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On November 29, 2012, the United Nations General Assembly held its 67th General Assembly Plenary where 188 countries voted on a draft resolution to accord Palestine ‘Non-Member Observer State’ status in United Nations. The draft resolution 67/19 was adopted by a recorded vote of 138 in favour to 9 against,…

10th Rabi-ul-awwal, 1436AH (1st January, 2015) Nigeria’s Federal Government openly traded off its conscience last Tuesday night at the United Nations Security Council meeting where voting on a proposed resolution to stop Israeli occupation of West Bank area of Palestine took place. The resolution was to be an historic resolution…

(Lagos, 31/12/2014) The Muslim Public Affairs Centre (MPAC) is deeply concerned over the apparent shift in Nigeria's foreign policy made apparent yesterday by the refusal of Nigeria to cast a "Yes" vote during the question of Palestine and the Palestinians’ bid to be formally recognized as a state and a…

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…