Islamic New Year

Former Kano State deputy governorship candidate in the 2023 general elections, Alhaji Murtala Sule Garo, has extended his heartfelt felicitations to Muslims across the world on the occasion of the Islamic New Year, 1st Muharram, 1447 AH. …
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Kano State Government has declared Thursday, June 26, 2025, as a public holiday to mark the beginning of the Islamic New Year, 1447 AH. Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf congratulated Muslim faithful on witnessing the New Year, which begins…
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The Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has declared Sunday, July 7, 2024, as the first day of Muharram, marking the beginning of the Islamic year 1446 after Hijrah. …
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The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has directed the Muslim Ummah to look out for the new moon of Muharram 1443 AH, on Sunday, Aug. 8. Abubakar…
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Kano State Government has declared tomorrow Thursday, August 20, as public holiday to mark the new Islamic year 1442 AH. The State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information  Muhammad…
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Thousands of Muslims faithful including the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari on Sunday converged at the llorin stadium to celebrate the commencement of the new Islamic calendar known as Hijrah 1441 The News Agency of Nigeria…
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Kano State Government has declared Tuesday, September 11, as public holiday to mark the new Islamic year 1440 AH.  A statement signed by the state commissioner for Information, Youth and Culture, Malam Muhammad Garba quoted Governor…
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Some Islamic groups in Nigeria on Thursday demanded  federal and state governments to declare the first day of the Islamic calendar as a public holiday. In their separate Hijrah (New Year) messages to mark the first day of the Islamic…
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