•Sultan The Sultan of Sokoto and President General NSCIA, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has directed all Muslims in the country to start looking out for the new moon of Ramadan 1446AH tomorrow and report its sighting to the nearest District or Village head for onward communication. A statement in Sokoto today by the Sultanate Council Chairman, [&he...
•Tinubu and Sultan of Sokoto The Supreme Council for Shari’ah Council in Nigeria (SCSN) has expressed disappointment over the Muslim-Muslim ticket that brought President Bola Tinubu and his Vice, Kashim Shettima into office in 2023. Islamic clerics under the SCSN said that even though both Tinubu and Shettima are of the same faith, it has [&he...
•Speaker Obasa As Nigerian Muslims celebrate the Eid-el-Fitr with their counterparts across the world, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, says he joins other faithful in their steadfast belief that Almighty Allah will listen to their supplications and meet their needs at this time. Dr. Obasa’s prayer ...
Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the National Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has instructed the Muslim Ummah to observe the crescent of Shawwal 1445AH starting from today. Prof. Sambo Janaidu, Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Sultanate Council Sokoto, conveyed the directive ...
Muslims in various parts of Nigeria are observing this year’s Ramadan fasting in the midst of heatwave, high cost of living and power outages. Despite these challenges, Muslims are obligated to fast every day from dawn to sunset during the entire month of Ramadan by abstaining from sex, food, drink and smoking, reports Daily Trust. […]...
In the season of Ramadan, there are outlined rules to guide the Muslim faithfuls on how to better and diligently accomplish the 30-day fast. Here are seven guiding rules of fasting for Muslims: 1. Apart from offering the daily five daily prayers at the time of Fajr (dawn), Dhuhr (noon), Asr (afternoon), Maghrib (evening) and […]
While Ramadan is regarded as a sacred and spiritually significant month, some Muslims may unavoidably make some mistakes due to various reasons. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar and is considered a holy month for Muslims worldwide, reports The PUNCH. It is a period of introspection, communal prayer (Salāt) in the [&hell...
•Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, NSCIA leader and the President-General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has called on Nigerian Muslim Ummah to search for the crescent of Ramadan immediately after Sunday, March 10, 2024. The date...
•NAHCON Chairman, Jalal Ahmad Arabi The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has fixed the final fare prices for the 2024 Hajj pilgrimage exercise. The commission had earlier in October, pegged the initial fare deposit at N4.5m, noting that the fixed amount was “in tandem with the dollar rate that will determine the final cost of […]
Grieving survivors, relatives and residents of Tudun Biri community, Kaduna, where a military error bombing killed over 100, have found solace in Church on Christmas day. Both Muslims and Christians of Tudun Biri, Igabi LGA of Kaduna State, yesterday, joined the world to celebrate Christmas with a thanksgiving church service, reports Channels ...

