In his 2026 Easter Message, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, North-West Nigeria, Most Rev. Dr. Matthew Hassan Kukah disclosed that “Our land will heal not by the power and the sizes of our armies, guns and bullets.” He contended that “We need a new set of eyes to identify these traitors because it is their greed that has helped to sustain this ugly war.”
Suspected Fulani militia have killed scores and destroyed property worth millions of naira in coordinated attacks on several communities and places of worship in Nigeria’s mainly Christian-populated Middle Belt region.
In this opinion piece, Dr. Ijutil K. Joseph critically examines the intersection between promise and failure in President Tinubu’s white-elephant ₦3.3 trillion electricity plan. The scholar argues that beyond mere announcements, what is required is a “clinical execution.”
17 innocent people have been feared 17 death, with many others declared missing, and houses destroyed on Easter Sunday by suspected Fulani terrorists in Agena Masev, Mbalom, Gwer East, Benue State, north-central Nigeria.
In his 2026 Easter message, the British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has stressed: “that for many people this Easter comes at a time of uncertainty, with global events causing real anxiety for families and communities.”
Amid the war in the Middle East, the Holy Father Pope Leo XIV has called for an end to war, injustice, and isolation, which threaten global peace.
In this Op-ed, Dr. Ijuptil K. Joseph critically examines Nigeria’s borrowing spree, arguing that “until transparency, discipline, and trust improve, every new loan approval may feel less like progress and more like déjà vu.”
A Kaduna-based rights activist has urged both the federal and state governments in Nigeria to end the bloodbath in the country, especially in the Middle Belt region of the West African oil-rich nation.
The Papal Preacher, Father Roberto Pasolini, OFM Cap, has urged Christians to choose good, not to return evil and to be patient in the face of trials in imitation of the Lord Jesus.
Like his predecessor, the Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, has urged everyone around the world to stand on the side of the oppressed, following the example of Jesus, who offered himself as a sacrificial meal.
