The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has ordered an investigation into the state of all Nigerian Army detention facilities across the nation. The COAS in a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said that the order was in response to the...
Sokoto State
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Vocational Skills Development Department of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) today flagged off three months Basic National Open Apprenticeship Training (B-NOAS) for 20 unemployed youths in Sokoto State. Stating importance of the training in his welcome address, the Sokoto NDE Head...
Residents of Sokoto and environs are facing difficulties with intense scarcity of fuel and potable water amidst high temperature of over 42 degree Celsius. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the situation has subjected people to harsh and miserable conditions in the state. NAN reports that...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A mental health expert, Dr. Auwal Musa, has said the survivors of Gender Based Violence (GBV) especially those of sexual violation often have mental health challenges because of the impact of the experience. “Because of the seriousness of the mental health in some...
Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, on Saturday in Abuja called on Nigerians, irrespective of tribe or religion to unite and fight Nigeria’s common enemies. Speaking at the second edition of Unity Schools Old Students Association (USOSA) sports carnival, Musa listed the common enemies as terrorism, banditry...
Over the years, insecurity has been a major challenge to the nation. On daily basis, the nation’s media space is awash with news of kidnappings, banditry and farmers-herders clashes. In the northeast and northwest in particular, bandits have wreaked havoc as they attack communities and kidnap both young and...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has said it is committed to positive parenting for all children as only that can promote care and love for their better upbringing. Sokoto UNICEF office, Child Protection Specialist, Mr Pius Uwamanua, stated this on Wednesday during...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Coordinator of National Directorate of Employment (NDE) Abdulkarim Sirika has appealed to unemployed Nigerian youths to embrace skills and entrepreneurship rather than waiting for white collar jobs that are not really available. According to Sirika, rather than waiting for the usual...
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is collaborating with BUA Cement to conduct regular tests on drivers and other workers of the company to ensure that they are not hooked to illicit drugs. The NDLEA Commandant in Sokoto State, Mr Adamu Iro, said this during a sensitisation...
A bandit leader in Zamfara State has called for peaceful negotiations after successive bombardments by the Nigerian military dismantled their hideouts. This is coming as the National National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, announced that the Federal Government has stopped payments of ransom in freeing many kidnapped victims....
No fewer than eight deaths and 208 suspected cases related to a mysterious illness have been recorded in Sokoto State, an official disclosed. Center Manger of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in Sokoto State, Dr Ibrahim Usman, made this known in his presentation during an interactive session...
A mysterious illness has emerged in Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State, leaving both health authorities and community leaders confused. According to the Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Jide Idris, Nthe strange illness was reported to the agency on March 21,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL Sokoto – In his continued efforts towards decongesting the correctional centers over the years, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko has once again secured the release of another 60 inmates in Sokoto State. The freed inmates including a woman were serving various jail terms for different offences,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – No fewer than 9 persons have lost their lives and over 30 others sustained various degrees of injury during a stampede that occured at the residence of Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamako in Sokoto. Though, at the time of filing this report, the Police...
By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Impressed by the recent appreciation of the naira over the dollar, former Governor of Sokoto State and Senator representing Sokoto North, Aliyu Maatakarda Wamakko has appealed to marketers to fear God and reduce prices of goods to make life bearable for Nigerians. Senator...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL,Sokoto – The Nigerian Army in collaboration with the Office of the National Security Adviser has successfully rescued the 17 Tsangaya pupils, abducted by bandits in Gada Local Government Area of Sokoto State two weeks ago. Presenting the rescued victims to Sokoto State Government...
By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The General Officer Commanding, (GOC) of 8 Division, Nigeria Army and Commander Joint Task Force Operation Hadarin Daji, Major General Godwin Mutkut, has urged troops of the Division to sustain the tempo in ensuring that bad elements terrorising innocent Nigerians are eliminated. General Mutkut,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The wife of the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8 Division, Nigeria Army, Sokoto State, Mrs Florence Mutkut has has advised women to get education and skills as the tools for making them relevant. Mrs Florence, who is also the chairperson of Army Officers...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Jusitice Mohammed Mohammed of the Sokoto State High Court, Monday adjourned to the 28th of March for the continuation of defence in the case between a security personnel, Mr Eche Acheme against Union Bank and Gaskiya security outfit. Mr Eche Acheme a security...
The Sokoto State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of 15 Islamic education pupils and a woman in Gidan Bakuso, a village in Gada Local Government Area of the state. ASP Ahmad Rufa’i, the spokesperson of the command, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto that...