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The Digest: Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Sokoto Catholic Diocese has called on Nigerians to remember late former President Muhammadu Buhari as a "good man" and to view his legacy beyond his eight-year presidency. In a telephone interview, Kukah urged a broader appreciation for Buhari's...

Catholic Bishop Matthew Kukah has used the recent election of Pope Leo XIV to highlight the stark differences between spiritual leadership selection and Nigeria's political "turn-by-turn" mentality. In a Channels TV interview, the Sokoto cleric dismissed notions that papal elections follow the...