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…
If you find a religion or custom that does not support that a human life be taken under any circumstance then you have found a religion or a custom that has hypocrisy as one of its pillars. Let me say it loud and clear; there are instances where a person should be killed. All of…
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…
The Christian boy called me ISIL, Boko Haram, “arrogant Muslim” and many other colourful names because I said Islam prohibits shaking hands with opposite sex. He demanded that I leave facebook and stop using products produced by non-Muslims because I dare say Islam forbids Muslims from shaking hands with the opposite sex. I’m still trying…
It has come to my notice that a certain Professor Pius Adesanmi is angry. He is angry with people who say General Buhari shaking the hand of a strange woman is wrong. These people are Muslims, General Buhari is a Muslim, and they are saying as Muslims, we should not do this, but the Professor…
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