Tag: Sokoto
Osinbajo commissions $350m BUA Cement Plant
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday called for a reduction in the price of cement, while inaugurating the 350 million…
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…