Tag: Sokoto State
Sokoto Commissioner for religious affairs dies, buried
Suleiman, a traditional title holder of Danmadamin Isa died as a result of brief illness in Sokoto.
Sokoto Governor-elect Aliyu unveils 9-point agenda
The agenda includes uplifting the standards of education, healthcare delivery and water supply. Others are agriculture, security, youth empowerment, local…
‘We are not poor,’ – Sokoto govt faults poverty rating
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed that 133 million, or about 63 percent of Nigerians, are suffering from multidimensional…
2023: Bafarawa leads PDP campaign in Sokoto
By Muhammad Nasir Former governor Attahiru Bafarawa has been appointed to lead the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship campaign for…
2023: Police warn against hate speeches, violent campaigns
Ussaini Gumel, Sokoto Police Commissioner reiterated the warning during a consultation meeting with political parties, law enforcement agents and other…
How Sokoto student caused amputation of colleague’s leg
The victim was outside the school premises after their final examination when another student driving a car on a high…
Sokoto Speaker, 3 ex-APC governorship aspirants defect to PDP
Receiving the defectors, Okowa said that the PDP Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has the quality and knowledge to solve…
Shari’ah Court bars journalists from covering proceedings
A Tudun Wada Lower Shari’ah Court sitting at Kanwuri in Sokoto metropolist, on Thursday, barred journalists from covering proceedings without…
Blasphemy: The North will be consumed by the Monsters it created
It's on record that President Buhari and his APC minders actually used many more of such irritants Islamically manipulated fundamentalists…
Deborah Samuel: Sokoto govt. shifts school resumption by one week
Commissioner of Basic and Secondary Education, Dr Bello Guiwa, directed all public and private schools to resume on May 22,…
I did not divert N198B: Gov. Tambuwal
Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal has rubbished reports that he diverted N198bn.
Appeal Court upholds 4-year jail term for 2 Sokoto officials
Mr. Bashar Garba, before his conviction by the lower court, was the State National Union of Teachers (NUT) treasurer, while…
Sokoto NLC resolves to join nationwide protest
NLC had directed state chapters to sensitise and mobilise members on proposed protests to oppose a planned increase in the…
NSCDC arrests 4 kidnappers in Sokoto
According to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), two of the suspects were informants whilst the other two…
JUST IN: Sokoto terrorists set bus ablaze, kill 30
The residents said the villagers were ambushed on a road linking the Sabon Birni local government area and the village…
Tambuwal signs child protection bill into law
Tambuwal signed the law on Monday at an elaborate ceremony attended by the UN Resident Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward…
Tambuwal asks FG to lift blockade of telecoms services on Sokoto
Tambuwal attributed the influx of marauders into Sokoto State to military operations in neighbouring Zamfara.
Tambuwal urges Nigerian Army to protect schools
Tambuwal said this on Wednesday, at the inauguration of the second Nigerian Army Corps Education summit.
Bandits on rampage, shoot 20 villagers dead in Sokoto
Bandits have invaded a market at Ungwan Lalle in Sabon Birni Local Government Area in Sokoto State and shot 20…
Sokoto govt to establish civil servants’ institute
Tambuwal dropped this hint at the swearing-in ceremony of the four newly appointed permanent secretaries and five directors-general.
Tambuwal signs 10 Executive Orders to combat insecurity
The orders were signed following wide consultations with all stakeholders and constituted authorities as well as security and law enforcement…
Tambuwal gives order to demolish village
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, on Tuesday, announced that the state government would demolish Raymond village, which is notorious…
Boat mishap kills 13 in Sokoto, Tambuwal, Wamakko mourn
The Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, and Chairman, Senate Committee on Defence, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, have mourned the death…
Lawmaker kills armed robber, injures others in Sokoto
House of Representatives member, Abdullahi Balarabe Salame has disclosed that he killed one of the Gunmen that stormed his home,…
2021 Budget: Tambuwal seeks approval on N30bn loan
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has requested the approval of the state House of Assembly to secure N30 billion…
Gov. Tambuwal swears in 3 new commissioners
Governor Aminu Tambuwal on Wednesday swore-in Mainasara Ahmad, Bashir Gorau and Maikudi Ahmed to serve as commissioners and members of…
Police screen 785 potential constables in Sokoto
The Police Command in Sokoto State on Wednesday says it has screened over 785 candidates from nine local government areas…
RCCG remembers widows of policemen in Sokoto
The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Sokoto Province, Region 18, on Saturday extended food assistance to more than 50…
Gov. Tambuwal to give women interest-free loans
The Sokoto State government, through its Giginya Microfinance Bank, will be offering interest-free loans to about 1,800 women in the…
Sokoto govt gets N65.7b loan to buy cars, fertilizer, fund hajj
Governor Aminu Tambuwal's Sokoto state government said it would secure N65.7 billion loan to finance agricultural programmes, housing, water supply…