The JNI’s statement follows public controversy over the establishment of Shari’a arbitration panels in some parts of south-west Nigeria. Professor Khalid Abubakar Aliyu, the JNI Secretary ...

The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) has asserted that Muslims seeking adjudication on personal and civil matters under Islamic law is a constitutional right, not a privilege. The JNI’s statement ...

JNI, being led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, noted that Section 275 of the 1999 Constitution grants states the authority to establish Sharia courts, and by extension ...