“Non-sighting of the moon”
The Federal Government on Tuesday extended the Eid-il-Fitr holiday to Thursday.
A statement issued by the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, in Abuja quoted the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, as saying the Ramadan fast continues on Tuesday due to the “non-sighting of the moon” heralding the month of Shawwal in the Muslim calendar.
Sultan Abubakar is the President General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs.
Dambazau noted that the federal government has now declared Wednesday and Thursday as public holiday. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Where is the MOON?
ReplyDeleteAbeg this is a joke ooo:
DeleteTHE MOON..!
The sighting of the moon was Inconclusive
-INEC
The sighting of the vmoon has been adjourned till tomorrow
-Abuja High Court
The sighting of the moon was not altered, a committee will be set-up to be headed by Sen. David Mark (Chairman Senate committee on Observation)
-Senate
The moon has already been sighted tomorrow
-Lai Mohammed
The anomally in the crescentic illumna of the moon in the atmospheric galaxy is tantamount to more crinkum crankum & hoola-baloo
-Patrick Obahiagbon
GEJ is the cause of the moon not sighted in Nigeria
-Buhari
We will create another moon for Nigerians
-APC
Due to none sighting of the Moon, the Board of the Ulamas has been dissolved.
-Presidency
We blew up the moon and we will blow up more moons
-Niger Delta Avengers
We are responsible for the absence of the moon in the sky
-Boko Haram
Those responsible for the missing moon will soon be apprehended and charged accordingly. We have evidence.
-EFCC
We dont want to sight the Moon
-Biafrans
We know where the moon is but we dont want to say.
-The US govt.
Good humour!
DeleteHahahahaha a a a a a. You've a very good sense of humour having a good understanding of the Nigeria politics
DeleteA street hawker was seen trying to sell the moon in Lagos traffic jam.
DeleteWe shall ban street hawking in Lagos state.
- Gov. Ambode
I tender my sincere apologies for the recent absence of the moon. It has been in my possession for the past one week. My top scientists have been carring out a critical study on it as I intend to establish a moon factory that shall commence production from December 2016. However, the moon shall be made available for all again at 2.00 a.m. today unfailing.
Thank you all for your usual understanding.
- Aliko Dangote.
Log on to www.facemoon.com to download the new improved Windows moon, beta version.
-Bill Gates
#bringbackourmoon
- Oby Ezekwesili
This is a mere eclipse of the moon and it happens once in every 867 years!
- Anonymous Undergraduate (12th year, Physics/Astro.)
Kai! Flease, ah wetin I call am por moon?
- Unknown
Nice analogy.
ReplyDeleteHello Nigerians! !! Expect more days of public holiday for the moon ain't gonna come, you cannot incarcerate and bottled-up Nigerians in agony of hardship, poverty and slavery in this physical world and expect to do same to the Spiritual World governing this physical world. You will NEVER sight the moon at least for the now. Perhaps, Buhari and his team at this time as usual will castigate the blems, the delay and even the refusal of the moon to surface on GEJ. Nigerians my people please understand the time, this is very unusual and there are consequences to this omen. The heavenly have spoken, let those that have ears hear and those with eyes see.
ReplyDeleteNothing we no go hear from this clueless administration, so what if the moon vanishes indefinitely that means public hols till infinity.
ReplyDeleteIncompetence! Everyone expected the holidays to be Wednesday and Thursday but the Minister hastily declared Tuesday and Wednesday!! I don't know where he got his fact from? Did he consult with the scientists and the Met Department before declaring the holiday? He just declared it in the midst of a press conference on another matter!!
ReplyDeleteHahaha in Britain some people would had resigned by now. But here in Nigeria ...I NAAA!
ReplyDeleteBREAKING NEWS: NEW ISLAMIC SYMBOL
ReplyDelete-Sura Mei'suya
Owing to the current state of uncertainty of the end of the Ramadan in Nigeria, the Nigerian Conglomerate of Islamic Scholars in collaboration with the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs have resolved during a closed door meeting at about 1.15am today, that the crescent moon (new moon) should be removed and no longer be part of the Islamic symbol in Nigeria. This leaves the symbol with only a star.
While addressing the press early this morning in a media chat, it was gathered that the reason for this is that the moon can no longer be trusted since there exists only one, but on the contrary, all stars cannot vanish at the same time.
Questions about what the reactions of other Islamic countries would be were rebuffed by the attendees of the meeting as it was obvious that confussion was looming allover their faces.
More updates shall be brought to you as new events unfold.
The moon is inconclusive. INEC
ReplyDeleteI see the moon, the moon sees me, God bless the moon, and God bless me
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