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NSCIA, CAN Condemn Plateau Killings, Warn Against Reprisals

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) have condemned the killing of 22 travellers in Plateau state. The victims were returning from Bauchi to Ondo state after attending an Islamic function when they were attacked along Rukuba road, Jos North LGA. Twenty-two people were killed in the attack while over 10 others sustained…

Plateau Killings: NSCIA warns against reprisals

The Nigeria Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has condemned the killing of 23 travellers in the Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. Recalls that over 23 Muslim travellers returning to Ondo from Bauchi where they attended an Islamic function, were killed by a local militia, in Rukuba area of Plateau state. The NSCIA, led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Saad Abubakar III in a…

BREAKING : Ramadan to end on Wednesday- Agency

The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has said the appearance of the next astronomical lunar crescent, which signifies the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, is on Wednesday, 12 May 2021. By the prediction of the Nigerian space agency, if it occurs, the Eid Fitri festival, which comes a day after the end of Ramadan, will be celebrated by Nigerian Muslims on…

Pantami: Stop inciting Christians against Muslims- NSCIA cautions CAN

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) under the leadership of His Eminence, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Saad Abubakar, CFR,mni has been following heedfully and meticulously how the country and indeed, the world at large, have been so much inundated with barrages and deluge of lies, fabrications and smear campaigns being churned out against the person of the Honourable…

Sultan asks Muslims to search for new moon

Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar • Savours religious harmony in Kogi The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has directed Nigerian Muslims to look out for the moon of Ramadan 1442AH from today. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and the compulsory fasting month in Islam. Abubakar gave the directive yesterday in a statement signed by the Chairman, Advisory Committee on…

Buhari warns against fuelling of ethnic, religious prejudices

Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar (left); Secretary to Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha; Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu; National Security Adviser, Gen Babagana Mongono (rtd) and Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar at the meeting of National Council of Islamic Affairs at the State House, Abuja…yesterday President Muhammadu Buhari has warned that stoking ethnic and…

ICICE mourns NSCIA director of Administration, Yusuf Nwoha

The International Centre for Islamic Culture and Education has expressed sadness over the death of the Director of Administration of Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Malam Yusuf Chinedozi Nwoha.

The Islamic Centre through its Director-General, Dr Kabir Kabo Usman said Malam Yusuf Chinedozi Nwoha who died in a road accident in Okene, Kogi State, on Wednesday on his way to…

NSCIA Director, Yusuf Nwoha Dies In Road Accident

The director, administration at the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Mallam Yusuf Chinedozi Nwoha is dead.Nwoha died on Wednesday in an unfortunate road accident at Okene, Kogi state, on his way to Owerri in Imo state for Sallah festival.

The sudden death of Nwoha was confirmed in a statement signed by NSCIA Chairman, Media Committee, Femi Abba, obtained by The Guardian.

Mall…