The announcement follows the positive reports of crescent moon sighting in various locations in Nigeria, the monarch said
The National moonsighting committee is expected to release a detailed statement shortly.
The Eid-ul-fitr festival marks the end of Muslim fasting month, Ramadan, the ninth month of the lunar calendar where Muslims abstain from food, drink and sexual pleasure from dawn to dusk.The Ramadan and other months are either twenty-nine or thirty days, depending on when the new crescent is sighted.
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