Sultan of Sokoto
10 Apr
A Sokoto cleric, Sheikh Musa Lukwa, yesterday, led his followers to observe Eid prayers.
11 Mar
The national moon sighting committee last night said the crescent for Ramadan fasting has been sighted.
10 Mar
Sultan of Sokoto, and Presiden-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, (NSCIA), Muhammadu Sa'ad Abubakar has announced the beginning of Ramadan, the Muslim fasting period. In a nationwide broadcast on the Nigerian Television Authority, (NTA), the Sultan urged all Muslim faithful to use the Ramadan Period to pray for the peace and stability…
15 Feb
Northern traditional rulers, led by Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, have stated that with the level of hardship, poverty and insecurity in the country, they could no longer pacify the citizens, warning that the nation is sitting on a keg of gunpowder.
9 Feb
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has asked the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to thoroughly and effectively investigate activities of alleged essential commodities hoarders.
28 Dec
• Don’t just condemn, take actions, monarch urges govt Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, yesterday, in Bauchi charged governments at all levels to upscale intelligence gathering techniques. He was reacting to the killing of over 150 persons on Christmas eve in two councils of Plateau State. Gunmen attacked 15 communities in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi…
16 Nov
The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar; the Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero; Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed and his Kwara State counterpart, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq
13 Oct 2023
Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Abubakar III, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi and other global leaders yesterday in Abuja insisted that the unity of Nigeria must remain a priority. Speaking at the 80th birthday lecture and book launch of King Edmund Daukoru, Mingi XII, Amanyanabo of Nembe Kingdom, who revealed plan for massive gas…
22 Sep 2023
Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has called on Nigerians to see their diversity as their strength, as the country is stronger together as one indivisible entity.
1 Sep 2023
We have General Abdulsalami Abubakar and the Sultan of Sokoto, His Highness Sa’ad Abubakar, to thank for silencing war drums by ECOWAS and pressing for dialogue to resolve the quagmire into which Nigeria has been dragged, putting President Bola Tinubu at a crossroads.
23 May 2023
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, former Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega and Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, are among speakers billed for the inaugural virtual peace dialogue series of Rebuild Nigeria Initiative (RNI), holding on Friday, May 26.
19 May 2023
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Friday, inaugurated the reconstituted Abuja National Mosque Management Board and the Board of Trustees of Educational, Social and Health Mission (MESH).
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