Tag: Bishop Kukah
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The Trial of Bishop Kukah, By Sonnie Ekwowusi
By Sonnie Ekwowusi I had thought the media trial of Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Mathew Hassan Kukah over his 2020 Christmas Message had ended. But I was mistaken. The trial has not ended. The trial, for all you know, has just reached its crescendo. Last Wednesday the Buhari Presidency joined the hordes of accusers…
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Bishop Kukah under fresh attacks as Muslim group issues him quit notice from Sokoto
There was a new twist to the lingering crisis between Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese Matthew Kukah and the Muslim Solidarity Forum (MSF), on Tuesday as the Islamic group warned the cleric to “quickly and quietly leave” Sokoto, the seat of the caliphate. MSF said Kukah’s “innuendos and parables” in his speeches were against Islam…
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Christmas message: No grudges with Buhari except his policies – Bishop Kukah
Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Most Rev.Matthew Hassan Kukah said he has no personal problem with President Muhammadu Buhari. The problem he has is with his leadership style. Kukah spoke with reporters as he responded to the welter of criticism against him and the state of the nation address he delivered on Christmas Day.…
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Christmas message: Those criticising Bishop Kukah are poor students of history – Hon Teejay Yusuf
By Emman Ovuakporie Ongoing needless criticism of Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah’s message on prevalent insecurity and other current ills reflects a deliberate effort to ignore the message and attack the messenger, Hon Teejay Yusuf has said. In his Christmas message on the state of the nation, the Bishop of the Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Hassan Kukah…
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Christmas Message: Catholic Church backs Bishop Kukah, says attackers ‘agents of evil’
The National Directorate of Social Communications of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria in Abuja, has stoutly defended the state of the nation message delivered on Christmas Day by Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, Bishop Catholic Diocese of Sokoto. In the statement titled, A call in Support of Truth’, the church said the attacks that the…
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Islamic group calls out Obasanjo, slams Bishop Kukah for challenging Buhari
An Islamic group known as Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has come hard on the Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Fr. Matthew Hassan Kukah for daring to challenge President Muhammadu Buhari over the state of the nation, Nigeria. Bishop Kukah had suggested that with the current state of affairs in the country, there would have been…
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Bishop Kukah rips Buhari, Adesina apart in special Christmas message [Full Speech]
Outspoken Bishop Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah in his Christmas Homily slammed President Muhammadu Buhari over the state of the nation. Kukah also came for President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina over his often use of the word ‘wailers’ to describe those who are not on the same…
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How Buhari deliberately sacrificed dreams of those who voted for him in 2015, 2019 – Bishop Kukah
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Bishop Matthew Kukah has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of deliberately sacrificing the dreams of Nigerians who voted for him by institutionalising northern hegemony by “reducing others in public life to second-class status”. The outspoken cleric also lamented the spate of insecurity in the country, saying Nigerians have nowhere to turn…
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Nigeria@60: Buhari making it difficult for us to celebrate our diversity – Bishop Kukah
Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of making it difficult for Nigerians to celebrate diversity. The cleric spoke on Thursday at The Platform, an annual conference organised by Covenant Christian Centre in Lagos, on Thursday. The virtual event hosted by Poju Oyemade, its convener, was to commemorate the nation’s 60th…
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Bishop Kukah’s rejoinder to Chidi Amuta’s Column: Of Igbos, 2023 and ‘Politics of Moral Consequence’
Empowered citizens voted for politicians they knew would make them poorer, for liars to clean up politics -Tom Fletcher, The Naked Diplomat. Dr Chidi Amuta takes the cake for both elegant turn of phrase and sheer depth of thoughtful analysis. I read his recent piece in THISDAY, (also in TheNewsGuru.com), ‘2023: Igbos and the Politics…