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The Christian Association of Nigeria has cautioned those threatening the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Dr Matthew Kukah, to stop their “unlawful” actions and also asked the security agencies to ensure the safety and security of the cleric.

Bishop Matthew Kukah speaks during an interview on Roadmap 2019. The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has cautioned those threatening the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Dr. Matthew Hassan Kukah to stop their unlawful actions and also asked the security agencies to ensure the safety of the cleric. This warning was contained in a communique on Thursday by Barrister Joseph Bade Daramola the CAN General Secretary. “We have been watching the unfolding scenario since Bishop Kukah spoke his mind o...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has cautioned those threatening the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Dr Matthew Hassan Kukah

By Olawale Ajimotokan The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has pulled down five local wrestling and drama theatres popularly called ‘Gidan Drama’ and ‘Gidan Dembe’ for allegedly continuously violating the COVID-19 safety regulations. It carried out the demolition exercise yesterday at Dakibiyu, Gwarimpa 1 and Sector Centre districts, with the support of armed officers of the Nigerian Police, State Security Services (SSS) and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (...

RingTrue with Yemi Adebowale, 08054699539 (text only); yemi.adebowale@thisdaylive.com Usman Dan Fodio, the great Islamic preacher and founder of the Sokoto Caliphate, proclaims that a society can live with unbelief, but that no society can survive with injustice. This applies to virtually all conflicts in the world; the exceptions will be the few ones triggered by religion extremism and greed. It is this injustice that the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah has spent his en...

By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri Robert Ndubuisi, the driver to the auxiliary Catholic Bishop of Owerri Archdiocese, Moses Chikwe, who was released by kidnappers alongside with Chikwe, has been hospitalized due to the the deep cut on his hand from the kidnappers. The Catholic Bishop of Owerri Archdiocese, His Grace Most Reverend Anthony Obinna, revealed this in a statement to newsmen yesterday in Owerri. Narrating the pains they went through in the large forest of Awara in Ohaji/Egbema local governm...

Shehu Shagari College of Education (SSCOE), Sokoto, turned out 11,348 graduates from the college between 2014 and 2019. The college Provost, Dr Muhammad Hakimi, stated this at a press conference on Saturday, ahead of the 22nd convocation ceremony and 50 years anniversary of the college today, Monday, 28 December. Hakimi said that the convocation ceremony is arranged for students from the year 2014 to 2019 who graduated from the college. “This includes 1,620 graduating students in the year 201...

As parts of measures to instill discipline on campus, no fewer than 18 students and five staff of the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education (IAUE),  have been expelled and suspended within the past one year  due to unruly behavior exhibited on campus. The Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Ozo-Mekuri Ndimele disclosed this in his address at the 38th Convocation ceremony of the university at the main campus, Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt , recently. Ndimele said the institution has zero to...

Okowa sets up panel to investigate Oleh/Ozoro land imbroglio, warns against delay Okowa sets up panel to investigate Oleh/Ozoro land imbroglio, warns against delay Share After the wanton bloodshed on both sides, the Delta State governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa. on Tuesday, inaugurated a seven-man Judicial Panel of Inquiry into the land dispute between Oleh and Ozoro communities in the state. The two Isoko brothers have been on each others’ throat, killing and destroying properties over a piec...

Share Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa on Wednesday, inaugurated a seven-man Judicial Panel of Inquiry into the land dispute between Oleh and Ozoro communities in the state. He said at the ceremony at Government House, Asaba that the panel would determine the remote and immediate causes of the conflict between the parties in Oleh and Ozoro communities. According to the governor, it is disheartening that after all, we have been through as a country and a State throughout this year, our St...