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In a front page lead story (without a by-line) published in Sunday Tribune of December 28, 2014 and entitled ‘Division Within Core North Widens’, the Ibadan-based newspaper claimed that “the elite and opinion leaders among the Hausa Fulani stock are split down the line about who to support between the…

NATIONAL MOON SIGHTING COMMITTEE OF THE NSCIA Nigerian Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs National Headquarters National Mosque, ABUJA 29 Muharram, 1436AH (22November, 2014) His Eminence Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, CFR, mni Sultan of Sokoto & President-General Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs Through Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, OFR, FNAL, FNIM Secretary-General…

This is to formally convey to all that the National Moon Sighting Committee (NMSC) has reported and the President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), His Emminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar mni, CFR, has approved that Saturday the 25th day of October 2014 is the first of…

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4th Dhul-Hijjah, 1435AH 29th September, 2014 The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) under the astute leadership of the Sultan of Sokoto and President General, NSCIA, His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, CFR, mni, congratulates the entire Muslim ummah in Nigeria and beyond on the auspicious occasion of this…

Preamble When the media waves throbbed with the breaking news of a Nigerian Private jet seized in South Africa last week for smuggling the sum of $9.3 million cash, into that country, we were not surprised especially when the ownership of the private jet with US registration number N808HD was…

History is an embodiment of experiences. It regales in teaching such experiences to humanity from time to time and from generation to generation. At a precarious time like this, when life seems not to be what it used or ought to be, Nigeria surely needs to draw from such experiences.…

2014-08-04 Prof. Alkali, who is one of the six representatives of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, died at his residence in Maiduguri on Friday night, August 1, 2014. He was 68 years old. A Professor of History, he was a two-term Vice Chancellor of the University of Maiduguri (1985-1992), Director General,…

29th July, 2014 PRESS RELEASE: MASSACRE OF SHIITE PROTESTERS: FG MUST PUNISH PERPETRATORS About thirty five (35) Shiites peacefully protesting against Israelli belligerence were shot dead in Zaria, Kaduna State on Friday 25th July, 2014. Three sons of Shiite leader, Shaykh Ibrahim Al-Zakzaky (Mahmud, Ahmad and Hamid who were all studying outside…

They ask you about the crescents. Say: they are but signs to mark fixed periods of time in the affairs of men and for pilgrimage (Q. al-Baqarah, 2:189) Abdullah bin Umar narrates that Allah’s Messenger once mentioned Ramadan and said: Do not begin the fast until you sight the moon,…