Tag: Sokoto
Teenager remanded for allegedly committing homosexual act
A Sokoto State Chief Magistrates’ Court has ordered that an 18-year-old man, Mohammed Bello, charged with committing homosexual act, be…
2018 Hajj: Sokoto begins biometric data registration
Sokoto State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Agency (SSMPWA) on Wednesday commenced biometric data capturing in the ongoing registration for 2018 Hajj.
Sokoto has 131,687 unclaimed PVCs – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said no fewer than 131, 687 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) were still uncollected in…
JOHESU Strike: Red Cross takes over patients management at Sokoto Specialist Hospital
The intervention followed the solidarity strike embarked upon by state health workers with the protracted nationwide industrial action initiated by…
Minister Condoles With Oyo, Sokoto States Over Officials’ Deaths
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described as untimely and shocking the recent deaths of the…
Sokoto Zakat Commission donates N1.2m, 339 bags of millet to 461 needy persons
No fewer than 461 beneficiaries in Wamakko and Gumbi District of Sokoto State have received N 1.22 million and 339…
36-year-old guard remanded in prison over alleged homosexuality
A 36-year-old guard, Usman Mohammed, was on Thursday remanded in prison by a Sokoto Magistrates’ Court over alleged homosexual act…
Staff census captures 90% of Sokoto workers
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has called on civil servants whose biometrics are yet to be captured in the ongoing staff…
Buhari’s approval: Sokoto allocates land, structures for Army’s new division
Weeks after President Muhammadu Buhari approved the take-off of the new 8 Division for the Nigerian Army in Sokoto, the…
70-year-old pensioner remanded in prison over alleged attempted rape of minor
A Sokoto Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded a 70-year-old pensioner, Haliru Usman, in prison over alleged attempt to rape a…
15 Sokoto polio immunisation workers receive performance awards
No fewer than 15 front line workers on polio eradication campaign have received outstanding performance awards in recognition of their…
Sokoto to repeal obsolete laws, as IGR jumps by 98%
Governor Aminu Tambuwal has said his administration has begun process of repealing obsolete laws hampering against effective revenue generation in…
Sokoto: Access to immunization increase by 1000 percent
Sokoto State Government said it has increased access to immunization by more a thousand fold, from a meagre 2.5% in…
Easter: FRSC deploys 60 officers for traffic control in Sokoto
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has deployed no fewer than 60 personnel for traffic control and patrols at strategic…
Civil servant remanded in prison over alleged rape of 4 minors
A Sokoto Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded a 40-year-old civil servant, Musa Labaran, accused of raping four minors.
Sokoto releases N1.2bn for payment of scholarship allowances
The Sokoto State Government has released N1.2 billion to the state scholarship board for the payment of outstanding scholarship allowances.
Bakeries using banned substances discovered in Sokoto State
The Sokoto State Command of the National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has discovered some bakeries using…
Customs intercepts smuggled rice concealed in petrol tank
The Nigeria Customs Service, says it has arrested a suspect in Sokoto who allegedly smuggled 460 bags of imported rice…
Sokoto gets Advisers on Infrastructure, Poultry Development, others
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has approved the appointment of Hon Umar Bature and Architect Ibrahim Al-Mustapha as Special Advisers on…
Sokoto Govt. donates land to Dangote Rice Mill
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Wednesday promised to handover 27 hectares of land for immediate establishment of Dangote…
Sokoto Govt, BoI to disburse N2b to small businesses
Sokoto Government and the Bank of Industries (BoI) will disburse the sum of N2b to support small scale businesses in…
Human Trafficking: 10 convicted, 100 victims rescued in Sokoto – NAPTIP
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says the agency secured 10 court convictions against offenders…
Nigeria Customs intercepts 714 jerry cans of smuggled vegetable oil, drugs
The Federal Operation Unit Zone ‘B’ of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has intercepted 714 jerry cans of smuggled vegetable oil…
Sokoto’s first female professor becomes commissioner
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has sworn-in Sokoto's first female professor and three others as commissioners into the state executive council.
State of Emergency: Sokoto begins training of 3,374 primary school teachers
As part of efforts to overcome challenges bedeviling the education sector, 3,374 primary school teachers in Sokoto State have started…
New bride attacks husband with razor blade
A newly-wedded bride in Sokoto, Shafa Muhammad, 28, has attacked her husband with a razor blade and injured him on…
U.S. donates $8.1m insecticide-treated mosquito nets to Sokoto
The U.S. Government said on Friday that it had donated 2.9 million insecticide-treated bed nets worth 8.1 million Dollars for…
NYSC posted 2,400 corps members to Sokoto – Coordinator
Sokoto State Coordinator, National Youth Service Corp (NYSC), Alhaji Musa Abubakar on Tuesday said 2,400 corps members were posted to…
6 states get N5.5bn for Erosion Control
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N5.567 billion for the 3rd Quarter Soil…
Federal Government to connect Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara rail lines
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, on Tuesday, said the ministry would design the rail lines to connect Kebbi,…