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…