A statement on Sunday by the association said the new executives will pilot the affairs of the association for four years
Browsing: Sultan of Sokoto
“I always express sadness over the insurgency in North East and the most worrisome of it is the killing of innocent school children in Yobe
In a letter addressed to the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, dated March 6, 2014 and signed by NSCIA’s Secretary General, Ishaq Oloyede, the body headed by the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, “felicitated on behalf of the entire Muslim community in Nigeria, with our Christian brothers and sisters on the commencement of the Lenten period”
Abubakar made the appeal on Saturday in Jos, Plateau State, when he visited the Gbong Gwom Jos, Jacob Gyang Buba
The statement was signed by the Secretary General of JNI, Dr. Khalid Aliyu, and made available to News Agency of Nigeria
Abubakar made the call when the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle, visited him in his palace
Abubakar gave the advice in Illela, Sokoto State at an emergency stakeholders’ meeting on polio eradication
The NSCIA, in a statement on Thursday, said that it is now very worried over the trend of mass murder of innocent people, especially in Borno and Yobe States
Qasim said the meeting was attended by the principal officers of the Council and key Muslim leaders from across the states of the federation
He said: “The elite are the main problems of Nigeria and most of the woes of the nation as they are now, were brought about by them
The Sultan commended Abubakar for his dexterity and commitment to peace and unity in Nigeria and globally
Abubakar maintained that the strike by the university lecturers, now in its fourth month, had caused a lot of hardships to the students and their parents
A statement issued in Sokoto by Prof. Sambo Wali, the Chairman of the Sokoto Sultanate Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, said this followed the sighting of the crescent from across the country on Saturday
This is also as the Director General of the National Sports Commission, Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye, condoled with the families of the victims of the crash, which occurred in Lagos on Thursday
The attacks on the College of Agriculture, Gujba, Yobe State, which resulted in the death of scores of innocent students and injury of many others were sadistic, anachronistic and unIslamic. There is no justification for such murder in any religion, especially Islam, the religion of peace for which it is the fastest growing faith in America and Europe
In a congratulatory letter to the Sultan on the occasion of his 57th birthday on Saturday, President Jonathan prayed that God Almighty will grant the monarch, who is also the President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, many more years of worthy service to the nation
The monarch also said that it was not right for a non-Muslim to
interfere in the affairs of the Muslims and Islam or to impose his
views on the religion he does not profess
“Therefore, in accordance with the Prophetic tradition, Muslims all over Nigeria are hereby urged to look for the new crescent of Shawwal on Wednesday, August, 7, 2013 CE (which corresponds to 29th day of Ramadan, 1434 AH
He noted that the complete break down of family and leadership values have left the youths with no role models to emulate, either at home or at the national level
Among the eminent Nigerians that visited the governor in his office on Monday were the representatives of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa’ad; Senators Oluremi Tinubu; Gbenga Obadara; former Governors of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki and Alhaji Shaaba Lafiaji; the wife of the Osun State Governor, Alhaja Serifat Aregbesola; and immediate past President of the Nigeria Guild of Editors and Managing Director, Vanguard newspapers, Gbenga Adefaye