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MAXIMIZING THE BENEFITS OF THE FIRST TEN DAYS OF ZUL- HIJJAH

MAXIMIZING THE BENEFITS OF THE FIRST TEN DAYS OF ZUL- HIJJAH                             By:                 Nurudeen Dauda                 6th June, 2024 nurudeendauda24@gmail.com nurudeendauda24@yahoo.com nurudeendauda.blogspot.com The month of Zul-Hijjah is the last month of the Islamic calendar. It is the month which one of the five pillars of Islam called "Hajj" is performed. In Islam there is a consensus among "scholars" that as for "days" the first ten "days" of Zul-Hijjah are the best "days". As for "nights" the last ten "nights" of Ramadan are the best "nights". As for "days" in a "week" "Friday" is the best "day" in a "week".  The first ten "days" of the month of Zul -Hijjah are among the most significant in Islam. Every muslim should take full advantage of this wonderful opportunity by offering as much more Ibaadah to Allah...
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THE BENEFITS OF FASTING IN YAUMAL ARAFAH

THE BENEFITS OF FASTING IN YAUMAL ARAFAH                             By:                  Nurudeen Dauda                 14th June, 2024 nurudeendauda24@gmail.com nurudeendauda24@yahoo.com nurudeendauda.blogspot.com Today is the 8th day of Zul-Hijjah and tomorrow will be the 9th day of Zul- Hijjah the day of Arafaat . It is called ‘Yaumal Arafah’ (The day of Arafah). It is the day when the Hujjaj (Hajj pilgrims) assemble in the plain of Arafat, six miles away from Makkah Mukkaramah, and perform the most essential part of the prescribed duties of Hajj which is the rite of wukuf, (that is standing before sunset on Arafat).  For pilgrims performing Hajj it is the high point of Hajj without which it would be considered incomplete. The Day of Arafah is the most significant day. As the Prophet (PBUH) said: “Arafah is the Hajj’ (Ahmed) ...
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KADUNA STATE SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMME: BETWEEN GOVERNOR EL-RUFA’I AND HIS CRITIQUES! PART (2)

KADUNA STATE SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMME:  BETWEEN GOVERNOR EL-RUFA’I AND HIS CRITIQUES!                                                                                             PART (2)                         By:                                                                Nurudeen Dauda 27th February,2016 nurudeendauda24@gmail.com  nurudendauda24@yahoo.com  nurudeendau.blogspot.com                                          ...
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KADUNA STATE SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMME: BETWEEN GOVERNOR EL-RUFA’I AND HIS CRITIQUES! PART(1)

KADUNA STATE SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMME: BETWEEN GOVERNOR EL-RUFA’I AND HIS CRITIQUES!                           PART(1)                             By:                Nurudeen Dauda             26th February,2016 nurudeendauda24@gmail.com nurudendauda24@yahoo.com  nurudeendauda.blogspot.com As a product of ideas Kaduna state government might even make profit from the school feeding programme. Please have the patience and come with me! In my humble opinion leadership requires: Ideas, vision, courage, exposure and experience. With governor El-rufa’i Kaduna state is lucky !There was a report by the Unite Nations Educational Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) which said majority of the children of the Sub Sahara African are suffering from acute  Malnutrition which directly...
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EMIRS' SANUSI II VS AMINU ADO BAYERO'S POWER TUSSLE: POLITICAL SOLUTION IN SIGHT

EMIRS' SANUSI II VS AMINU ADO BAYERO'S POWER TUSSLE: POLITICAL SOLUTION IN SIGHT                            By:                 Nurudeen Dauda                30th January,2026 nurudeendauda24@gmail.com  nurudeendauda24@yahoo.com  nurudeendauda.blogspot.com To start with, the present "power tussle" on Kano emir's throne has lingered too much because of the politics involve in the tussle through both visible and invisible hands from within and outside Kano State. It is obvious that Kwankwaso vs Ganduje political rivalry is at the center of it. The Kano APC vs NNPP's politics sustains the tussle.   The commissioner of information of Kano State hinted that following the defection of Governor Engr Abba Kabir Yusuf to the ruling APC a resolution will soon be found on the emirship tussle. Before now we have an emir allegedly b...
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EMIR MUHAMMAD SANUSI'S PhD

EMIR MUHAMMAD SANUSI'S PhD                          By             Nurudeen Dauda              24th August, 2024 nurudeendauda24@gmail.com  nurudeendauda24@yahoo.com  nurudeendauda.blogspot.com HRH Khalifa Dr Muhammad Sanusi II, CON, BSc Economics, MSc Economics, BA Islamic Studies & Sharia, and PhD Islamic Law has on the 21st of August, 2024 successfully defended his PhD thesis with "no corrections" on the topic: "Codification of Islamic Family Law as an Instrument of Social Reform: A Case Study of the Emirate of Kano and Comparison with the Kingdom of Morocco." In 2011, Dr Abdullahi Tasi'u Abubakar the then Daily Trust editor -at-large and a former BBC worker and now a Senior Lecturer and Director of PhD Programme in the Department of Journalism at City University of London obtained his PhD in Journalism and Mass Communications from the Univer...
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SIR AHMADU BELLO (KBE) AND SIR MUHAMMAD SANUSI I (KBE ): THE BEST OF FRIENDS AND IN-LAWS WHO FELL APART

SIR AHMADU BELLO (KBE) AND SIR MUHAMMAD SANUSI I (KBE ): THE BEST OF FRIENDS AND IN-LAWS WHO FELL APART                                    By:                      Nurudeen Dauda                     11th September,2025 nurudeendauda24@gmail.com  nurudeendauda24@yahoo.com  nurudeendauda.blogspot.com To begin with, the late Sir Ahmadu Bello Sardaunan Sokoto(KBE) and the late Sir (Khaliha) Muhammad Sanusi I (KBE) of blessed  memories were the best of friends and In-laws. Sir Ahmadu Bello Sardaunan Sokoto is from the royal Fulani Torankawa clan of Sokoto Caliphate while Sir (Khaliha) Muhammad Sanusi (I) is from the royal Fulani Sullubawa clan of Kano Emirate. Prior to becoming Emir, Sanusi held the title of Ciroman Kano and in 1947 he became a member of the regional House of Assembly....
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