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A Sacred Season Begins: Sultan Declares Start of Zulhijja 1446 AH in Nigeria

Daily Dispatch May 28, 2025

Nigeria has officially entered one of the holiest periods in the Islamic calendar, as the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, declared Wednesday, May 28, 2025, as the first day of Zulhijja 1446

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Sultan makes pronouncement on when Holy month of Ramadan will commence

Daily Dispatch February 28, 2025

The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has announced that Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting, will commence on Saturday. The Sultan who made the declaration via nationwide broadcast said the Sultanate Council’s moon sighting committee received reports from traditional rulers and religious leaders across the country of sighting new crescent of

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KACRAN Praises Sultan of Sokoto for Promoting Peace and Unity

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2025

The Kulen Allah Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria (KACRAN) has commended the Sultan of Sokoto and President of the Supreme Council of Nigerian Muslims, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III for his exemplary leadership in promoting peace and unity across Nigeria. The group in a statement signed by its National President, Hon. Khalil Bello said: “As […]

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Sultan declares Friday first day of Sha’aban

Daily Dispatch January 31, 2025

The Sultanate Council Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs has announced that there were no confirmed reports of the sighting of the crescent moon marking the beginning of Sha’aban 1446AH. The announcement done in collaboration with the National Moon Sighting Committee, is significant for Muslims in the country being the month that precedes Ramadan. In a […]

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Presidency’s stance forces Obasanjo, Sultan, others into closed-door parley

Daily Dispatch June 11, 2021

The peace dialogue organised by the Interfaith Initiative for Peace and other socio-cultural organisations under the aegis of Committee of Goodness of Nigeria (CGN), was, yesterday, forced into a closed-door session by concerns raised by the Presidency over its mission. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, erstwhile Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), Sultan of

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Obasanjo, Sultan, other leaders converge on Abuja Thursday to meet minds on insecurity, socio-economic tensions

Daily Dispatch June 9, 2021

In the face of rising security complexities and socio-ecomic tensions, Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has convened a national meeting to fashion out solutions to the myriad of problems confronting Nigeria. Obasanjo is leading to the meeting a former head of state, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar and Ex-Catholic archbishop