The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has announced Monday as the first day of Shawwal following the inability of the National Moon Sighting Committee to sight this year’s Shawwal moon. The Secretary of the National Moon Sighting Committee (NMSC), Mallam Yahaya Muhammad Boyi, disclosed this in a terse statement on Saturday night. […]
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The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Saad Abubakar, has told Muslims to look for the new moon of Shawwal 1443 After Hijarah on Saturday 30th April 2022, equivalent to the 29th day of Ramadan 1443 After Hijrah. Sultan’s call was contained in a statement signed by the Chairman Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Sokoto Sultanate Council, […]
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His Eminence Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, The Sultan of Sokoto, has said no one can Islamize or Christianize Nigeria. This is sequel to claims by a Fulani group claimed that they own Nigeria from Sokoto to the Atlantic Ocean. According to the Sultan, in all the hundreds of books of Usman Danfodio he has never seen […]
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The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared Monday as the first day of Ramadan fast in Nigeria. the announcement was made after the citing of the new crescent in Sokoto on Sunday. The Sultan said the new moon was sighted in various places across the country which indicates that Sunday is the […]
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Sa’ad Abubakar, sultan of Sokoto, on Saturday urged Nigerians to hold President Muhammadu Buhari to his words on the conduct of a free, fair and credible general election in 2019. Abubakar made the statement at the 2018 second general meeting of Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) youth wing summit. “President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to ensure […]
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The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared Friday June 15, 2018 as the day to mark the Eid-el-Fitr, and the end of Ramadan fast. The national moon-sighting committee disclosed this in a tweet on Thursday night. “The Sultan of Sokoto is making an official announcement live, declaring tomorrow Friday 15th June as […]
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The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has announced that it has successfully calculated and predicted that the first appearance of the first astronomical lunar crescent for Ramadan will be sighted on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. In a statement by the agency’s Head of Media and Corporate Communications, Dr. Felix Ale, the appearance of […]
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The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared Wednesday (April 18) as the first day of Sha’aban 1439AH. Mr Abubakar made the declaration in Sokoto in a statement signed by Sambo Junaidu, Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs to the Sultanate Council. “The Sultanate Council Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs in conjunction […]
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The sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, has lamented the “very high level” of corruption in Nigeria. He noted that Nigerians must fight the scourge of corruption to a “terminal end”. Sultan Abubakar III made the remark on Wednesday while speaking at the public presentation of ‘Dynamics of Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences’, a book […]
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Sa’ad Abubakar, sultan of Sokoto, says God cannot be happy when blood is being shed. He went on to state that Islam cannot be protected when its followers kill people. The sultan said this while speaking at the first general assembly of the Interfaith Dialogue Forum For Peace (IDFP) which held in Abuja, on Thursday. […]
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