BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Save the Child Initiative, (STCI) Nigeria in collaboration with Plan International with support funding from EU-INTPA project has commenced a 2-day workshop for for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and youths in Sokoto State on economic literacy and budget accountability for governance. Speaking in his...
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BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – One of the trainers of National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Sokoto State, Hajiya Zailhatu Ladan, has appealed to the Federal Government through the agency to urgently consider organizing skills acquisition training for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Nigeria. Zailhatu, who is a trainer...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has began one week training for 50 participants on goat production business knowledge such as meat, milk, hide and skin as well as manure from the droppings. Addressing participants at he Umaru Ali Shinkafi Polytechnic, Sokoto, venue of...
In a harrowing turn of events, the village of Giyawa in Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State was plunged into chaos leading to the death of four persons sequel to bandits’ attack.. ASP Ahmed Rufai, the State Police Command’s spokesman, confirmed the terrifying situation to newsmen on...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A Non Governmental Organization (NGO) Cooperazione Internazionale, Nigeria (COOPI) has flagged off two days integrated emergency response workshop to Internally Displaced Persons (IDOs) in Rabah and Goronyo Local Government Areas of Sokoto State. The integrated response training is targeted at protection, nutrition,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Bandits have killed no fewer than 2 persons in Bageyi village, kidnapped 22 other persons mostly women and displaced thousands of locals from 4 other villages of Rabah Local Government Area of Sokoto State, sources have confirmed. The bandits, who stormed the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Sokoto Zonal Command has secured a 5-year jail term for Sanni Dikko and Naabu Umar for conspiracy and cheating. Giving his verdict on the two count charge, Justice Mohammed Dogondaji of the Sokoto State High Court convicted...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Sokoto Command on Friday arrested 23 alleged Internet fraudsters otherwise known as Yahoo Yahoo boys within the metropolis. The alleged fraudsters, who were apprehended following due intelligence and monitoring at the Bafarawa and...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – NEEM Foundation with support from Ambassade De France AU Nigeria has launched an empowerment programme for 250 women, who are survivors of different forms of Gender Based Violence (GBV) in Sokoto State. The event which featured vocational skills and entrepreneurship trainings as...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Sokoto State Government on Tuesday signed the Transformative Actions partnership on Almajiri and out-of-school adolescent girls in the state. Signing the partnership documents in UNICEF office, Sokoto State Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Women...
Residents of at least 23 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Sokoto, Zamfara and Kebbi States are battling to survive as kidnappers, cattle rustlers and bandits make life difficult for them. A check by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) indicates that residents of the affected areas have either...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) says skills acquisition will not only allows for sustainable employment and wealth creation but also reduce reactiveness amongst unemployed youths in Nigeria. The Sokoto State Coordinator of NDE, Malam Ibrahim Faisal Audu, stated this on Wednesday during...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A Non Governmental Organization (NGO), Save The Child Initiative (STCI), Nigeria has advised youths in Sokoto State to acquire skills alongside formal education. The Head of Mobility, Migration and Protection of STCI Nigeria, Malam Rabiu Gandi made the call on Friday during...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – No fewer than 25 unemployed youths have been enrolled to undergo the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) Community Based-Business Training Scheme, (CBBTS) in Sokoto State. Flagging off the training in Bodinga LGA of Sokoto, the State Coordinator of NDE, Ibrahim Faisal...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has solicited for more collaborative measures from sister security agencies and border communities to ensure compliance on the closure of all routes linking Niger Republic. The NIS Acting Comptroller General, Mrs Caroline Adepoju, made the call while addressing personnel at the Illela border...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL,.Sokoto – As part of its Cooperate Social Responsibility (CSR), BUA Cement Company has donated drugs to 15 hospitals, cements to 68 communities, educational materials to schools and uniforms to pupils in Sokoto State. The benefiting clinics include, those of Kalambaina, Sabon Garin Alu, Bakin...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has reiterated that no single sector engages skilled and unskilled persons globally like the agricultural sector does The Sokoto State NDE Head of Human Resources Department, stated this at the flag off ceremony of the 2023 Post...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A Non Governmental Organization (NGO), CLEEN Foundation with support from Mac Arthur Foundation have affirmed that bad governance, weak institutions and impunity are products of corruption in any society. The Senior Programme Manager of CLEEN Foundation, Mr. Benard Ekobay, stated this during the launch...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The philanthropic Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko has commissioned a private hospital named ‘Foresight Premier Hospitals’ founded by an indigene of Sokoto State, Dr. Shamsu Aliyu. Wamakko, who was the Special Guest at the occasion, described the foresight of the founder of the health centre...
The Chairman of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) in Sokoto State, Alhaji Jamilu Sanusi, says the state has the potential to generate N2 billion monthly through commodity levies. Sanusi disclosed this on Thursday, when he led the union officials on a courtesy visit to Gov. Ahmad Aliyu...