BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu has said the state contributes approximately 40 percent of the total onions consumed in Nigeria, thus making the state the highest producer in the country. The governor, who made this submission at the ongoing 6th International Conference On Onion...
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BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto state governor, Ahmed Aliyu has inaugurated the state monitoring committee and local government coordinators to ensure the unhindered sales of it’s 55 percent discounted grains and others. Addressing them at the Government Chamber on Monday, the governor disclosed that those appointed were on...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu on Wednesday at the Sultan Maccido Institute for Quaranic and General Studies flagged off the disbursement of monthly imprest to 87 Jumu’at mosques across the state. The governor who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, (SSG)...
By BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to improving the lives of all citizens in the state. Speaking at the flag-off ceremony for the distribution of palliatives to needy Nigerians at the Government House, the governor assured that his policies...
A Sokoto Chief Magistrate Court on Friday remanded Shafi’u Umar in a corrections centre for allegedly circulating falsehood against Gov. Ahmad Aliyu and his wife on social media platform. Umar, 37, who was the Special Assistant to former Gov. Aminu Tambuwal is charged with circulating injurious falsehood and engraving...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Press Secretary to Sokoto State Governor, Abubakar Bawa, on Thursday debunked news making the round that the state government spent a whooping sum of 1.2 billion naira to renovate bore holes in Wurno Local Government Area of the state. The governor’s spokesperson who...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – In continuation of his quest for the safety of the lives and property of citizens in Sokoto State, Governor Ahmed Aliyu has approved the construction of a road in Tureta Local Government Areathat will open up the den of bandits terrorising the Sokoto/Gusau route....
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto- Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu has appealed to the people of the state to assist relevant security agencies with useful information as the only way of defeating bad eggs from amongst their communities. Governor Aliyu, who made the appeal in Gudu Local Government,...
BY ANKELI EMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu has visited Dundaye community where a boat mishap claimed the lives of additional five persons over the weekend. During the visit on Wednesday, the governor announced a donation of N30 million to the affected families. Under the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Resident communities in Sokoto state under the auspices of Progressive Nigeria Movement, Thursday staged a protest in support of president Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko and governor Ahmed Aliyu, saying the #EndBadGovernance/hunger protest was sponsored by those that lost elections...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu has appealed to youths in the state to take advantage of the various skill acquisition programmes being introduced by his administration geared towards making them self-reliant. Governor Aliyu gave the charge on Monday in a statement issued by...
Sokoto State Governor, Ahmad Aliyu, has directed local government Chairmen and Local Government Education Authority officials who tampered with the N30,000 sallah gifts to return the money. The governor gave the directive in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Malam Abubakar Bawa, on Sunday. ‘The...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL , Sokoto – Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has advised Nigerian politicians and leaders to make food security a top priority, in addition to ensuring health and overall security of lives and properties of the citizenry. The former president, who spoke in Sokoto during the formal...
Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu on Wednesday commenced the payment of N4 billion gratuity to retired civil servants in the state as part of his one year anniversary. Aliyu presented cheques to some beneficiaries, saying that the efforts were in fulfillment of his promise after receiving the payment...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Government has announced the immediate dethronement of 15 traditional leaders for various offences bordering on aiding insecurity, land racketeering and others while 4 others are still being investigated. Making the decision of the state government known in a statement signed by...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL,Sokoto Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, has called on opposition parties in the state to join hands with him towards developing the state. “‘We have no state other than Sokoto. It is all our collective responsibility to make Sokoto better. Hence I am calling on all...
The Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed the election of Ahmed Aliyu as Sokoto State governor. Delivering judgment, Justice Tijani Abubakar dismissed the appeal by the PDP and its governorship candidate, Saidu Umar. Details later…
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu is not only a leader with unwavering commitment to democratic ethos, but also a dependable partner in greater Sokoto agenda, the state deputy governor, Idris Muhammed Gobir has affirmed. Gobir made this affirmation in a statement he...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, on Thursday signed the Community Guard Corps bill into law, noting that it will further help the conventional security agencies towards ensuring uncovering every hiding place of the bad elements. The governor, while addressing members of the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Leader of the All Progressive Party (APC) in Sokoto State and Senator representing Sokoto North Senatorial District, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, has donated ten million naira to the 66 rescued abducted persons from the state. Wamakko, who also donated a Hilux to each of the...