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It can be said of Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah that he has lived a life entirely of service and that is the best kind of life.

Matthew Hassan Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese who turns 70 tomorrow, August 31, deserves celebration for his service to church, community, nation, and humanity, for his achievements as a true citizen who has used his priestly circumstances, boundless energy and prodigious intellect to promote the causes of justice and the common good. He stands shoulders above many of his contemporaries in his many engagements in the last four decades.

Even those who quote Lee Kuan Yew are not ready for the hard work, sacrifice, productivity required to get the heart of Nigeria beating again.

I have heard narratives that pretend to be "civilized" while their homeland, their heritage and their history are being existentially threatened.

7 min read In an age when the nation seems mired in a dark tunnel, where the preferred statesman is a conman, where the anointed cleric bears false prophecies, where father and son are caught in the abominable web of Dasukigate, when the bearer of communal memory is a drunkard, what Utomi’s exceptionality then offers is a flicker of hope indeed. It was undoubtedly a bizarre way to greet. A decade or so ago, he ran into yours sincerely on the sidelines of a public lecture in Lagos. Instinctively, Professor Pat Utomi thundered at me, pointing at an imaginary bowl of soup: “L...