Kukah urges Avengers, IPOB to end violence
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese and Founder of the Kukah Centre for Faith, Leadership and Public Policy, Most Rev. Mathew Kukah, has called on members of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA)Read More…
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Kukah blames Nigerian intellectuals over sectional agitations
The founder of the public policy analysis group, the Kukah Centre, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, has blamed Nigerian intellectuals for various agitations bedevilling the country. He also condemned the politics of speculationRead More…
Catholic bishop decries lack of citizens’ engagement in policy making debates
He quoted Nobel laureate, Amartya Sen, as stressing the importance of public discussions as a vehicle for social change and economic progress. Bishop Matthew Kukah, the current Bishop of the Roman CatholicRead More…
Why anxiety over Buhari’s health is unnecessary – Bishop Kukah
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Mathew Kukah, has called on Nigerians to avoid making the health of Nigeria’s public figures a subject of political discourse or speculations. He spokeRead More…
Intellectual class apathy behind Nigeria’s problems – Kukah
Bishop Matthew Kukah, founder of the public policy analysis group the Kukah Centre, said on Thursday Nigerian “intellectual class” giving up responsibility was to blame for the myriad agitations besieging the countryRead More…
Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah’s speech at the press briefing of The Kukah Centre on Thursday, June 9, 2016 to announce the Centre’s ‘Fixing Nigeria’ initiative
On behalf of The Kukah Centre, I welcome you ladies and gentlemen of the press to this media briefing. Barely two weeks ago, precisely May 29, 2016, Nigeria marked theRead More…
Boko Haram: Some reflections on causes and effects
For two weeks in July, members of the Nigeria police force battled members of a sect within Islam known asBoko Haram. The violence first started after the members of the so calledRead More…
Shi’ite Crisis: Kukah calls for peaceful negotiation
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto State, Most Rev. Matthew Kukah has called for calm and peaceful negotiation over the recent clash between the Nigerian Army and members of the Shi’ite Islamic MovementRead More…
Kukah calls for peaceful negotiation over Shi’ite-Army crisis in Zaria
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto State, Most Rev. Matthew Kukah, has called for calm and peaceful negotiation over the recent clash between the Nigerian Army and members of the Shi’ite Islamic MovementRead More…
Soldiers-Shi’ites’ clash: We lost 1,000 members – Zakzaky group
Leaders of the Shi’ite Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) have given more insights into the death toll from the sect’s clash with soldiers in Kaduna State last weekend. The violence erupted whenRead More…