Nigeria: Eid El-Fitr - Sultan Urges Muslims to Look for New Moon Saturday

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar, has urged the Muslim Ummah in the country to look for the new Moon of Shawwal on Saturday, June 24.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Sultan made the call in a statement signed by the chairman, Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Sultanate Council, Sokoto, Prof. Sambo Wali, yesterday.

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