Tag: Sultan of Sokoto

Sultan of Sokoto confers traditional titles on 3 Dasuki’s sons, 17 others

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The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Sa’ad Abubakar III, yesterday turbaned no fewer than 20 dignitaries, including three sons of the 18th Sultan of Sokoto, the Late Ibrahim Dasuki, with traditional titles of the caliphate. The turbaning ceremony took place at the Sultan’s palace, in the ancient city of Sokoto and seat of the caliphate. The event was a unique one, which offered its most famous traditional honour and hospitality to the dignitaries, making it the first of its kind in the history of the caliphate. In his address at…

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Sultan urges political leaders to take Covid-19 vaccine publicly

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The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged political leaders in the country to take the Covid-19 vaccine in public glare. Abubakar, while speaking at a sensitisation programme on Covid-19 vaccine for Muslim scholars and imams in Nigeria yestetday in Abuja, said this would encourage and boost the confidence of Nigerians in the vaccines. This, he said, was to further drive acceptance of the novel coronavirus vaccines, most especially the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, in the country. “We have seen the president take the vaccine publicly and…

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‘Military decrees laid foundation for national insecurity’ ? Sultan

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The chairman, National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria (NCTRN), and Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, has cited military decrees that undermined the role of the traditional institution in nation-building and development and subsequently laid the foundation for national insecurity. The Sultan stated this on Thursday, while presenting a memorandum for ‘the re-instatement of the status of the traditional institution in the Nigeria Constitution and establishing relevant bodies to give effect to national roles’. He was represented by the Etsu Nupe, Dr. Yahaya Abubakar. The chairman…

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Steps Buhari, NASS must take to save Nigeria — Sultan, Anyaoku, Soyinka, others

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Some senior citizens and leaders of thoughts from a broad spectrum of the Nigerian society, at the weekend, expressed grave concerns over the future of the country, putting forward a road map to rescue Nigeria from the brink of total collapse. The elder statesmen were unanimous in separate submissions at the 2021 edition of the Obafemi Awolowo Foundation Lecture Series, with the theme: “Whither Nigeria”, that the country has sunk deeper into a frightening multifaceted crisis that required expeditious action and solution. The event, which was held via Zoom with…

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‘Buhari not committed to tackling insecurity – Northern Elders Forum

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Ø  ‘All eyes are on you’, Sultan tells Northern govs. The Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), has lamented what they described as the “dangerous situation” in the North. The spokesman of the Forum, Dr. Hakeem Ahmed, while speaking to newsmen at the venue of the governors’ meeting in Sir Kashim Ibrahim, Kaduna Government House yesterday, said the northern communities were lost, as there seems to be no solution in sight. According to him, “The Federal Government is unable to protect northern communities. The governors are trying their best but they do not…

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“Covid-19 vaccine not compulsory”, says Sultan

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The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar II, has said that people are not under compulsion to be injected with the Covid-19 vaccine. He, therefore, recommended that questions should be asked on the nation’s storage capacity whenever the vaccine eventually arrives in Nigeria. The Sultan, who is the President-General, Nigeria’s Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, stated this during the sensitisation programme on Covid-19 vaccine for Muslim Scholars and Imams in Nigeria, facilitated by the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, (NPHCDA) on Wednesday, in Abuja. At the event, the…

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Kankara abduction, slap on President Buhari’s face – Sultan

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Ø  says lapses exist in nation’s security architecture Ø  ‘Abductors have contacted us’, Masari tells Buhari  The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), led by the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has described the abduction of hundreds of Government Science Secondary School (GSSS), Kankara’s students, as a slap on President Muhammadu Buhari’s face. The apex Islamic body in the North said that the boldness of the bandits to carry out the abduction on the day Mr. President arrived Katsina State on a private visit and bring it up to his…

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Insecurity: “Bandits now go from house to house to kidnap” – Sultan Abubakar laments

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The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Sa’ad Abubakar III, has lamented over the lingering insecurity in the northern part of the country, saying that bandits now go into houses to kidnap people. The Sultan, who is also a former military officer and also the President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, (NSCIA), made the lamentation on Thursday during the 4th quarter 2020 meeting of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council, (NIREC), in Abuja. According to the Sultan, “How much an onion costs in Nigeria today is an insight into the…

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Arewa House@50: ‘This is not Sardauna’s North’, Sultan laments

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‘We need to re-create Nigeria’ – Fayemi Says Nigeria’s amalgamation not a mistake As the North marks the 50th anniversary of its Centre for Historical Documentation and Research, otherwise known as Arewa House, in Kaduna, the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has lamented that the North of today is a far departure from what the late Premier of the North and Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello planned for the region. The Sultan, who stated this in his remarks at the first session of the celebration, said…

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