  and kidnappers. The procession which attracted hundreds of Christian faithful and Muslim communities in the state, started from  Abdullahi

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Nigeria does not possess that set of goals or values for which any sane citizen is prepared to die for – Kukah

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Today, our years of hypocrisy, duplicity, fabricated integrity, false piety, empty morality, fraud and Pharisaism have caught up with us’ Bishop Mathew Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, has said. Kukah speaking in Kaduna at his homily at the funeral mass of Michael Nnadi, a student of the Catholic Good Shepherd Seminary, Kaduna, who […]

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Lai Mohammed tackles Catholic bishop Kukah

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Lai Mohammed, minister of information, has criticised Matthew Mukah, Catholic bishop of Sokoto diocese, for comparing the federal government to the Boko Haram sect. In a statement on Friday, Mohammed said such comparison is capable of dividing Nigeria. He had also said instead of tackling insurgency, the federal government had been providing an enabling environment for

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If FG don’t do enough to integrate Christians then they give oxygen to Islamism – Kukah

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‘The only difference between the government and Boko Haram is Boko Haram is holding a bomb,’ Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah claimed The beheading of 10 Christians by Islamist militants in Nigeria has sparked a condemnation by a bishop who accuses the government of using different methods to achieve the same goal of Islamic dominance. In […]

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Kukah gives reasons why Nigeria has failed to achieve greatness

Ihesiulo Grace 9 November 2019 0

Ondo State – The Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Bishop Matthew Kukah has given reasons why Nigeria has failed to achieve greatness just as he warned the Federal Government against regulation of social media saying it could hinder freedom of speech. Kukah disclosed this on Friday while speaking at the convocation lecture of Achievers […]