Tag: Sokoto
North west workers ignore NLC strike
Public and private sector workers in five states of the North West on Wednesday defied the nationwide strike action ordered…
Sokoto repeals road traffic law
The Sokoto State House of Assembly has passed a law to repeal the Sokoto State Road Traffic Law of 1996.…
Tinubu bags Uthman Dan Fodio University honorary degree
The Uthman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto State, will on Saturday, 19 March confer on Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu the Honorary…
APC sweeps local council polls in Sokoto State
The All Progressives Congress (APC), has won all the Chairmanship and Councillorship seat in the Local Government elections conducted on…
Skye Bank takes Millionaire Reward to customers in Sokoto
The ancient city of Sokoto will play host to Skye Bank’s ‘Reach for the Skye’ Millionaire Reward Scheme on 18…
Pastor dupes Sokoto bizman over spiritual solution
Cyriacus Izuekwe A Sokoto State-based businessman, Ogochukwu Raphael, is now stranded after he came to Lagos, western Nigeria, to visit…
Sokoto govt finds N1.5bn in 100 idle accounts
Eromosele Ebhomele The Sokoto State Government said Sunday that it has discovered a total sum of N1.5 billion in 100…
Kidnappers free 75-year-old woman
Hajiya Fatima Mohammed, the 75-year-old woman kidnapped a week ago at Kebbe, in Kebbe Local Government Area of Sokoto State,…
Hajj stampede: Sokoto confirms death of 9 pilgrims
Sokoto State Government has announced that nine pilgrims from the state were among those who lost the lives in the…
Tambuwal appoints 22 commissioners
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Thursday submitted the names of 22 commissioner nominees to the House of Assembly…
Neatest Sokoto police barracks, division to get N100k
The Commissioner of Police in Sokoto, Mr Salisu Fagge, on Saturday instituted N100,000 prize for the neatest Police Division or…
Youths Sweep Jonathan, PDP Leaders Out Of Sokoto
Hundred of youths took to the streets near the palace of the Sultan of the northern Nigerian city of Sokoto,…
Bishop Kukah calls for prayers for release of Chibok girls
Bishop Hassan Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, has called on Nigerians to embark on fervent prayers for the successful…
Wammako calls for prayers to expose sponsors of terror
Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State, northwest Nigeria, on Saturday called for prayers to expose the masterminds of insecurity and…
Sharia court saves 2 Nigerian drivers from amputation
The Sokoto Shariah Court of Appeal in northern Nigeria has set aside the judgment of the Upper Shariah Court 2,…