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3 Indigenous Young Men Raised To Priesthood In Nigeria’s Northwest

Posted onNovember 30, 2020 by

Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Northwest Nigeria Most Reverend Matthew Hassan Kukah has admitted 3 youngmen into the order of priesthood for the Diocese.

The ordination took place at Malumfashi, the heartland of the marginalized maguzawa ethnic group in Katsina state, with predominantly muslim population. The Maguzawa are majority Christians.

The 3 new priests are themselves of the Maguzawa ethnic group. The ordination has now raised the number of Maguzawa priests to about 10.

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‘AT THE NAME OF JESUS, EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW’, Bishop Kukah

Posted onNovember 24, 2020 by

Sermon on the Feast of Christ the King, Bishop Matthew Hassan KUKAH, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Nigeria (Long and enriching)

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NIGERIA AT 60: A CALL TO HOPE

Posted onOctober 2, 2020 by

NIGERIA AT 60: A CALL TO HOPE
Independence Message by Bishop Matthew Hassan KUKAH, Catholic Bishop, Diocese of Sokoto on October 1, 2020

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Obaseki’s Victory: Edo People Have Left A Legacy Of Efficiency – Bishop Kukah on Channels

Posted onSeptember 22, 2020 by

The Catholic Bishop of the Sokoto Diocese, Reverend Bishop Mattew Kukah, has commended the people of Edo State for their conduct during the state’s governorship election on Saturday.

According to him, the people have left a legacy of efficiency which the entire country can emulate.

“The way they conducted themselves and I think in every sense of the word, they left us a legacy of efficiency,” he said on Tuesday during an interview on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily.

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Bishop says Nigeria a ‘Molotov cocktail’ as it prepares to mark 60th anniversary

Posted onSeptember 3, 2020 by

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Nigeria’s internal conflict is “a Molotov cocktail of anger, frustration, religious extremism, toxic politics, corruption and deep rut,” according to a leading bishop in the country.

Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto was speaking to Crux ahead of the country’s 60^th Independence Day, observed on Oct. 1.

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Of Igbos, 2023 and ‘Politics of Moral Consequence’ -By Bishop Matthew Kukah

Posted onSeptember 2, 2020 by

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Bishop Kukah built new classrooms

Posted onAugust 19, 2020 by

The newly completed Classroom block built by His Lordship Most Rev. Dr Matthew Hassan Kukah for St. Patrick's schools Illela, Sokoto, Sokoto State.
The Principal of the School, Sr. Chilia, took the Bishop round for inspection of the structure.

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Memorial Mass in honour of Innocent, Simon and Jacinta

Posted onAugust 19, 2020 by

A Priest of the catholic diocese of Sokoto yesterday celebrated a one year memorial mass in honour of three corp members who lost their lives along Katsina/Malunfashi road in an auto crash on their way road to the celebration of his First Ordination Mass.

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Bishop Kukah’s Mother laid to rest

Posted onJuly 17, 2020 by

The late Mama Janet Hauwa Kukah, mother of Most Rev Matthew Hassan Kukah, Bishop of Sokoto, was laid to rest today at the family house in Anchuna, Zangon Kataf Local Government, Kaduna State.
Bishop Kukah was joined by the Metropolitan of Kaduna Province, Archbishop Matthew Manoso Ndagoso, and Bishops Kundi of Kafanchan Diocese and George Dodo of Zaria Diocese.