Tag: sultan
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Watch out for new moon from today, Sultan tells Muslims
The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Sunday, urged Muslims to start looking for the new moon of Rabi’u Assani 1439 AH from Monday (Dec. 18). This is contained in a statement signed by Sambo Junaidu, the Chairman, Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Sultanate Council, Sokoto, and made available to journalists. It said: “This…
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Sultan to train 200 Boko Haram orphans
The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar will train 200 children whose parents were killed by the Boko Haram insurgents in the northeast. He announced this at the opening ceremony of the 28th National Conference of the Muslim Sisters Organization of Nigeria with a theme:” Muslim Women and Emerging Challenges .” The three-day conference is…
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Killings, communal crisis persistent in North because govt failed to implement our recommendations – Sultan
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar Sa’ad III, has attributed incessant killings and other crisis particularly in the Northeast, to government’s failure at both the local, state and federal levels to implement several recommendations of the traditional rulers. The monarch, who spoke on Monday in Kaduna State, at a meeting of the Northern Traditional…
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Osinbajo, Sultan, Aregbesola, Ambode others to grace Ooni’s birthday lecture
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo is expected in Ile-Ife on Tuesday 17th October 2017 as the Special Guest of Honour at a leadership symposium in honour of the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II who will be marking his 43rd birthday with Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar and…
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‘Anybody killing people while shouting Allah is a terrorist, not a true Muslim’ – Sultan
…Says hell fire awaits such people The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Mohammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has said condemned those killing in the name of God while insisting that such people will end in hell fire. The Sultan said this in Nsukka on Friday while delivering the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 57th Founder’s Day Dignity Award…
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Sultan, Oshiomhole booed for backing Buhari on ‘unity of Nigeria not negotiable’ statement
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III and former Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole have further harped on President Muhammadu Buhari’s stand that ‘the unity of Nigeria is not negotiable.’ TheNewsGuru.com reports that both the Sultan and Oshiomhole spoke as guest speakers at a one day Colloquium organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress…
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Speaker Dogara felicitates with Sultan at 61
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has felicitated with the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammed Sa’ad Abubakar III on the occasion of his 61st Birthday Anniversary. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Turaki Hassan, the Speaker described the Sultan as a man of…
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September 1 is Sallah day, Sultan declares
The Sultan of Sokoto and Chairman Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has declared Sept. 1, 2017 as Eid-el-Kabir day. This is contained in a statement signed by Prof. Sambo Junaidu, the Chairman, Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs to the Sokoto Sultanate Council. The statement, made available to the News Agency of…
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Southern leaders chide Sultan for opposing calls for restructuring
Some traditional rulers in the southern part of Nigeria, have disagreed with the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar on restructuring, saying that the view is against the wish of the people. The Sultan had urged Nigerians to focus on the devolution of the economy, rather than the restructuring of Nigeria. In a report published…
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New Moon: Watch out from Aug. 22, Sultan tells Muslims
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged Muslims to watch out for the new moon of Dhulhajj1438AH from Tuesday, Aug. 22. The Sultan said this in a statement issued by Prof. Sambo Junaidu, the Chairman, Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Sultanate Council, Sokoto on Saturday. “This is to inform the Muslim Ummah…