.The Sokoto State House of Assembly on Wednesday granted approval for Gov. Ahmed Aliyu’s proposal to establish a Community Guards Corps in the state. The development followed the consideration of a report by the joint House Committee on Special Services and Security Matter, as well as the...
Sokoto State Governor
On assumption of office on May 29, 2023, the governor of Sokoto State, Dr. Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto, set a 9- point agenda for his administration. Top on the blueprint/template was the problem of insecurity and the attendant exacerbating poverty among the citizens of the state. He acknowledged the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu has said the inferno that occured in the house of Nigeria’s first democratically elected president, Shehu Shagari was not only unfortunate but catastrophic. Governor Aliyu, who spoke when he visited the burnt house in company of the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL,Sokoto – The Sokoto Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has affirmed the electoral victory of Governor Ahmed Aliyu by dismissing the petition brought against him and his deputy Idris Gobir, by the PDP governorship candidate, Sa’idu Umar. Giving unanimous judgement, at the Sokoto High Court, the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Imo State Governor and Chairman of the All Progressive Governor’s Forum in Nigeria, Hope Uzodinma has described his Sokoto counterpart, Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto as one young politician that Nigerians should watch out for. Uzodinma, who spoke in Sokoto before commissioning two of...
By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – In continuation of Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto’s 100 days in office, Vice President Kashim Shetima on Monday flagged off the distribution of 140 vehicles for mass transportation and food palliatives to the vulnerable persons in the state. Governor Aliyu in...
The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, says Nigeria requires N21 trillion to effectively bridge housing deficit, despite efforts across the three tiers governments. The vice president stated this on Sunday in Sokoto at the groundbreaking for the construction of a 500-unit housing estate by the State government. Shettima,...
The Sokoto State Government has approved N20.3 billion for the purchase of food stuffs to caution the effect of fuel subsidy removal and other projects in the state. Alhaji Jabir Mai-Hula, the state Commissioner for Religious Affairs, made this known to newsmen after the maiden Executive Council meeting...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The founder of Northwest University, Sokoto, Senator Aliyu Magatakrda Wamakko today in his welcome address at the maiden matriculation of the Ivory Towers, said knowledge is the key to unlocking human potentials. Senator Wamakko, who said the matriculation of the 200 students...
Gov. Ahmad Aliyu of Sokoto state has inaugurated six-member Judicial Commission of Inquiry on the sales, auction and allocations of government assets by the immediate past administration of former Gov. Aminu Tambuwal. The commission has retired Justice Mu’azu Bindiga a former acting Chief Judge of Gombe state as Chairman...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Vice Chancellor of Sokoto State University,(SSU), Prof Bashir Garba, says the newly sworn in governor of Sokoto, Dr Ahmed Aliyu is very qualified to govern the State. Prof. Garba, who stated this on Wednesday during on a courtesy visit to the governor at...
The Police Command in Sokoto State and the Department of State Security (DSS) have warned politicians in the state not to involve them in their political squabbles. This is contained in a statement jointly issued on Sunday by Mr Muhammed Gumel, the state Commissioner of Police, and Mr Yahaya...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has set up a six- member committee to engage the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to address anomalies in the country’s monetary management and financial system. The forum disclosed this in a communique issued on Saturday at the end of its virtual meeting held...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship campaign council in Sokoto State says it will embark on issue-based campaigns, just as it advised violence instigators to steer clear of the state. The Director General (D-G) of the council, Alhaji Yusuf Suleiman, gave the assurance at a news briefing held on...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has distributed teaching and learning materials to each of the education secretariats in the 23 Local Government Areas of the Sokoto state. Governor Tambuwal said the state has also paid all its marching grants and counterpart fund due to UBEC...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has reiterated that his administration would continue to support UNICEF and other development partners in addressing the plights of street urchin also known as Almajris in the state. Governor Tambuwal spoke on Sunday when he received UNICEF-Nigeria Chief...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has said the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) is an assemblage of unorganized power seekers that has no interest of this country at heart. Governor Tambuwal, who spoke before receiving high profile politicians, including 3 governorship aspirants of...
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State and a presidential aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has called for unity and oneness in the party as it prepares for the 2023 general elections. Tambuwal gave the advice on Saturday in Abakaliki while addressing party faithful, delegates...
Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has declared that the orphans of insurgency are his children. Abubakar made the declaration on Saturday, at the Eid-el-fitr lunch organised for the students of UK Jarma Academy in Sokoto State. The...
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, who is a presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has urged Nigerians to continue to pray for peace in the country. Governor Tambuwal made the call on Sunday in his Eid-el-fitr Sallah massage to the people in Sokoto. According to him, the...