Tag: Sokoto
Facebook scammer Murtala bags 10 years in Sokoto
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Sokoto Zonal Office on Monday, secured the conviction of Murtala Abdullateef for attempting…
FRSC urges more use of bicycles
Sokoto State, in collaboration with the FRSC, has started an enlightenment campaign on the increased use of bicycles to promote…
Bandits kill 9, rustle 500 cows in Sokoto
The government and people of Sokoto State are in deep mourning over bandits attack that left at least nine persons…
Sokoto women, children rewarded for immunization compliance
A non-governmental organisation (NGO) on Friday rewarded 62 women, 20 children, community leaders and health workers for presenting themselves for…
Sokoto SDG receives hospital equipment recovered by EFCC
The Sokoto Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, December 17, 2020, handed over 2011…
Sokoto pays N500m compensation to community
Sokoto state government has earmarked about N500m to pay as compensation to residents affected by an ongoing erosion control project…
Alleged N3.3m fraud: 3 Sokoto medical workers jailed
Justice Bello Duwale of the Sokoto State High Court, sitting in Sokoto on 11 December 2020, convicted and sentenced three…
EU-UN partnership empowers Sokoto victims of VVF, GBV
The EU-UN Spotlight Initiative Project in Sokoto State, on Saturday, provided working tools to 200 survivors of Gender-Based Violence (GBV)…
Sokoto youths urged to embrace entrepreneurship
The 21st Century Entrepreneurship Hub, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), on Sunday called on youths and women in Sokoto to leverage…
Sokoto to build 12 police stations
Sokoto State government says it has concluded plans to construct 12 police stations at a cost of N37 million each.
Police neutralise Sokoto bandits, recover rifles
Sokoto Police Command said it has neutralised two bandits in the vicinity of Yabo Sanyinna forest while preparing to carry…
Sokoto builds N232m Solar power mini grid
Sokoto State government says it has spent N232 million to install 60kw Solar power mini-grid for security light, hospital, Mosques…
Flood: NEMA donates relief materials to Sokoto victims
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has donated relief materials to victims of flood in Tambuwal and Bodinga Local Government…
Sokoto govt. denies hoarding COVID-19 Palliatives
Governor Aminu Tambuwal has denied hoarding COVID-19 palliatives meant for citizens amid the pandemic.
One dies, 3 others injured in stampede for Gov. Tambuwal’s cash
A stampede for the monetary gift doled out by Governor Aminu Tambuwal in Sokoto on Friday has led to tragedy…