"Managing Diversity: Three Decades of Building a Cohesive Nasarawa State: Issues, Challenges and Prospects.
Text of a Lecture Delivered on the Occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the Creation of Nasarawa State at the State House Auditorium, Lafia on September 30th, 2026, by Bishop Matthew Hassan KUKAH, CON.
Bishop Matthew Hassan KUKAH
Thoughts on the Contributions of the Catholic Church to Human Development
and the Making of a Good Society in Nigeria
Delivered at St. Finbarrs College Auditorium, Akoka, Lagos on September 25th, 2026 by Bishop Matthew Hassan KUKAH, CON, Bishop, Diocese of Sokoto.
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Northwest Nigeria, Most Reverend Matthew Hassan Kukah, has been appointed a Member of the Council of the Vatican Dicastery for Integral Human Development. This was conveyed in a letter addressed to Bishop Kukah by His Holiness Pope Leo XIV. In the letter signed by the Vatican Secretary of State, Peter Cardinal Parolin, Bishop Kukah joins other prominent Cardinals, Archbishops, and Bishops from around the world in serving a five-year term on the Council.
MR. PRESIDENT: PLEASE BRING US DOWN FROM THIS CROSS
Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, Catholic Diocese of Sokoto
Easter Message 2025
Nigeria: Journey to Nationhood.
Transcending Challenges: Attaining True Nationhood
Lecture delivered on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Catholic Herald
by Bishop Matthew Hassan KUKAH, Lagos, October 5th, 2024
CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF NIGERIA END MEETING.
A CALL FOR PRAYER AND ACTION: TOWARDS REPENTANCE AND SPIRITUAL RENEWAL
A Communiqué issued at the end of the Second Plenary Meeting of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) in Auchi Diocese, Edo State at the Nezer Towers and Suites, Afowa/Afasho-Uzairue, 22 – 30 August.
PREAMBLE
Time to reclaim nigeria’s greatness
Christmas Message By Bishop Matthew Hassan KUKAH,
Catholic Diocese of Sokoto
1. Muted Joys of Silent Night in Bethlehem:
A 3 day Workshop/Training has been organised for Catholic Diocesan and Religious Directors of Social Communication @ the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Abuja.
FIRMLY ROOTED & AIMING HIGHER: FAITH IN A TIME OF CRISIS
An address delivered at the 120th Founder’s Day Anniversary
of the African Church on the 12th October, 2021 at Marina, Lagos
by Bishop Matthew Hassan KUKAH, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese
A Statement by the Catholic Bishops of Kaduna Ecclesiastical Province on the Killings in our Province, Dated Tuesday 17th, 2020)