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,...
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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...
Introduction The rule of law is defined as the mechanism, process, institution, practice, or norm that supports the equality of all citizens before the law, secures a nonarbitrary form of government, and more generally prevents the arbitrary use of power (Britannica). Two important key phrases can be surmised from...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto Barely four days after the gruesome murder of Miss Deborah Samuel, a 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, (SSCOE) Sokoto, Deborah Samuel, who was accused of blasphemy, the police on Monday said it have arraigned two of the suspects – Bilyaminu Aliyu and...
At least 34 lawyers have indicated interest to defend killers of Deborah Samuel in court today. According to PM News, the suspected killers have been identified as Bilyaminu Aliyu and Aminu Hukunci. The defense team was led by Prof. Mansur Ibrahim. Deborah Samuel, a 200-Level Home Economics student of...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has relaxed the 24 hours curfew declared in Sokoto as a measure to forestall breakdown of law and order following the uproar that greeted the gruesome murder of Miss Deborah Samuel last week. Deborah, a student of the...
The parents of the late Deborah Samuel of Shagari College of Education Sokoto, Sokoto State have described the death of their daughter as sad and painful, saying they have left her killers to God. Recall that the remains of Deborah were laid to rest in her hometown, Tungan Magajiya...
Renowned Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, said that the Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW), was at several points during his lifetime insulted by non-Muslims, yet he refused to attack or even kill persons who assassinated his characters. Gumi made this known while conducting a religious teaching class in his Kaduna...
Pastor Emmanuel Maaaji of the First Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Tunga Magajiya, Niger, has confirmed the arrival in Magajiya of the body of the slain student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Miss Deborah Samuel, for burial. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the late...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Following the gruesome murder of a female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, identified as Deborah Samuel, over alleged blasphemy, the Sokoto State Government has declared 24 hours curfew in the state as a measure towards ensuring peace and stability in the state....
The Nasrul-Lahi-l-Fatih Society (NASFAT) Nigeria on Saturday condemned the alleged extra-judicial killing of Ms Deborah Samuel, a female student of Shagari College of Education, Sokoto. The Chief Missioner NASFAT, Imam Abdul Azeez Onike, said this in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Mr Abdul Akeem-Yusuf, made available to...
Some residents of Sokoto State will on Saturday embark on a “mass” protest against the arrest of two people suspected to be involved in the killing of a female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, identified as Deborah Samuel, for alleged blasphemy. It would be recalled that Deborah...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Diversity Bridge Builders Collective (DBBC), a coalition of advocates for true inclusion, zero prejudice and peaceful coexistence, has attributed former Vice President Atiku Abubarka’s inexplicable deletion of a tweet condemning the gruesome murder of a female student in Sokoto, over alleged threat by trolls...
Former Vice President and presidential aspirant in People’s Democratic Party, Atiku Abubarka, has controversially deleted a tweet made on his verified Twitter account, condemning the heinous murder of a female student at the College of Education, Sokoto, Sokoto state. The tweet was made 20 minutes after midnight on Friday,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Mobs suspected to be students of the Shehu Shagari College of Education (SSCOE) Sokoto on Thursday set ablaze one Ms Deborah Yakubu an NCE 2 student of Home Economics Department on alleged blasphemy. Deborah was accused of speaking against the prophet in her response...