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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

Nigerian journalists have been enjoined to remain courageous and steadfast in their pursuit of truth despite the challenges of their job.
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah made the Monday night during an interface with Newsmen Monday night at the Bakhita Secretariat Sokoto. 
He said it is regrettable that journalists are being picked up and incarcerated for carrying out their statutory job of keeping the Nigerian public abreast of development in society and how the people are government. 

The Bakhita Media Academy has graduated the first set of students who participated in the courses run at the Academy.

The graduation began with the Mass at the Chapel of the Bakhita Secretariat led

The Catholic Bishops of Kaduna province visited Kujama on 9/12/ 2019, to encourage and pray with the community after the series of attacks by herdsmen sometime this year.

It was another remarkable day in the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Northwest Nigeria with the commissioning of 14 catechists who have just been graduated at the Catechetical Training Centre, Malumfashi, Katsina State.

The Christian Association of Nigeria, an umbrella for all Christian denominations in Sokoto, North West Nigeria have begun jingling the Christmas bells with an organized Carol, Tagged Unity Christmas Carol, the great evening coincided with the First Sunday of Advent.

Nigeria has not achieved greatness because of the many largely human and leadership challenges.

The 2019 armed forces of Nigeria Directorates of chaplain services (Roman Catholic)

Members of the Armed Forces Chaplains of Nigeria are currently in Sokoto for their Annual Conference, Retreat and Training which begun on 22^nd of October 2019 with an opening mass.

Seventy women abducted by Boko haram in the past in Adamawa state have received a cash donation of fifty thousand six hundred naira each from the Catholic Bishop of yola Dioceses Bishop Stephen Dami Mamza through a generosity of a journalist from Europe.

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon - For decades Nigerian migrants have left their country - both legally and illegally - hoping to escape poverty, conflict, and corruption.

Those traveling without proper documents faced several risks, including hunger and thirst, robbery, and the dangers of sea crossings into Europe. If caught, Nigerian migrants can be detained and eventually deported from their destination or transit countries.

The Bishop of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan Kukah, told Crux that migration is “the ultimate manifestation of our state of despair.”

– Bishop Kukah tells the National Catholic Police Force Chaplains.

Justice, Development and Peace Commission (JDPC) Sokoto diocese in collaboration with Catholic Relief Service (CRS) Nigeria held a three day workshop from the 29^th-31 August 2019 on Strategic Plan Development held at St Bakhita Secretariat Sokoto.

The Catholic Diocese of Sokoto for the first time hosted a three Days Diocesan Youth Day Convention with the Theme: (A Tool for God’s Work Luke 1:38) which lasted for three days.

It was a day of Celebration yesterday 15th August, 2019 as the catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese most Rev. Dr. Matthew Hassan Kukah ordained five deacons to join the order of the presbytery

The department of education catholic diocese of Sokoto held a summit from the 5th of August, to 6th of August, 2019 on the theme; Education Quality Assurance: the way to ensure improvement of learning outcomes in schools. Participants at the summit were heads of schools and the assistance, schools Bursars, PTA chairmen and Secretaries. The focal point for the summit was to draw a plan for education in the diocese for the next five years. On his opening address, His Lordship, Most Rev. Dr.

It was with great joy and happiness in the hearts of the Bishop, the Priests, Religious , and Lay faithful of the Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri as they welcomed the Papal Nuncio, His excellency, Archbishop  Antonio Guido Fillapazzi to the Diocese.

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Most Rev Dr. Matthew Hassan Kukah welcomed the Deji of Akure Kingdom Oba Aladetoyinbo Ogunlade Aladelusi, Odundun II at his residence in Sokoto.

Late Bishop Emeritus of Sokoto, Most Rev. Kevin Joseph Aje was laid to rest today amidst glowing tributes.

The following is a previously unpublished essay from Pope emeritus Benedict XVI: On February 21 to 24, 2019, at the invitation of Pope Francis, the presidents of the world's bishops' conferences gathered at the Vatican to discuss the current crisis of the faith and of the Church; a crisis experienced throughout the world after shocking revelations of clerical abuse perpetrated against minors._<

EASTER MESSAGE 2019

St. John’s Catholic Church, Gidan Kurma is one of the indigenous Hausa parish communities in Sokoto diocese. With the exception of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Funtua and a fraction of St. Vincent Ferrer’s Catholic Church Malunfashi. Malunfashi deanery is composed predominately of Hausa speaking communities. It is one of the homes of the Maguzawas.

Few days after the Cathedraticum was kicked off at Kebbi Deanery, the Bishop move to Katsina Deanery for the continuation of the annual Cathedraticum.