BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Sokoto State Ministry of Women and Children Affairs with support from EU-UN Spotlight Initiative has commenced one day sensitization meeting with 100 women right group and civil society organizations on prevention, response and ending all forms of Gender Based Violence (GBV) in the...
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The leadership of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) in Sokoto state led by the party’s governorship candidate, Sa’idu Gumburawa, had joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. This development is contained in a statement issued to newsmen on Saturday by Bashar Abubakar, the Special Assistant to Sen....
The leaders of the main support group of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto state have joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2023 General Elections. This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen in Sokoto on Wednesday by Mr Bashar Abubakar, the Special Assistant...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Former Minister of Transport and one of the candidates that recently contested gubernatorial primaries of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Yusuf Suleiman has affirmed that Sokoto is hundred percent behind the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) It would be recalled that Suleiman, defected from the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) Sokoto Zonal Command in collaboration with Access to Justice Project For the Vulnerable Children and Children on the Move with support from European Union, have flagged off a 2 day capacity building for...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Nigerian Army on Monday flagged off its second Regimental Sergeant Majors’ convention at the Headquarters of 8 Division, Nigerian Army, Sokoto State. The convention which has its theme as, “”Capacity Building For Regimental Sergeant Majors in the Nigerian Army For Enhanced Regimentation”, is...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The construction of water embarkment projects to control incessant flood in Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State by Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has restored farming activities to the locals. The Chairman of Goronyo LGA, Abdulwahab Yahaya stated this while conducting journalists round some...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – BUA Cement Company has commissioned a 10,000 liter overhead tank water project it dug for the people of Gagi and also installed 500KVA transformer at Gidan Baduwa all Sokoto South local government of the state. Addressing the benefiting jubilant community on Wednesday, the Managing...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Early child education or learning as entrenched in the second target of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 is geared toward ensuring that, by 2030, “all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Tuesday, commenced the tracking of 10 constituency projects awarded at over N355 million in Sokoto State. The investigation on the projects status is being conducted under Phase 5 of the ICPC Constituency and Executive Projects Tracking (CEPT) currently...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), in Sokoto State on Sunday received more defectors ahead of the 2023 General Elections in the state. The latest defection was another set of scores of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members from Dundaye, Gumburawa and Gidan Bubu districts in Wamakko Local Government Area of...
Ahead of the 2023 General Elections, one of the prominent elders in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto state, Alhaji Sahabi Bojo-Bodinga, had defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Bojo-Bodinga, a PDP stalwart from Sokoto South Senatorial District was received by the APC leader in the state,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Chairman, Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria (CORBON), Mr Samson Ameh Opaluwah on Wednesday flagged off the monitoring and evaluation component of N-Power Batch C1 trainees in Sokoto State. Addressing the trainees, Ameh Opaluwah said the Batch C1 consists of the contraction/trade aspect...
Gunmen on Monday afternoon attacked a man, Mr. Abu Sifau, in his Lexus Car at Sabo-Oke, Sokoto Street in Ilorin Metropolis and took away millions of naira cash from his vehicle. According to a witness account, the robbery was carried out at about 1 p.m. in the full glare...
Village head arrested for drugs The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested one Abubakar Ibrahim, the village head of Gidan Abba, Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto, with 10 others over 991,320 pills of pharmaceutical opioids. A statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto state has inaugurated its governorship campaign council for the 2023 General Elections. The party appointed Gov. Aminu Tambuwal as the Chairman of the council and Alhaji Yusuf Suleiman, a former Minister of Sports as the Director-General. Inaugurating the council in Sokoto on...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A Senior Programme Officer with NEEM Foundation, Minoe Duamwan has appealed to Nigerians to prioritize mental health and general wellbeing at all times. Mr. Duamwan made the call while delivering his goodwill message in Sokoto at a one day meeting with government and stakeholders...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto State have continued to record cross defections of members ahead of the 2023 General Elections. APC, in a statement issued to newsmen in Sokoto on Thursday by Bashar Abubakar, the Special Adviser, New Media to Sen....
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – As campaigns for the 2023 general elections continue to gain momentum, the Miyatti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), has declared their support for candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at all levels. Making their positions known in Sokoto, the state Chairman...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says that about 64 per cent of Nigerian children between 0 to 5 years of age do not attend Early Childhood Education (ECE), which the UN agency said is a critical foundation for all forms of child learning....