Nigerian Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Kukah, has urged the Foursquare Gospel Church to redeploy former presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina (a pastor of the church) to Daura, Katsina State, so that he (Adesina) could be close to his “godfather, Muhammadu Buhari.” Kukah also expressed his “shock” over the remarks given on former president, Buhari’s performance by those who served in his administration. The Bishop said this on Wednesday, during an interview on Arise TV, adding that there was no time he had personal grudges with the former president.
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Oyo in Nigeria has lauded a Muslim man in the country for donating an operating theatre to a hospital run by the Diocese, noting that the West African country needs more similar gestures of interfaith collaboration.
The Bishop of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Orlu has condemned the September 17 killing of two residents and torching of markets in two South-east communities of his Episcopal See allegedly by troops belonging to Nigerian “government security agencies”.