Tag: sultan
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Sultan of Sokoto lashes out: Whether anybody likes it, May 29 must hold
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar has said whether anybody likes it or not, the inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu on May 29 must hold. Abubakar disclosed this while urging Nigerians to pray for Tinubu’s administration to succeed.
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Sultan directs Muslims to look out for new Moon for Sha’aban
Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto and President General Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has directed Muslims to look out for the new Moon of Sha’aban 1444 AH from Monday.
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Buhari, Tinubu to Sultan: We want to win the coming elections
President Muhammadu Buhari and the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Thursday in Sokoto, called for support and blessings of the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman, in a statement quoted B
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Sultan declares Monday as new date for Eid-El-Fitr
The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has declared 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, made this known in a terse statement on Saturday…
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Ramadan: Moon sighted, fasting begins on Saturday-Sultan of Sokoto
“Today, Friday 1st of April, 2022 marks the end of month of Sha’aban, 1443 and tomorrow Insha Allah we will start fasting in accordance with Shari’a. Available reports we received from many so states including Sokoto, Borno, Yobe, Zamfara, Katsina, Plateau, Kaduna and Kano all confirmed sighting of the new moon.
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No single day passes without people being killed in North, Sultan cries out
The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubaka
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Sultan to Nigerians: We must not allow bandits take over any section of our country
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, has urged security agencies and political leaders to deal decisively with all those who think they can turn the country upside down through misinterpretation of religious teachings. Speaking at the 2nd National Education Summit of the Nigerian Army, holding in Sokoto, the monarch highlighted the problem with…
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Insecurity worsening in Nigeria – Sultan cries out again
The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has again expressed concern over the level of insecurity in the country, adding that it has worsened. Speaking at the 3rd Quarter 2021 Meeting of the Intra-Religious Council in Abuja on Thursday, the Sultan said he won’t hesitate in spilling the truth about the state of the nation.…
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CAN lauds stoppage of installation of Sultan in Edo
Christian Association of Nigeria, Edo State chapter, has hailed the checking of the botched plan to install a Sultan in Benin, saying it is a grand design to Islamize the state. A statement by Bishop Oriname Oyonnude Kure, Chairman, Edo CAN, read, “The attention of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Edo State, has been drawn…
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Lack of food fueling insecurity in Nigeria – Sultan
The Sultan of Sokoto, Mohammed Saad Abubakar, says Nigeria is drifting away from the normal, adding that food scarcity is causing insecurity. The Sultan, who said that a hungry man was an angry man, spoke on Thursday in Gombe State during the third National Summit of Peaceful Co-existence and Nation building, with the theme, ‘Peaceful…