BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – No fewer than 99 percent of the documented 230, 535 Almajiris in Sokoto State are away from their parents and under the care of their respective Mallams, while 85 percent of the vulnerable girls are under the care of their parents, yet out of...
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BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Council Chairman of Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Soko State, Hon Idris Mohammad Gobir has emerged as the running mate to Sokoto All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Hon Ahmad Aliyu. Addressing newsmen at the party Secretariat, the state party chairman, Hon...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – To forestall and adequately respond to any unforseen eventuality, the Sokkto State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps ( FRSC) has deployed no fewer than 720 personnel to ensure hitch free Eid-el-Kabir celebration. Briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Sokoto, the FRSC Sector...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The General Officer Commanding, (GOC), 8 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Uwem Bassey on Tuesday flagged off free medical outreach in Sifawa village of Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The GOC, who was represented by the Garrison Commander 8 Division, Brigadier General...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – No fewer than. 56,000 bandits have so far surrendered to the Nigerian Army since Operation Hadarin Daji began in the north Western states of Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara and Katsina. Maj General Uwem Bassey, who is the General Officer Commanding, 8 Division, Nigerian Army, Sokoto...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – As part of activities lined up for the 2022 Armed Forces Remembrance Day, the 8 Division, Nigerian Army, Sokoto has held an interfaith prayers for the repose of the souls of all fallen heroes and divine protection for those in the service as well...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Sokoto State Government has flagged off the free administration of malaria drugs to children under the age of 3 to 59 months. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the free distribution of malaria drugs was organized by Sokoto State Ministry of Health, through the State...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A Non Governmental Organization, NEEM Foundation on Wednesday organized a one day dialogue on Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism in the North Western states of Nigeria. The meeting which brought together Sokoto State actors, was aimed at promoting civilian security in the northwestern region. The theme of...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Senator representing, Sokoto North Senatorial District, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko has again sponsored additional 60 students of Sokoto indigene to study various courses in the Maryam Abacha American University, Maradi, Republic of Niger. While other students are to study at the Al-qalam University Katsina,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has flagged off the training for no fewer than 690 persons across the 23 Local Government Areas of Sokoto state on various skills acquisition. Those to undergo the training include 460 Basic National Open Apprenticeship Scheme (B-NOAS) and...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire on Sunday commissioned several projects at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto (UDUTH), describing it as one of the fastest growing teaching hospital in Nigeria. “Each time I am here, I feel a lot of contentment...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – In continuation of their Cooperate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes, The BUA Cement Company has donated 10,000 litres capacity solar powered borehole to Dagelawa village of Wajeke District in Wamakko Local Government Area of Sokoto State. BUA Cement Company also donated medical consumables worth N10...
BY ANKELI EMMNANUEL, Sokoto – The 8 Division of the Nigerian Army, Sokoto has handed over hundreds of recovered weapons to the National Center For The Control of Small And Light Weapons (NCCSALW). Speaking before handing over the weapons, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8 Div, Maj Gen Uwem...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – As the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Sokoto State prepares for its governorship primaries today, 6 out of the seven aspirants have insisted on direct primaries. The six governorship aspirants, include: Senator Abdullahi Umar Gada, Hon Dr Abdullahi Balarabe Salame, Ambassador Faruk Malami Yabo,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – After series of all night long deliberations on who succeeds Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, the PDP delegates in Sokoto State have elected Alhaji Saidu Umar (Ubandoman Sokoto) as the party’s gubernatorial flag bearer for the 2023 general elections. Saidu Umar, who recently resigned his...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A presiding Magistrate, Mariya Haruna Dogon Daji has adjourned till June 15 for continuation of hearing on a case of child abandonment brought before her against one Jamilu Musa, who is a lecturer with the Department of Science and Laboratory, Umaru Ali Shinkafi Polytechnic,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) through its Special Public Works Department Friday flagged off the orientation for 30 participants of the Enviropreneurship Development Scheme (EDS) in Sokoto State. Flagging off the EDS, the State Coordinator of NDE, Mrs Eunice Danmallam implored participants to...
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, on Friday lifted a curfew imposed on Sokoto metropolis over the unrest that followed the killing of Deborah Samuel. The Governor also banned all forms of procession in the state indefinitely. Samuel, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, was lynched by a...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Justice James Kolawole Omotosho of the Federal High Court, sitting in Sokoto on Thursday reaffirmed that Isa Sadiq Achida remained the authentic chairman of Sokoto All Progressives Congress (APC). Omotosho who is the Presiding Judge in case filed by the Mainasara led factions of...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Sokoto Police Command has declared the prime suspects in the killing and setting ablaze of Deborah Samuel wanted for culpable homicide. A statement issued on Tuesday by the police spokesperson, ASP Sanusi Abubakar, assured that others arrested at the scene of crime have...