BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – At least 13,000 women and girls have graduated from the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative Second Chance Education programme being implemented by the Grassroots Entrepreneurship Skills Acquisition Initiative (GESA) in Sokoto State. The National Coordinator of GESA, Cynthia Obazee, said the Second Chance Education is a...
Sokoto State
Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC-Sokoto North) on Sunday sympathised with the people of Tangaza Local Government Area over bandits attack that led to the death of many people in some villages. Wamakko, in a statement issued by Malam Bashar Abubakar, his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, condoled with the...
The Police Command in Sokoto State on Sunday confirmed the death of 30 persons during an attack lunched by group of armed banditse in Tangaza Local Government Area of the state. A statement issued by ASP Ahmad Rufai, the Acting Spokesman of the command, revealed that the gunmen attacked...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State All Progressive Congress (APC) transition committee has organized a special prayers to seek Allah’s guidance for the incoming administration of the governor-elect, Alhaji Ahmad Sokoto and his deputy, Alhaji Idris Gobir. Speaking on the essence of the prayers, the state party leader,...
The Federal Government has inaugurated the Sokoto State Command Permanent Administrative Headquarters of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). Mr Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of Interior, who inaugurated the project on Monday, noted with pride the tremendous transformation being witnessed by the corps in the past two...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) on Monday commenced the orientation and disbursement of N2.980,000 million loans to over 70 beneficiaries in the “Start Your Own Business” (SYOB) and Micro Enterprise Enhancement Scheme (MEES) in Sokoto. The Managing Director of NDE, Malam Abubakar Nuhu...
By HARUNA AHMED, Sokoto – At least four persons have been killed following an gas explosion from a shop of a local welder in Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State. Three other persons also sustained various degrees of injuries in the incident that occured on Sunday afternoon. The...
The Police Command in Sokoto State said its personnel have rejected a bribe of N 800,000 and arrested no fewer than three suspects with twelve rolls of copper wires suspected to be stolen from an electric pole. This is contained in a statement issued in Sokoto on Thursday by...
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has confirmed the death of its operative, Inspector Abel Dickson, after a scuffle with his colleagues over the custody of some items recovered from a suspect. EFCC sokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed the death during a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja. Uwujaren...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Executive Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa has urged the media to be committed in their financial crimes reporting in a bid to expose corrupt public officials in the country. Mr. Bawa, however, affirmed that the task of exposing corrupt...
The Chief Of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Faruk Yahaya says the Nigerian Army will hold periodic sensitization programmes against drugs abuse and other related issues in all its formations nationwide. Yahaya gave the assurance when he declared open a drug and narcotics control awareness conference, on Thursday in...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sought for more media engagement on budget tracking in Nigeria. Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, the EFCC’s Executive Chairman made the call at a Workshop on Financial Crimes Reporting organised for journalists by the commission in Sokoto on Thursday. Bawa, represented by Mr...
No fewer than 17 boys and girls have died when a boat they were traveling in capsized in Dandeji river in Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The Council Chairman, Alhaji Aliyu Dantani, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto. He said that...
By HARUNA AHMED, Sokoto – Sen. Aliyu Wamakko has secured the release of 62 inmates serving various jail terms in various Correctional Centres in Sokoto State. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Sokoto by Bashar Abubakar, Wamakko’s Special Assistant on Media and Publicity. The statement...
Saturday’s supplementary election being conducted by INEC, recorded high voter turnout as election began early in the affected areas in Sokoto State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that voters, especially women, came out in large numbers at the polling units while combined teams of security agencies enforced...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Justice Abubakar Mahmud Talba of the Appeal Court Sokoto Division on Friday sentenced two Chinese nationals, Mr Meng Wei Kun and Mr Xu Kuai to 3 years jail terms each having been found guilty of count 1 and 2 out of the 3 charges...
Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC- Sokoto North), the leader of All Progressive Congress (APC) in Sokoto State has urged the party’s supporters to behave maturely and conduct peaceful victory rallies in the state. Wamakko made the call shortly after the official declaration of the March 18 Governorship election by the...
Alhaji Maigari Dingyadi, the Minister of Police Affairs says APC will win Saturday’s governorship election in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Dingyadi spoke shortly after casting his vote at PU 003 Dispensary, Dingyadi, Bodinga Local Government of the state. He said: ” I am...
The Police in Sokoto State had ordered the restriction of movement from 12:00 am on Friday to 6:00 pm on Saturday during the Governorship and Houses of Assembly elections in the state. A statement issued on Friday by the command spokesman, DSP Sanusi Abubakar also said it had also...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – As Nigerians prepare for the March 18th Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections, women in Sokoto State have been advised to pray for electoral victory of all candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The wife of the State PDP governorship candidate, Hajiya...