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MR. PRESIDENT: PLEASE BRING US DOWN FROM THIS CROSS

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, Catholic Diocese of Sokoto

Easter Message 2025

President Bola Tinubu has named Bishop Matthew 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 President also appointed key officials for the university, including Prof. Qurix Williams Barnabas as Vice Chancellor, Sanusi Gambo Adamu as Registrar, Ibrahim Dalhat as Bursar, and Prof. Daniel Abubakar as University Librarian.

BISHOP KUKAH; Condoles Pastor Chris and the Embassy Church

FIRE ENGULFED CHRIST EMBASSY HEADQUARTERS, LAGOS. 23/06/2024

We all woke up on this holy day of the Lord to the tragedy of a fire incident in one of your Churches in the Ikeja axis of Lagos. On behalf of myself and all of us here in Sokoto, please accept our deepest sympathies. We pray that no sacred lives were lost. 

4: Sadly, with time, Nigerians are gradually losing hope in the ability of their government to protect and secure them. While we religious leaders have continued to use our moral authority to encourage our people not to take the laws into their hands, we risk being swept away by the anger and frustration of our people. We even risk being seen as accomplices to an erring state. The Nigerian state itself risks becoming an undertaker in the eyes of its citizens. Our cups of sorrow are overflowing. We have cried enough tears.

By Bishop Matthew Hassan KUKAH

I join millions of Nigerians but especially the people of Ondo and Kano States to mourn the death of two of Nigeria’s illustrious sons, His Excellency, Ladi Akeredolu , SAN, now late Governor of Ondo State and Alhaji Ghali Na’abba, former  Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives.  I knew and interacted with both men over the state of our dear country at different fora for well over twenty years.

Archbishop Kaigama (Middle) with members of the Catholic Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (CAMPAN) and members of the Archdiocesan Communications Commission

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria, led by President Muhammadu Buhari to stop focusing energy, time and resources in any form of propaganda against religious leaders who disagree with his performance.

President of the CBCN and the Catholic Archbishop of Benin City, Most Rev. Augustine Obiora Akubeze made the call in a statement he issued on Thursday, May 6 and titled: “Urgent call to the Federal Government to be open to criticism in Addressing the pervading Insecurity in Nigeria”.

Following the statement of threat made by the Muslim Solidarity Forum calling on Most Rev. Matthew Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese over a purported homily he delivered on Christmas eve, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has kicked against the call for tge Catholic Bishop to apologise for his alleged attack on Islam and Muslims or leave the Caliphate.

A Statement by the Catholic Bishops of Kaduna Ecclesiastical Province on the Killings in our Province, Dated Tuesday 17th, 2020)