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Bishop Matthew Kukah of Sokoto Diocese in Nigeria.

Help Us Fight Militant Groups, Nigerian Prelate Appeals to International Community

Jun 17, 2020

A Catholic Bishop in Nigeria says that the government in the West African nation is overwhelmed in the fight against insurgency that has wreaked havoc in the country, and is now calling on the international community to step in and help restore law and order.

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto in Nigeria.

Prelate Blames Woes of Nigerian Children Seeking Islamic Education on an “elite” Group

Jun 11, 2020

A section of children living with their teachers to pursue Muslim knowledge in Northern Nigeria, also referred to as Almajirai, are receiving “violent” treatment from the wider society that treats them as prospective Boko Haram recruits, a situation that a Catholic Prelate in the West African country blames on the Muslim elite group in the region.

Photos of the 3 suspects nabbed, and currently in Police custody in Nigeria.

Details of Kidnappers, Killers of Nigerian Seminarian Emerge as Police Intensify Search

Apr 27, 2020

Details of three people suspected to have participated in the kidnapping and the later killing of the 18-year-old Nigerian Seminarian have been given, the security agencies in Nigeria saying they have intensified their search for other members of the “deadly criminal gang.”

Michael Nnadi, seminarian killed at the end of January after he had been abducted alongside three others on January 8, 2020. His alleged abductors and killers have been arrested. / Good Shepherd Major Seminary, Kaduna, Nigeria

Kidnappers, Killers of 18-year-old Nigerian Seminarian Apprehended

Apr 25, 2020

Those who allegedly abducted and eventually killed the 18-year-old Nigerian Seminarian, Michael Nnadi are in the hands of police officers in Nigeria, a Church official has confirmed.

Seminarians carry the coffin of their colleague Michael Nnadi during his burial on February 11

Buhari’s Presidency Has Pushed Nigeria “to the brink”: Bishop at Seminarian’s Burial

Feb 13, 2020

At the burial ceremony of 18-year-old Michael Nnadi, the Nigerian seminarian abducted from the Good Shepherd Major Seminary and murdered last month, the Local Ordinary of his native diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto has decried insecurity situation in the West African country, faulted the country’s President, and expressed the hope that Michael’s death becomes a turning point for Christian persecution in Africa’s most populous nation.

Poster Announcing the Funeral of the Late Michael Nnadi. / Diocese of Sokoto

Christians Pay Tribute to Murdered Nigerian Seminarian, To Be Laid to Rest Feb. 11

Feb 7, 2020

Days after the murder of Nigerian seminarian Michael Nnadi became public, Christians across the globe have paid tribute to the 18-year-old orphan twin, terming him a “martyr” amid concerns over insecurity in Africa’s most populous country. Plans for his burial on Tuesday, February 11 are underway, beginning with Holy Mass at Good Shepherd Seminary in Kaduna.

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of Nigeria's Sokoto diocese who has expressed his rejection of the proposed bill by Nigerian legislators to regular the engagement with social media

Nigeria’s Social Media Bill “a totalitarian attempt, rotten yoghurt,” Bishop Says

Dec 4, 2019

A Nigerian Catholic Bishop has joined his compatriots who are campaigning against a proposed bill seeking to regulate citizen engagement on social media terming the attempt a “short walk to totalitarianism” in Africa’s most populous country.