BY ANKELI EMMAJUEL, Sokoto – The Sultan of Sokoto and President General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared Sunday, 30th March 2025 as the day to mark the Eid-el-Fitr, hence an end of Ramadan fast. Sultan who noted that the decision was...
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By HARUNA AHMED, Sokoto – Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has called on Muslims to begin the search for the new moon of Shawwal 1446 AH from Saturday. The sultan made the call in a statement...
By HARUNA AHMED, Sokoto– Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has called on the Muslims to look for the crescent of Ramadan 1446 AH from Friday. Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Sultanate Council, Sokoto, Prof....
The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has appealed to traders in the state to reduce the prices goods during the Ramadan. The Sultan made the appeal in a statement issued by the Secretary-General, JNI, Prof. Khalid Aliyu, on Thursday in Kaduna. He...
The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, alongside thousands of Muslims, attended the funeral prayer of Alhaji Jibo Danmalan, the Dallatun Sokoto. The funeral prayer, led by the Chief Imam of Sultan Bello Mosque, Sheikh Bello Akwara, was...
The Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has urged the Muslim Ummah to look out for the crescent of Rajab 1446 AH, starting from Tuesday. The directive is contained in a statement released in Sokoto on Monday...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu has reiterated his administration’s commitment to ensuring good health, quality education and peace across the state as necessary criteria for national development. The governor, who spoke at the Sultan Maccido Institute of Qu’aranic and General studies during the 2025...
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has appealed to the conveners of #EndBadGovernance protest and other critical stakeholders to sheath their swords and urgently come to table for dialogue. The President-General, Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), made the call in a statement issued by the Secretary-General of JNI,...
Sokoto State Governor, Ahmad Aliyu has said his relationship with the Sultanate Council remain cordial and urged the Muslims Rights Concern (MURIC) and Vice President Kassim Shettima, to disregard mischievous groups. This is contained in a statement issued by Aliyu’s spokesman, Malam Abubakar Bawa, on Tuesday in Sokoto....
The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Saad Abubakar III, has said it would take decades for the bandit-ravaged North-West geopolitical zone to come out of the menacing security challenge. The President General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) stated this at the North-West Peace and Security Summit...
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has named the new Hajj terminal in the Sultan Abubakar International Airport Sokoto after Sen. Aliyu Wamakko. He made this known while inaugurating the terminal on Tuesday in Sokoto. Keyamo commended the Sokoto state government for completing the project...
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has said that it was impossible to educate children by throwing them into the streets to scavenge for food. The Sultan spoke on Sunday in Gummi at the inauguration of the Zamfara State Almajiri Integrated Qur’anic Education Centre. “I am not a...
The Sultan of Sokoto and President General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared Monday, March 11, as the first day of Ramadan 1445 AH in Nigeria. Abubakar announced the sighting of the new crescent in Sokoto on Sunday in a radio...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Abubakar III and Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, will inaugurate an ultra-modern multi-million naira Central Mosque and Islamic Center in the State. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the ultra-modern Friday Mosque named: Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi Integrated Islamic Centre, consists...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – His Eminence, the Sultan of Sokoto who is also the President Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III is to commission the newly redesigned and reconstructed Central Mosque on Friday in Nasarawa State. This is contained in a statement...
The Sultan of Sokoto and President General of Jama’atu Nasrul Islam (JNI), Dr Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has said the council will seek justice for victims of the accidental drone attack in Kaduna State. The Sultan gave the assurance during the annual JNI Central Council Conference held in Minna...
The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Thursday in Ibadan inaugurated the popular Adogba Mosque, known as the Organisation of Tadamul Muslimeen Mosque. Abubakar, who was accompanied by the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Bayero, in his address urged Nigerians, irrespective of their religious affiliation, to live...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) with funding from Eleva Foundation in collaboration with Sokoto State Arabic and Islamic Education Commission and the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, has flagged off an entrepreneurship skills acquisition programme for 4,700 almajiri and adolescent girls...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Nigerian politicians have been challenged to emulate the nation’s traditional rulers by jettisoning religious and other socio-cultural differences and aim more at promoting the unity and development of the country. Prominent traditional rulers in the country, led by the Sultan of Sokoto and Chairman,...
Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has appealed to labour unions to shelve the nationwide strike slated to commence on Tuesday, Oct. 3. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the unions have fixed the date to embark on an...