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Inna lillahi wa Inna ilaihi rajiun With total submission to the will of Almighty Allah, the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) receives with high sense of loss, the passing on of Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki, the very first Secretary-General of the Council and...

Safar 1438H Crescent Sighting Reminder...

Date: 30th Dhul-Hijjah, 1437 AH 2nd October, 2016 HAPPY NEW HIJRAH YEAR 1438AH The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), under the leadership of its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, CFR, mni, felicita...

Do not begin the fast until you sight the (Ramadan) crescent and do not terminate fasting until you sight it (Shawwal Crescent). If the new moon is concealed from you, then work out what it should be. The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), under the lea...

“A judge can't have any agenda, a judge can't have any preferred outcome in any particular case and a judge certainly doesn't have a client. The judge's only obligation – and it's a solemn obligation – is to the rule of law.” ~ Samuel Alito (US Supreme Court Justic...

This is to refute the false statement ascribed to the Secretary-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, OFR, FNAL, (on page 2of Punch Newspaper of Friday, 10th June, 2016), that he was not aware that a woman was maliciousl...

(Lagos, 04/06/2016) The Muslim Public Affairs Centre today condemned the gruesome killing of a woman, Bridget Agbaheme, in Wambai area of Kano State on Thursday 2 June, 2016, on the excuse that she blasphemed against Prophet Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him). Ne...

Date: 28th Sha’ban, 1437 AH 4th June, 2016. The month of Ramadan (is that) in which was revealed the Quran, a guidance for mankind and clear proofs for the guidance and the criterion (between right and wrong). So whoever of you sights (the crescent on the first night of...

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) under the leadership of its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, CFR, mni, notes with mixed feelings the recent rescue of two of the abducted Chibok girls. While Amina Ali Nkeke w...

As part of the commitment of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) to societal responsibilities and poverty alleviation among Nigerians, the Council has taken a giant stride by registering a viable multipurpose Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) “Miss...

COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE MUSLIM UMMAH OF SOUTHWEST NIGERIA (MUSWEN) HELD AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN ON AL-AHD, RAJAB 17, 1437 (SUNDAY APRIL 24, 2016). The second General Assembly of the Muslim Umm...

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) under the leadership of its President-General, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, CFR, mni, is shocked and saddened by the current outbreak of deadly violence in Zaria. At a time Nigeria is facing...

TEXT OF THE ADDRESS OF NIGERIAN SUPREME COUNCIL FOR ISLAMIC AFFAIRS (NSCIA) AT A PRESS CONFERENCE ADDRESSED BY THE SECRETARY GENERAL ON THURSDAY 3rd OF DECEMBER 2015 PRESS STATEMENT REPEL EVIL WITH A BETTER ATTITUDE The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCI...

Date: 1st Ramadan, 1436 AH The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) under the leadership of its President General, the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, mni CFR, felicitates with the entire Muslim Ummah on the auspicious occ...

12th April 2015 Inna lillahi wa'inna illahi Raji'un The attention of JNI National Headquarters' had been drawn to a purported news item/article written by one Obinna Akukwe (profetobinna2@yahoo.com), which went virile in the social media and other electronic media platf...