{"id":71036,"date":"2025-12-06T02:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T02:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=71036"},"modified":"2025-12-06T02:00:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T02:00:25","slug":"nigerian-foundation-defends-catholic-bishop-after-remarks-about-christian-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/nigerian-foundation-defends-catholic-bishop-after-remarks-about-christian-genocide\/","title":{"rendered":"Une fondation nig\u00e9riane d\u00e9fend un \u00e9v\u00eaque catholique apr\u00e8s des remarques sur le g\u00e9nocide des chr\u00e9tiens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto is the founder of The Kukah Centre, a Nigeria-based public policy institute. \/ Credit: The Kukah Centre ACI Africa, Dec 3, 2025 \/ 10:00 am (CNA). The Kukah Centre (TKC), a Nigeria-based public policy institute, has responded to what it describes as a \u201cmischaracterization\u201d of the remarks of its founder, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, about the alleged genocide of Christians in the West African nation.In a press release on Tuesday,\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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The Kukah Centre (TKC), a Nigeria-based public policy institute, has responded to what it describes as a \u201cmischaracterization\u201d of the remarks of its founder, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, about the alleged genocide of Christians in the West African nation.In a press release on Tuesday,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":71216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-71036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":69973,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/nigeria-no-longer-safe-for-children-catholic-bishop-says-after-abduction-of-25-girls\/","url_meta":{"origin":71036,"position":0},"title":"Nigeria \u2018no longer safe for children,\u2019 Catholic bishop says after abduction of 25 girls","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"d\u00e9cembre 5, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Bishop Bulus Yohana Dauwa of Nigeria\u2019s Diocese of Kontagora. 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