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Int’l Quranic recitation competition: NSCIA lists Nigeria’s representatives  

David Adenekan
David Adenekan
Quran recitation competition

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, has announced the result of the 39th edition of the National Qur’anic Recitation Competition, held in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State.

This is as the council also declared that the winners were the qualified candidates to represent Nigeria at the different categories of the 2025 international Quranic competition.

FrontPage reports that the 39th edition of the National Qur’anic Recitation Competition was held between December 20 and 28, 2024.

According to a statement issued by the Secretary-General of the NSCIA, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, the competition, which featured six categories, was organised by the accredited agent of the Council on all Musabaqah-related matters – Centre for Islamic Studies, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, on behalf of the entire Ummah in Nigeria.

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He stated that the council expected that all the winners would continue to be worthy ambassadors of Islam and the Ummah in both learning and character.

The results of the six categories of the competition (for both females and males) are as follows:

1ST CATEGORY

MEMORIZATION OF THE WHOLE QUR’AN WITH TAFSIR & QIRA’AT

Position FEMALE MALE
NAME STATE TOTAL NAME STATE TOTAL
1st Rumaisa’u Dahir Ibrahim Gombe 95.60 Bukhari Sunusi Idris Kano 98.20
2nd Fatima Abubakar Lawan Kano 94.60 Nuhu Muhammad Gombe 96.20
3rd Zainab Yazid Katsina 92.50 Mustapha Muhammad Nasir Kebbi 95.30

 

2nd CATEGORY

MEMORIZATION OF THE WHOLE QUR’AN WITH TAFSIR

Position FEMALE MALE
NAME STATE TOTAL NAME STATE TOTAL
1st Khadijah Aliyu Ubam Nasarawa 96.60 Bilal Hamza Abubakar Zamfara 96.20
2nd Zeenat Olawumi Hamzat Oyo 95.80 Ismail Dahiru Nuhu Plateau 96.01
3rd Hafsa Yakubu Idris Kano 94.50 Nasiru Dahiru Atafowa Bauchi 96.00

  

3rd CATEGORY

MEMORIZATION OF 60 HIZBS OF THE GLORIOUS QUR’AN

Position FEMALE MALE
NAME STATE TOTAL NAME STATE TOTAL
1st Khadija Ibrahim Aliyu Kaduna 99.50 Abdussalam Rabiu Katsina 98.80
2nd Fatima Musa Ahmad Borno 97.80 Ahmad Zakariya Salisu Yobe 98.00
3rd Hafsat Ahmad Abubakar Plateau 97.70 Musa Aminu Sokoto 97.20

 

 4TH CATEGORY

MEMORIZATION OF 30 HIZB OF THE GLORIOUS QUR’AN

Position FEMALE MALE
NAME STATE TOTAL NAME STATE TOTAL
1st Aishatu Suleiman Isgogo Kebbi 98.50 Lawal Jafar Sokoto 97.41
2nd Khadijah Musa Kaduna 98.40 Jabir Dahiru Ibrahim Jigawa 97.40
3rd Jameelat Opeyemi Tijani Kwara 98.20 Muhmmad Babagana Aji Kolo Borno 97.30

 

 5TH CATEGORY

MEMORIZATION OF 10 HIZBS OF THE GLORIOUS QUR’AN & TANGHEEM

Position FEMALE MALE
NAME STATE TOTAL NAME STATE TOTAL
1st Sumayyah Umar Sheik Niger 96.50 Mahmud Bashar Jigawa 92.80
2nd Rukayya Aminu Yakubu Jigawa 94.30 Issa Abdul-lateef Kwara 87.20
3rd Hauwa’u Muhammad Bala Plateau 94.20 Abdulmajeed Idris Edo 86.6

 

 6TH CATEGORY

MEMORIZATION OF 2 CONSECUTIVE HIZBS OF THE GLORIOUS QUR’AN

 

Position FEMALE MALE
NAME STATE TOTAL NAME STATE TOTAL
1 Fatima Bello Abdullahi Cross River 98.30 Mohammed Sani Hassan Ebonyi 96.30
2 Zainab Muhammad Hussaini Edo 98.10 Musa Jafar Enugu 95.50
3 Fatima Abubakar Sadiq Akwa Ibom 97.20 Abdulganiyy Abdulsabur Umar Edo 94.40

 

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