{"id":197036,"date":"2026-03-18T20:04:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T19:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/sultan-of-sokoto-declares-friday-eid-el-fitr"},"modified":"2026-03-18T21:24:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T20:24:49","slug":"sultan-of-sokoto-declares-friday-eid-el-fitr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sultan-of-sokoto-declares-friday-eid-el-fitr","title":{"rendered":"Sultan of Sokoto declares Friday Eid-El-Fitr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa\u2019ad Abubakar, has officially declared Friday, March 20, 2026 the day of Eid-El-Fitr.<\/p>\n<p>He made this announcement, Wednesday evening, stating that the Shawwal crescent moon was not sighted in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Eid-El-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting, and is widely observed by Muslims across the world with prayers and feasting.<\/p>\n<p>This declaration aligns with the announcement from Saudi Arabian authorities, who also confirmed that the crescent moon marking the beginning of Shawwal was not sighted on Wednesday, setting Friday as the date for the celebration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa\u2019ad Abubakar, has officially declared Friday, March 20, 2026 the day of Eid-El-Fitr. He made this announcement, Wednesday evening, stating that the Shawwal crescent moon was not sighted in Nigeria. Eid-El-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting, and is widely observed by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":197035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-197036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sultan of Sokoto declares Friday Eid-El-Fitr - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa\u2019ad Abubakar, has officially declared Friday, March 20, 2026 the day of Eid-El-F ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sultan-of-sokoto-declares-friday-eid-el-fitr\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sultan of Sokoto declares Friday Eid-El-Fitr\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa\u2019ad Abubakar, has officially declared Friday, March 20, 2026 the day of Eid-El-F ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sultan-of-sokoto-declares-friday-eid-el-fitr\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-18T19:04:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-18T20:24:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1773865317.337589.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sultan-of-sokoto-declares-friday-eid-el-fitr#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sultan-of-sokoto-declares-friday-eid-el-fitr\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Sultan of Sokoto declares Friday Eid-El-Fitr\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-18T19:04:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-18T20:24:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sultan-of-sokoto-declares-friday-eid-el-fitr\"},\"wordCount\":112,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sultan-of-sokoto-declares-friday-eid-el-fitr#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1773865317.337589.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sultan-of-sokoto-declares-friday-eid-el-fitr#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sultan-of-sokoto-declares-friday-eid-el-fitr\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/sultan-of-sokoto-declares-friday-eid-el-fitr\",\"name\":\"Sultan of Sokoto declares Friday Eid-El-Fitr - 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