The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Friday, September 2, 2016, announced that Muslims will observe the Id al-Kabiir on Monday, September 12. Reacting to the Sultan’s announcement, a coalition of 22 Christian groups in Nigeria led by National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) yesterday descended on the Sultan for announcing the Id al-Kabiir…
Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah is no stranger to controversies. But the one the bishop of the Sokoto Catholic Diocese stirred last month with his keynote address during a conference at the Fountain University, Osogbo, Osun State, would rank as perhaps his most provocative to date. Certainly it would rank higher than the very controversial Homily…
Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to have been invited to chair this book presentation by Chief Joop Berkhout, OON, the Executive Chairman and CEO of Safari Books Limited, the publishers of not a few notable titles that are increasingly documenting for posterity, the historic developments in Nigeria’s public space. Their last offering at…
Do you know that in July 2013 after over 50 peaceful Morsi supporters were massacre in Egypt, Charlie Hebdo published a savage front page with the caption: “The Qur’an is sh*t, it doesn’t stop bullets,” They made mockery of the Qur’an and those violently murdered by the Pharaoh of Egypt, little did they know that…
PRESS RELEASE: NIGERIA’S ABSTENTION AT UN VOTE ON PALESTINE: LONG IN IMPUNITY, SHORT IN PRINCIPLE Nigeria yesterday abstained from voting during the United Nations deliberation on whether Palestine should be recognized as a full-fledged state. The abstention cost Palestine denial of the recognition just when it needed only one vote to scale through.Eight votes were…
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