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Yari Begins Nationwide Consultations

Daily Dispatch September 14, 2026

….Mobilises Support For Tinubu’s 2027 Re-election Director-General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Senator Abdul’aziz Abubakar Yari, has commenced strategic consultations across Nigeria as part of efforts to mobilise support for President Bola

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Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III: A Sultan for All Seasons 

Daily Dispatch August 28, 2026

By Azu Ishiekwene It was five years on Tuesday since I wrote a tribute to the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, who was 65 at the time.  Our paths first crossed after he was named Sultan following the tragic death of his brother, Muhammadu Maccido, in the 2006 ADC air crash in which […]

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Akpabio Celebrates Sultan of Sokoto at 70

Daily Dispatch August 26, 2026

….Hails Legacy of Peace and Statesmanship President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, has congratulated the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), His Eminence Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, CFR, mni, on his 70th birthday. Akpabio, in a congratulatory message issued through his Special

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Sultan of Sokoto Declares Monday as First Day of Rajab 1447AH

Daily Dispatch December 21, 2025

The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has declared Monday, December 22, 2025, as the first day of Rajab 1447AH. The declaration was contained in a statement signed by the Wazirin Sokoto, Professor Sambo Wali Junaidu, who also serves as Chairman of the Sultanate […]

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Tinubu hosts Sultan of Sokoto in fresh round of high-level religious consultations

Daily Dispatch November 7, 2025

President Bola Tinubu on Friday met with the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, in a closed-door session at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Sultan, who also serves as the President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, visited the State House days after the President held a similar private meeting with the […]

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Sultan of Sokoto urges caution against fake news, denies any genocide in Nigeria

Daily Dispatch October 22, 2025

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has asserted that no act of genocide has occurred in Nigeria against any religious or ethnic group. Speaking on Tuesday in Birnin Kebbi at the opening of the 2025 Northern Traditional Rulers Assembly Meeting, the Sultan dismissed claims suggesting otherwise, insisting that such allegations are unfounded. […]