The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has commended Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu, on this year’s arrangement of the Ramadan feeding programme. Giving the commendation while delivering his Sallah message at the palace’s pavilion in Sokoto, on Wednesday, he expressed satisfaction with the large number of people fed under the state-wide Ramadan feeding programme and called on the …

The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Abubakar, has asked Muslims across the country to look out for the new moon marking the beginning of Shawwal 1445 AH on Monday. In a statement released on Sunday, the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs of the Sultanate Council in Sokoto, Sambo Wali, urged individuals who spot the new moon to promptly …

Prominent traditional rulers from the North including the Sultan of Sokoto, who doubles as President General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Mohammed Saad Abubakar; and the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, were amongst eminent personalities that gathered in Ilorin, Kwara State on Saturday to offer special prayer for the progress of Nigeria. The prayer, …

Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III has declared Wednesday, 28th June 2023, as the day of Eid-il Adha 1444 AH. Through Sultanate Council Sokoto , the Sultan, who is the President-General Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, made the announcement on Sunday night. Posted on the official Twitter page of the National Moonlighting Committee, the Sultan said, “The Sultanate …

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Mohammad Abubakar has said that repeated strikes by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have done much harm to the university system and the young ones that the universities are meant to groom. After receiving a Doctor of Law (Honoris Causa) at the Modibbo Adama University, Yola, the Adamawa State capital, on Saturday, the …

The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar has directed Muslims to look out for the crescent of Shawwal 1444 AH from Thursday. Abubakar made the call In a statement on Wednesday signed by the Chairman, Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs to the Sultanate Council of Sokoto, Prof. Sambo Junaidu, the Sultan, who is also the President General of the Nigeria Supreme …