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President Goodluck Jonathan, Thursday, approved the appointments of three assistant secretaries and 492 delegates to the National Conference, NC, which will now be inaugurated on March 17. According to a statement by Pius Anyim, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, the assistant secretaries, who are to serve in…

Leading Islamic scholars from all over the world led by the imam of the Grand Mosque on Thursday adopted a “Jeddah Declaration” and a focused six-month plan of action to address challenges facing polio eradication efforts in the few remaining polio-endemic parts of the Islamic world. The declaration came at…

In the name of Allah, The Magnificent, The Merciful CRITICAL ISSUES ON THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE      The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has subjected the proposed National Conference to very detailed scrutiny and analysis, given its direct bearing on the destiny of the nation and its potential to…

TEXT OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE BY MUSLIM RIGHTS CONCERN (MURIC) ON THE SITUATION IN OSUN STATE HELD AT HAYES HOTEL, 16, MOJEED STREET, OFF TOYIN STREET, IKEJA, LAGOS, ON WEDNESDAY, 12TH FEBRUARY, 2014 LET THERE BE PEACE IN THE STATE OF OSUN Presidents and officers of Islamic organizations, Distinguished personalities,…

The Yoruba Committee on National Conference met two days ago at the Isara-Remo, Ogun State-home of an elder statesman, Sir Olaniwun Ajayi, to strategise on the selection of delegates for the Southwest geopolitical zone ahead of the National Conference. Some of the prominent Yoruba leaders at the meeting were Sir…

Released: 13-11-2013 PRESS STATEMENT RELEASED AT THE END OF THE EXPANDED GENERAL PURPOSE COMMITTEE OF THE NSCIA HELD ON WEDNESDAY, MUHARRAM 10, 1435 A.H. ( NOVEMBER 13, 2013) AT THE NATIONAL MOSQUE AUDITORIUM, ABUJA The Expanded General Purpose Committee (GPC) of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) held…

Released: 08-11-2013 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful I deem it a honour to make this contribution and express my goodwill  to the Education Summit organized by the well-esteemed National Council of Muslim Youth Organizations (NACOMYO), one of our most dynamic Islamic groups in the country. I…

Released: 04-11-2013 The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) under the leadership of its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Dr. Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, hereby felicitates with Nigerian Muslim Ummah and congratulates them for witnessing another new Hijrah year 1435. It is of good delight and gratitude to…

Released: 18-10-2013 The Ansar-ud-deen Society of Nigeria on Friday described the death of Bisiriyu Onisarotu, its immediate past National President as a great loss to Islam and the nation. A statement issued in Ibadan and signed by Muibideen Adebanjo, the Publicity Secretary of the society, quoted Lateef Okunnu, the National…

Released: 08-10-2013 As many Nigerians would have observed, the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has, in recent times, been using the media to make frivolous and unsubstantiated utterances on certain issues with a view to heating up the polity. Many of these utterances have been unfortunate, given…