By Emmanuel Kwada A disturbing report has emerged from Damaturu, Yobe State capital, Northeast Nigeria, revealing that a rescued underage Christian girl, abducted and converted to Islam by a group linked to the Islamic Religious Affairs ministry, vomited concoctions in church. According to a statement by the Centre for Justice on Religious and Ethnicity in […]Continue Reading
Bishop Matthew Hassan KUKAH Those invisible men came to the Plateau again, bearing their gifts of death and destruction. They came from the deepest pit of hell, the habitat of the devils that they are. They are children of darkness, sons of Satan. They opted to extinguish and snatch the light of the joy […]Continue Reading
By Daniel Adaji “So, when you are offering your gift at the altar, if you remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift” (Matt. 5:23-24). History was recently made […]Continue Reading
(Easter Message by Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, Diocese of Sokoto, April 17th, 2022) 1: Hello brothers and sisters in Christ, men and women of goodwill everywhere, I send you hearty greetings and felicitations as we celebrate the risen Christ. Easter is here again. For all Christians, Easter is a metaphor for our lives as individuals, families, […]Continue Reading
By Matthew Hassan Kukah The death of Ahmed Joda marks the drop of the final leaves of the northern autumn. Ordinarily, in spring, the first drops of the rains and moisture breathe life into the foliage and in turn, a long process begins to ensure that fresh leaves return to the trees. However, with the […]Continue Reading
By Chido Onumah “…Nation-building is a futuristic venture; it is not something you do looking back. If a nation would be tempted, like Lot’s wife, to keep looking back, perhaps that nation will turn to a pillar of salt.” – Tope Fasua in Remaking Nigeria: Sixty Years, Sixty Voices “A country is as good […]Continue Reading
By Simon Reef Musa My Lord Bishop, I do not really know whether it was my initial intention to write a secret or an open letter on the occasion of your 68th birthday that was August 31, 2020. When last week I called Your Lordship to find out where you would be celebrating your birthday, […]Continue Reading