The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, on Monday joined troops to celebrate Christmas in Sokoto, saying that the military made sacrifices for the love of the nation and humanity. Lagbaja urged personnel to remain steadfast on their mandates of ensuring peoples’ safety and safeguarding the...
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By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – Troops of the Joint Task Force North-West Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) have rescued 52 kidnapped victims in an operation in the Isa Local Government Area (LGA) of Sokoto State. The spokesperson for Operation Hadarin Daji, Captain Yahaya Ibrahim, revealed this in a...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), has reported 13 cases of Dengue fever in Sokoto state, sparking concerns about the low level of awareness among Nigerians regarding this mosquito-borne illness. Despite efforts to combat the disease, there remains a pressing need for increased public education and...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).said on Friday that it arrested 59 suspected drug dealers in Sokoto, plus the alleged mastermind of the killing of its operative. The NDLEA Commander in the state, Mr Muhammad Iro, disclosed that the suspect, whose identity was not given, was earlier...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Yet to be apprehended bandits on Wednesday unleashed terror on Takakume village of Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State, killing 6 persons, abducted 15 others while many sustained injuries. The bandits who were said to have stormed the farming settlement on...
Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), Bauchi state chapter, has confirmed the release of Mrs Rhoda Jatau on bail by the Bauchi state High Court 11. Mr Mujahid Ibrahim, the Programme Officer of CITAD disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
Sokoto State Government on Wednesday approved the purchase of vehicles worth N1.1 billion for the governor’s office. The approval was part of other contracts awarded at a sum of N19 billion. Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Bello Danchadi, told newsmen in Sokoto at the end of the weekly cabinet...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu has said few months into his administration, there are verifiable evidences that the state is on course towards birthing a new state. The governor, who spoke before declaring open the third executive council meeting at the State...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – In continuation of his Family Group Life Assurance and Welfare Scheme, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun has presented a cheque of five million, six hundred and ten thousand, four hundred and sixty nine Naira, twelve Kobo only (N5,610,469:12) to...
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has announced the arrest of a suspected Indian hemp farmer in Sokoto State. “It is the first such case in the history of the state”, the Commandant of NDLEA in the state, Mr Adamu Iro, told newsmen in Sokoto on Saturday....
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has identified corruption as one of the principal reasons behind the urge to travel out of Nigeria by most youths. “If all things are working fine in the country, nobody would want to leave the...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Thursday, affirmed the election of Hon Ibrahim Saidu Naino of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as the member representing Sabon Birnin South constituency of Sokoto State. In a unanimous judgment of a three-member panel of Justices of appellate court...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State has made adequate provision in its 2024 budget for nutrition in line with Governor Ahmed Aliyu’s 9-point agenda. The state’s Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning Mr Usman Arzika Bodinga, disclosed this at a two day capacity...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja has appealed for collective support of all in their continued efforts towards restoring peace to the country. Lt Gen. Lagbaja, who insisted that those non state actors that are undermining the nation’s...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A Non Governmental organization (NGO), Network Against Child Trafficking and Forced Labour (NACTAL), on Wednesday in Sokoto launched “Anti-Human Trafficking Neighbourhood Watch Committee”, to help curb the heinous activities of traffickers and their collaborators. NACTAL which is the umbrella body of NGOs engaged...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) with funding from Eleva Foundation in collaboration with Sokoto State Arabic and Islamic Education Commission and the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, has flagged off an entrepreneurship skills acquisition programme for 4,700 almajiri and adolescent girls...
One of the Nigeria’s leading cement providers, BUA, has revealed its plan to inaugurate a new cement plant in Sokoto State by January 2024. The Chairman of BUA Group, Alhaji Abdulsamad Rabiu, made this announcement during his visit to Gov. Ahmad Aliyu in Sokoto on Wednesday....
Sokoto State Governor, Ahmad Aliyu has donated N13.6 million and 150 bags of foodstuffs to victims of banditry in Goronyo Local Government Area of the state on Sunday. He said families of each deceased person should be given N500,000 and five bags of foodstuffs, while other affected victims should...
Mr Felix Hyat, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman in Kaduna State, has said that the exit of former governor Ramalan Yero and Rep. Godfrey Gaiya would not affect the party’s strength. The duo recently left the party with Gaiya, currently an aide to the Speaker of the House...
The Police Command in Sokoto State has launched an initiative to retrieve all unlicensed firearms from residents to enhance public safety and security across the state. This development is contained in a public announcement signed by Mr Ali Kaigama, the Commissioner of Police in the state, and issued to...