*Abubakar Hashim is TheEWS’ West Africa Bureau Chief. He is currently in Liberia to cover the upcoming 178 independence anniversary on 26 July 2025.

Atiku calls for immortalisation of Dantata Former vice-president Atiku Abubakar has urged the Federal Government to immortalise late Alhaji Aminu Dantata by renaming a public institution after him.

Saudi Arabia and Nigeria’s Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, have both announced that Thursday, 26 June 2025, marks the beginning of the new Islamic year, 1 Muharram 1447 AH. The Saudi ...

Ridzuan Hashim says Shukri Ramli need not resign as Perlis menteri besar despite his defeat in the Arau divisional elections.

He is immensely popular, especially at the grassroots, irrespective of tribal colouration. He is a northerner who is deeply popular in a Southern-dominated political party. * Abubakar Hashim is ...

The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has declared ‘enough is enough’ to the senseless killings in Benue State. Naija News reports that more than 300 people have lost their lives in a wave of ...

The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has condemned the killings in Benue State, declaring that “enough is enough.” Abubakar stated that such senseless killings—regardless of race ...

The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), has conveyed the deep pain and genuine disturbance of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, over the renewed spate of gruesome killings in parts of ...

Joining in the condemnation, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, on behalf of Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), described the renewed violence in Benue as barbaric, inhumane ...

The apex Islamic body in the North, Jama'atu Nasril Islam (JNI), under the leadership of its President-General, Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, has expressed concern over the renewed ...