PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday said the Federal Government would not grant amnesty to members of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram. Jonathan who spoke at a Town Hall meeting in Damaturu, during his official visit to Yobe State, said members of Boko Haram, by their mode of operation, deserved no amnesty in the manner […]
By Luka Binniyat KADUNA — THE Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, yesterday, asked President Goodluck Jonathan to immediately grant amnesty to all members of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, as a way of encouraging them to lay down their arms. Abubakar, who is also the President-General of Ja’matu Nasril Islam, JNI, the umbrella […]
Sokoto – Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar has called on the Federal Government to dialogue with Boko Haram sect in order to ensure the return of peace and security in the nation. He made the plea on Wednesday when he received the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika at his palace in Sokoto. The Sultan […]
By LUKA BINNIYAT KADUNA—The Sultan of Sokoto and President, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, Dr. Sa’ad Abubakar III, yesterday said that the present security and developmental challenges facing Northern Nigeria was self inflicted by northerners themselves. The Sultan spoke at the Northern Nigeria Governors Peace and Reconciliation Committee meeting in Kaduna, blaming northerners […]
What is the role of traditional rulers in the battle for peace in NIgeria? The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, says traditional rulers are joining forces with the government and other stakeholders to restore peace to the country. Terrorism has crept into the country, with the Boko Haram sect setting off bombs in […]
Apparently disturbed by by challenges facing the country and the Muslim community in particular, a must –attend conference has been scheduled to hold in Abuja middle of this month by a coalition of Muslim organizations in Nigeria to discuss the state of the nation. Those expected to attend the two-day confab include the Sultan of […]
President-General, NIREC, Alhaji Saad Abubakar •IG wants security beefed-up By Our Reporters President-General of Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs in Nigeria (SCIAN) and co-chairman of the Nigeria Inter Religious Council (NIREC), Alhaji Saad Abubakar, has congratulated Nigerian Christians as they join their counterparts across the world to celebrate the Easter. In a special Easter felicitation […]
Thursday , March 08, 2012 More Stories on This Section Two Boko Haram kingpins in the custody of the State Security Service (SSS) Kabiru Sokoto and Abu Qaqa have revealed more plans the group has. In their confessional statements in Abuja yesterday to the SSS, Abu Qaqa, the sects’ spokesman now in detention and Kabiru […]
Former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza al-Mustapha and aide to the late Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, Lateef Sofolahan have appealed Monday’s judgment of a Lagos High Court which sentenced them to death by hanging. This is even as prominent northern traditional rulers led by the Sultan […]
THE Boko Haram sect has warned the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, to intervene in the release of its arrested members by the police, as failure to do so could lead to attacks and bombings of Sokoto, as it did in Kano on Friday, January 20, 2012. The sect alleged that many […]
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