Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC-Sokoto North), has urged the All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters in Sokoto State to go and collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). Wamakko, the APC leader in the state, made the call on Thursday shortly after returning to Sokoto from an official engagement outside the state....
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The Inter -Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) in Sokoto State has urged politicians in the state to checkmate their followers against violation of Electoral Act ahead of February and March general elections. The ICCES made the call at its second critical stakeholders’ meeting with the political parties’...
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State says the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is the only flagbearer that can change Nigeria’s political fortune positively. Tambuwal, the Director-General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, made the assertion at the party’s campaign rally in Binji...
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Council of Obas and residents communities in Sokoto State have thrown their full weight behind all the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. This development came to the fore when the leadership of the two groups visited APC...
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State and Director General of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council has urged politicians to be mature during the campaigns for the 2023 general elections in the state. Tambuwal, who made the assertion in an interactive session with journalists in Sokoto on...
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, two Senatorial and 11 House of Representatives candidates have received campaign flags and assured to work towards the victory of PDP in 2023 polls. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the State PDP Chairman, Alhaji Bello Goronyo, issued the flags when...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Yet to be apprehended terrorists have killed no fewer than 11 persons and kidnapped unspecified number of villagers from Isa, Goronyo, Sabon Birni and Gada local government areas of Sokoto State, locals have confirmed. Isa, Goronyo, Sabon Birni and Gada are amongst the 8...
Alhaji Yusha’u Kebbe, a key stalwart of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto State on Friday defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Alhaji Kebbe announced his defection at a press briefing in Sokoto, citing alleged poor leadership style, lack of people- oriented projects from the PDP-led administration...
Residents of Sokoto State residents had conducted a 20,000-man march in support of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. The APC leader in the state, Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC-Sokoto North), Police Affairs Minister, Alhaji Maigari Dingyadi and several other stakeholders of the party received the residents. This...
BUA Cement Plc, on Saturday began distributing 1,000 three-seater desks, worth N32 million, to the schools across Sokoto State. Speaking at the event, Alhaji Abdulganiyu Yusuf, Director Administration and Sales, BUA plc, said the gesture is part of the company’s commitment to support its host community. Yusuf said that...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Federal Government of Nigeria through the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation has flagged off a 3 day expanded stakeholders engagement towards the proposed 30MW hybrid wind farm scheme in Sokoto State. Addressing the gathering, the Federal Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Science, Technology...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Sokoto State Zonal Command of National Agency for Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Wednesday empowered trafficked persons and survivors of Gender Based Violence (GBV) with sewing machines, hair drying machine and a trolley to enable them start up something towards self reliance. Highlighting...
The Police Command in Sokoto State has arrested no fewer than eight suspects over alleged criminal conspiracy, armed robbery, theft and kidnapping in the state. Mr Muhammed Gumel, the Commissioner of Police, made the disclosure when he addressed newsmen on Tuesday in Sokoto. Gumel said one of the suspected...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – No fewer than 42 graduates in various programmes of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) are to be given one hundred thousand naira (100,000) loan to enable them start up their acquired skills. Addressing benefiting graduates in Sokoto, the State Acting Coordinator of NDE,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Sokoto directed the Nigerian Armed Forces to remain apolitical and continue to operate within the framework of the constitution to ensure the successful conduct of the 2023 general elections. Declaring open the Chief of Army Staff’s Annual Conference...
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) in Sokoto State has denied the assertion that the party has collapsed into the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the PRP governorship candidate, Alhaji Sa’idu Gumburawa, alongside other members of the party on Friday...
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...
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...