Tag: Sokoto State
Sokoto pays N5,000 monthly to 10,120 families to keep girls in schools
More than 10,120 families in Sokoto State receive government’s N5,000 monthly stipend aimed at enhancing girl-child education, according to Malam…
Sokoto State to apply measures to achieve 2018 Budget implementation
Alhaji Bala Kokoni, the Sokoto state Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, has restated government commitment to ensure measures for…
Sokoto govt. procures 833 trucks of fertilizer for dry season farming
Alhaji Umaru Nagwari, the Sokoto State Commissioner for Agriculture says that the state government has procured 833 trucks of fertilizer…
Sokoto Govt. to distribute 3,500 pasta-making machines to women
The Sokoto State Government on Monday says it will distribute 3,500 pasta-making machines to women as part of its poverty…
2019 elections: ‘Distraction and unhelpful’, focus on governance – Tambuwal
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has described discussions on the 2019 elections as a `distraction and unhelpful’ to elective…
Customs arrests truck conveying contraband clothing materials worth N17m
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has arrested a truck conveying 340 bales of clothing materials worth N17 million in Sokoto,…
Rep member urges Nigerians to patronise locally made goods
A member of House of Representatives, Alhaji Muntari Dandutse (APC Katsina), on Friday enjoined Nigerians to check their high taste…
Sokoto State Govt. diversifies, trains 79 local miners
In line with Federal Government diversification policy and in order to boost employment opportunity among the youths, Sokoto state government…
400 women trained on small-scale businesses in Sokoto
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Sokoto State says it has trained 400 women on small-scale businesses to promote…
Tambuwal gives safety assures Nigerians in Sokoto
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Thursday restated his government’s commitment to safety and peaceful co-existence of all residents…
Oil exploration: NNPC begins prospecting of Sokoto Basin
The Nigeria National Petroleum Cooperation (NNPC) said it has started the process that would lead to the exploration of oil…
563 Sokoto pilgrims back home
The first batch of 563 pilgrims from Sokoto State who performed the hajj in Saudi Arabia have returned home.
Sallah: Zakkat supports orphans with N10.3 million
The Sokoto State Zakkat and Endowment Commission on Thursday distributed N10.3 million to 86 District Heads to buy cows for…
Sokoto, UNICEF to boost education, health, sanitation
Sokoto State Government said on Tuesday in Sokoto it paid N1.8 billion as counterpart funding in various initiatives entered with…
Buhari commiserates with Sokoto indigenes over Wamakko’s death
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the Government and people of Sokoto State over the passing away of a member…