The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), under the leadership of its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged Muslims across the country to look for the 2025 (1446 AH) Ramadan moon from Friday. The Sultan made the call in a statement by NSCIA Secretary-General Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, on Thursday. ‘Consequent upon the advice …

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), under the leadership of Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has condemned the burning of the Qur’an in front of the main mosque in Stockholm, Sweden. In a statement on Saturday, NSCIA said: “This abominable and heinous act is a clear affirmation of the growing high level of Islamophobia while evidencing …

President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s election victory has been praised by the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA). The umbrella group of Nigerian Muslims asserted that it could vouch for Tinubu’s track record of public service and decades of arduous labour. In a statement on Tuesday in Abuja by its Deputy Secretary-General, Prof. Salisu Shehu, NSCIA urged the President-elect to …