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Published 3 May 2021
THE Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar lll-led Jama’atu Nasril Islam has asked the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) to be alive to its responsibility by protecting the lives and property of Nigerians following the insecurity across the country.
This was just as the religious organisation urged Nigeria Muslim community to pray fervently for the nation’s security challenges to abate.
The Sultan’s JNI also acknowledged that things were hard, urging affluent Muslims to assist the poor adversely hit by the harsh economic situation in the country.
According to a statement signed by the JNI’s Secretary General, Dr. Khalid Aliyu in Kaduna on Sunday, the Muslim community must also pray for an improvement in Nigeria’s economic and the restoration of security across the country.
Represented by the Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, the Vice President said: “This well-researched work of history, no doubt, has benefited from the rich career of the authors whom I was told are affiliated to Yorubaland by birth and to Islam by choice. It, therefore, follows that the book before us can be classified as the most authoritative in our recent history as far as the history of Islam in Yorubaland is concerned.
“I congratulate the authors in particular and MUSWEN in general on this knowledge of the history of Islam in Nigeria, with particular reference to the South West, a region erroneously believed not to have very significant Muslim population in the country.”
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Osinbajo, Sultan, Tinubu, Ooni, others urge Nigerians to shun divisive moves
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By Ishola Balogun
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) Alhaji Muhammed Sa’ad Abubakar including other eminent personalities have urged Nigerians to shun divisive moves by some ill-informed persons to plunge Nigeria into chaos through call for secession.
The leaders opined that more needed to be done in teaching younger Nigerians about the nation’s history.
They spoke during the launch of a book entitled ‘Islam in Yorubaland: History, Education and Culture’, by Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria (MUSWEN), held at Radisson Hotel, Ikeja GRA, Lagos, Wednesday.
Represented by the Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, the Vice President said: “This well-researched work of history, no doubt, has benefited from the rich career of the authors whom I was told are affiliated to Yorubaland by birth and to Islam by choice.
“It, therefore, follows that the book before us can be classified as the most authoritative in our recent history as far as the history of Islam in Yorubaland is concerned.
“I congratulate the authors in particular and MUSWEN in general on this knowledge of history of Islam in Nigeria, with particular reference to the South West, a region erroneously believed not to have very significant Muslim population in the country.”
Sultan Of Sokoto-Led Group, NSCIA Backs Pantami, Calls CAN President Hateful, Unreasonable
NSCIA also reiterated an unflinching support for the Minister, describing criticism against his alleged link to terrorism as an attempt to dent the image of Islam.
by Saharareporters, New York
Apr 26, 2021
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has lambasted the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Ayokunle for asking the Department of State Services to investigate the suspected connection of embattled Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, to terrorism.
The group led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Saad Abubakar, on Sunday said this in a statement by its Deputy Secretary-General, Prof. Salisu Shehu.