Tag: Sokoto
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…