Tag: Sokoto State
Wamakko Calls For Support To Security Agencies
Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State on Wednesday urged members of the public to give maximum support to all security…
Sokoto CP commends APC for peaceful rally
The Sokoto State Police Command, has commended politicians in the state for their maturity that led to the peaceful conduct…
Wamakko promises Nigerians democracy dividends
Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State on Monday expressed confidence on the ability of the All progressives Congress (APC) to…
5 governors attend APC rally in Sokoto, Buhari absent
Former Nigeria’s military ruler and APC Chiefain, retired Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, was absent at the North West Zonal Rally of…
Sokoto state donates N2m to orphans, needy
The Sokoto State Government has donated a total of N2 million to 50 orphans and 100 needy persons to alleviate…
Six die of food poisoning as Imam drowns in Sokoto
Six members of the same family have reportedly died as a result of suspected food poisoning in Awilkiti village of…
NSCDC gathers intelligence report on APC North-West meeting
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Sokoto state said it had already deployed some personnel to gather…
Sokoto Assembly passes confidence vote on Gov. Wamakko
The Sokoto State House of Assembly on Friday passed a vote of confidence on Governor Aliyu Wamakko of the state…
FG partners stakeholders to fight Ebola virus
The Director of Port Health, Federal Ministry of Health, Dr Nasiru Gwarzo, has said that the Federal and other stakeholders…
Amaechi launches distribution of 1,000 tiller machines to Sokoto farmers
Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State on Friday in Kasarawa village, Wamakko local government of Sokoto State, launched the distribution…
Sokoto District Head loses 5 family members to accident
Five persons from the same family have been reportedly killed in a road accident that occurred on Saturday on Shagari-Tureta…
Ihejirika calls for deployment of soldier to borders
Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika (retd), on Saturday called for the deployment of military personnel to the…
Sultanate plans to establish all women university in Sokoto
The Sultanate Council of Sokoto plans to establish all women Medical University in Sokoto, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Saad…
PDP to wrest power from APC in Sokoto in 2015
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto State said on Sunday that it would wrest power from the ruling All…
Sokoto Spends N70m On Almajiri School
Sokoto State Government has spent about N70 million on the construction of the first phase of the Almajiri school in…
PDP adopts consensus in ward congresses
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto State on Saturday resorted to the use of dialogue during its congresses in…
Sokoto to sponsor 164 students to Sudan
The Sokoto State Government said on Saturday that it had approved N331.63 million for the sponsorship of 164 medical and…
Police arrest 3 robbery suspects, recover N15m
The Sokoto State Police Command on Monday said it had recovered N15 million from three armed robbery suspects. The Deputy…
We need moral rejuvenation through books – Tambuwal
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal on Saturday called for the publication of more books that would…
Sokoto Govt. to sell houses to civil servants
The Sokoto State Government has concluded arrangements to sell houses to civil servants on owner occupier basis, the Commissioner for…
Arms Importation: NSCDC deploys officers to monitor borders
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) command in Sokoto has deployed security men in plain-clothes to the border…
Don’t mix politics with religion – Wamakko
Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State has cautioned Nigerians against mixing politics with religion. He gave the warning on Friday…
Sokoto Sultanate to establish female university
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, said on Saturday that arrangement has been concluded by the Sultanate Council to…
More governors to join APC soon- Wamakko
Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State says more governors have concluded plans to join the All Progressives Congress (APC). Wamakko,…
Sycophancy Has Destroyed PDP
Aliyu Magatakada Wamakko, Governor of Sokoto State, in this interview with AROME ATTAH in Sokoto gives insight into the causes…
Sokoto buries indigene-non indigene policy
The northern Nigerian state of Sokoto said it has abolished the indigene and non-indigene policy in the state, a means…
Political rallies outlawed in Sokoto state
The Police Command in Sokoto State on Monday banned all political parties from holding rallies, pasting of posters and billboards…
Wammako will not rejoin PDP, says official
Governor Aliyu Wamakko would not return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), an official government statement has said, to head…
Sokoto APC attracts more big guns
Two governorship candidates in the 2011 elections in the northern Nigerian state of Sokoto , Alhaji Abubakar Yabo and Alhaji…
200 Sokoto students on scholarship to Cyprus, Pakistan
The Sokoto Government on Sunday announced plans to sponsor 200 students to pursue various degree programmes in Cyprus and Pakistan.…