The grand finale of Sheikh Usman Dan Fodio Week for the year 1446AH/2024 holds in Sokoto today Saturday November 2, 2024 at the International Conference Centre, Kasarawa, Sokoto. Topic of the lecture for today’s all-important event titled, “Unity As A panacea To Insecurity And Poverty: Lessons From The Sokoto Jihad …
Read More »ONGOING PROTEST: SULTAN APPEALS FOR CALM, PRAYERS, MORE RESTRAINT AND CAUTION TO ALL NIGERIANS
As a result of the ongoing protests in Nigeria and the information reaching His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, CFR, mni, the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, JNI, he once again appeals to the protest conveners, their covert and overt benefactors, as well as other critical stakeholders to sheath their …
Read More »Breaking : Sultan announces Monday first of ramadan
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has declared Monday March 11, 2024 as the first day of Ramadan, 1445 AH which marks the commencement of the Ramadan fast by the Muslims across the country. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar in which Muslims …
Read More »Sultan, EFCC work to drive commission’s preventive mandate success
By S Adamu, Sokoto SULTAN of Sokoto and President General , Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has expressed readiness to actively support the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) to mandate against financial crimes. The revered monarch gave his words at the weekend when he received on …
Read More »Zakir Naik: Sultan tackles critics, says” Muslim have right to interact with a fellow muslim”
By Suleiman Adamu Sokoto CRITICS of the invitation extended to Dr. Zakir Naik, a renown international Islamic cleric and scholar to Nigeria were on Thursday responded to by the Sultan of Sokoto and President General , NSCIA, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar. Sultan Abubakar who spoke in Sokoto in defence of …
Read More »Sultan declares today 1st of Ramadan
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto The Sultan of Sokoto and President General , Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has announced Thursday the 23rd March, 2023 as the first day of Ramadan 1444 AH following the sighting of the moon last night. In a nationwide broadcast …
Read More »Sultan urges muslims, Nigerians to reconcile selves for peace, unity says ‘don’t allow politics divide you’
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto Ahead of the Ramadan fast around the corner, the Sultan of Sokoto and President General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has urged muslims and Nigerians not to allow political differences and outcomes of the general elections affect their bond of brotherhood, friendship …
Read More »Join hands to free the country of security challenges, vote wisely for good governance – Sultan to Nigerians
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto SULTAN of Sokoto and President General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has called on Nigerians to join hands to free the country from current security challenges that is becoming a global phenomenon. ” We should collectively do whatever we can to …
Read More »Ramadan fast commences tomorrow
From Our Special Correspondent in Sokoto Breaking : Ramadan fast commences tomorrow , Tuesday , April 13,2021, equivalent to 1st Ramadan, 1442 AH, according to the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar. The Sultan said that, this followed credible reports from across Nigeria about the sighting of the …
Read More »El-Rufai welcomes Sultan, says peaceful coexistence a priority in Kaduna state
El-Rufai welcomes Sultan, says peaceful coexistence a priority in Kaduna state Governor Nasir El Rufai of Kaduna state has said that the concern of his administration has always been to see people living together in peace because all human beings are equal and created by God. The governor spoke with …
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