Sokoto State Police Command has arrested a fake Nigerian Army Major, Austin Anthony, who allegedly led a specialised car syndicate operating in Nigeria and neighboring countries. Anthony, 44, resident of Delta state was intercepted driving a stolen car at a police checkpoint on Dec. 5, along Bodinga road in...
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BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State PLAN International Project Coordinator, Sadiya Abas, has called on states yet to domesticate child protection laws to consider doing so. Sadiya who argued that the Violence Against Persons Prohibition and Child Rights Laws when domesticated will enable survivors of Gender Based Violence...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto The American Ambassador to Nigeria, Richard Mills Jnr Thursday said Sokoto state is very crucial in Nigeria because of its religious and cultural relevance. Mr. Mills, who spoke at the Government House in Sokoto during a courtesy visit to the governor, said aside being hospitable,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Marking the International Day of People With Disability (PWD) in Sokoto, the state governor, Ahmed Aliyu, said his administration has not only reintroduced the abandoned allowance to PWD but also reviewed it upwards from the initial 6500 to 10,000. The governor, who also donated...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Unidentified terrorists, believed to be affiliated with the notorious Bello Turji group, launched a deadly attack on a village in Sokoto, killing at least 9 people and abducting several others, according to local reports. The cruel attack which happened in the early hours of...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Coordinator of AIDs, Sexually Transmitted Infection and Viral Hypertisis Control Programme (SASCP), Dr. Wadata Hali, has said no fewer than 15,042 persons are currently on HIV/AIDs treatment in the state. Dr. Wadata made the disclosure at an event organized by the Sokoto...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – As Sokoto state executive council Wednesday gave approval for the 2025 budget draft to be presented to the state assembly on Friday for consideration, the commissioner of Lands and Housing, Barrister Nasiru Dantsoho has assured that the governor, Ahmed Aliyu is on course to...
No fewer than 1,160 patients were treated, as 25 persons die in gastroenteritis-related cases from January till date across 18 local government areas of Sokoto State. The Director of Public Health in the state’s Ministry of Health, Dr Abdulganiyu Yusuf, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency...
By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Reports from locals in Sokoto State indicate that the new terrorists’ group known as ‘Lakurawa‘ has lowered its recruitment incentive to either a cow or N500,000 per individual. This move is likely a response to the economic hardship faced by the community, with many...
The Acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, has called on the residents of Gongono Masallachi in Tangaza Local Government Area, Sokoto State, to support the Nigerian Army’s efforts to safeguard the country’s territory. Oluyede, who was on operational tour to Sokoto State on Sunday, said the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Government has expressed worry over what it termed emergence of a new criminal group operating under a faith based idealist called LAKURAWAS. Registering his fears over the new group, the state deputy governor, Alhaji Idris Mohammed, said the LAKURAWAS operates with dangerous...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Food Security and Nutrition Response Project, (Kyautata Rayuwa) spearheaded by the Catholic Relief Society (CRS) in collaboration with the Bakhita Initiative Joint Development and Peace Commission (JDPC) of the Sokoto Catholic Diocese with funding from Later-Day Saints Charities (CDC) have commissioned a solarized...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Over 2000 unskilled and unemployed persons in Sokoto State would be provided with vocational, agricultural and entrepreneurial skills in the Renewed Hope Employment Initiative of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE). The Sokoto State acting coordinator of NDE, Lukman Abubakar, revealed that 10 people...
The Court of Appeal in Sokoto State on Monday reaffirmed its stance on the dethronement of Alhaji Al-Mustapha Jokolo, the former Emir of Gwandu, saying he was not given a fair hearing by the Kebbi Government. In a unanimous judgment, read by Justice Ebiowei Tobi, the court held that...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Government with support from United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) have officially launched a song aimed at strengthening the advocacy for routine immunization. The powerful song, ‘No More Zero Dose’, unites 12 top musicians from the region, including 8 UNICEF champions from Nigeria,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Barely two years into the government of President Bola Tinubu, the people of Sokoto state have expressed satisfaction with his style of governance. Addressing newsmen on Friday, the state chairman of All Progressive Congress (APC), Mr. Isa Acida said the state have every reason...
The Advocacy Forum for Good Candidate, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) support group has unveiled an empowerment scheme to enhance cohesion and productive engagement among party members in Sokoto State. Addressing a gathering on Sunday, the forum Chairman, Alhaji Ahmad Amadi,.the scheme was initiated to prevent supporters from defecting...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto state government said it has purchased no fewer than 186,000 bags of rice at the cost of over 14 billion naira and would sell same to the people of the state at a 55 percent subsidized rate. Speaking during the flagging off of...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Nigeria Army Tuesday in Sokoto State commenced a workshop to strengthen battle winning mentality. The workshop organized by the Department of Army Transformation and Innovation has its theme as, “Optimizing Warrior Ethos In The Nigerian Army: A Panacea For Operational Effectiveness”, and aimed...
A Sokoto Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday admitted the Special Assistant to former Gov. Aminu Tambuwal, Shafi’u Umar, to N1 million bail. Umar, 37, is charged with alleged circulating of falsehood against Gov. Ahmad Aliyu and his wife on social media platform. He was also charged with engraving matter...