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Released: 02-10-2013 For the umpteenth time, Nigerians and other citizens of the world were utterly galled and devastated by the news of death and destruction on the eve of Nigeria’s 53rd Independence anniversary. No group or person, militant or terrorist should take pleasure in brutal elimination of innocent lives. The…

The Gambia Supreme Islamic Council Radio House in Banjul.  

The Representative of the President of Catholic Women Association delivering a goodwill message at the formal opening of 18th Annual National Conference in Makurdi, Benue state.

11 Shawwal 1434 (18/8/2013) The NSCIA is saddened by the massive waste of human lives and reckless maiming of protesting citizens of Egypt. The brutal murder of hundreds of armless civilians in the course of their legitimate right to protest is despicable and indefensible. The violation of the sanctity of…

Prophet Muhammad (SAW) is reported to have said: "Commence fasting when you sight the (Ramadan) crescent and terminate fasting when you sight the (Shawwal) crescent. But if the sky is cloudy, then, count 30 days of Sha'ban or of Ramadan as the case may be". Therefore, in accordance with the…

The Acting Governor of Taraba State, Alhaji  Garba Umar has said that anybody found culpable in the recent ethno-religious violence in Ibi and Wukari Local Government Areas of the state would be brought to book. Umar said this on Thursday when the delegation of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs…

The Qiblah and Moon-sighting unit of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) is conducting  a sensitisation and training programme on Moon-Sighting. The session is open, on first come first serve basis, to any decently dressed person who is desirous of having first hand insight and practical training in…

On Monday, August 16, 2010, we had cause to address you, fellow Nigerians, through a pieced entitled “Open letter to the President Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria, on the incessant killings of Muslims by Jukun Christians in Wukari, Wukari LGA, Taraba State”. The crisis under reference…

Released: 15-07-2013 The attention of the Directorate of publicity of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has been drawn to some inflammatory statements made in the euphoria of being re-elected President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), by pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, in Nigerian press. One of such statements…

In the spirit of Allah’s blessings fully embedded in this sacred month of Ramadan, the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) under the leadership of His Eminence,Alh Muhammad Sa‘ad Abubakar, the President-General of the Council and Sultan of Sokoto, hereby felicitates with the Muslim Ummah throughout the country, on…