BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – In an unrelenting efforts towards bringing to an end all forms of crimes in their states of operation, the 8 Division, Nigerian Army has flagged off a 3 day operations planning cadre workshop for 2022. The event which was held at the Lt Gen...
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BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has advised that should Nigerians wants to have the best in governance, then, the issue of zoning presidency has to be reconsidered in favour of merit. Tambuwal who added that the future of Nigerians is seriously at stake,...
Rep. Ibrahim Al-Mustapha (APC-Sokoto), has expressed confidence that the All Progressives Congress (APC), would take over Sokoto State, come 2023. Al-Mustapha, who represents Wurno/Rabah Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Abuja on Monday, that; “Sokoto is an APC State. “It...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – As the coast gradually gets set for the 2023 political race, Sagir Dalhatu Bafarawa, son of former governor of Sokoto State has indicated interested in succeeding Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. Bafarawa, who resigned his appointment recently as the Sokoto State Commissioner of Environment, said...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Sokoto State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC) has arrested four suspects who specialized in the production of fake currency notes both naira and CFA. Parading the suspects on Tuesday, the Sokoto State NSCDC Commandant, Muhammad Saleh Dada named...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – Chairman of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission, Victor Muruako, has said that the Commission helped to raise the Federal Government’s independent revenue to N1.250 trillion in 2021 from N532.903 billion in 2020. The figure for 2021 is the highest independent revenue generated in over eight...
Tragedy struck on Saturday in Sokoto as an industrial fire at BUA cement factory resulted in the death of three persons, while three others were injured. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that other equipment and other valuables had also been destroyed by the inferno. NAN further gathered...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto The Sokoto State Arabic and Islamic Education Board, Ministry of Women and Children Affairs and Sokoto State Zakkat and Waqf and Empowerment Commission with support from UNICEF have held a 2 day meeting with stakeholders in the state towards having a strategic action plan for...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – In continuation of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the BUA Group of Company has yet again spent no fewer than 62 million naira on various projects for host communities in Sokoto State. The projects which include the procurement and installation of electricity transformers in...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Following the rising spate of insecurity bedeviling the country, The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal has said that until all the states are secured, no single citizen is safe. Governor Tambuwal, who discloses this on Wednesday, when he received the Minister of Foreign Affairs,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State on Monday inaugurated a 13 member Administration of Criminal Justice (ACJL) Committee to ensure speedy dispensation of all criminal cases in the state. The ACJL committee, through speedy trials of criminal cases will also help decongest the crowded correctional center in the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL,Sokoto A group under the auspices of Coalition of All Progressive Congress (APC) supporters in Sokoto has declared their unflinching support for the Governor Mai Mala Buni led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC). The group also pledged its unflinching continuos support and vote of confidence on...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – In a bid to bring to an end the worrisome spate of insecurity that has bedeviled Zamfara, Sokoto and Kebbi States in north West, the newly posted Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police in Charge of Zone 10, AIG Bello Dalijan said synergy with...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami SAN on Sunday endorsed Mainasara Sani as the duly recognized Sokoto State Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC). Malami made the affirmation in the house of Rt Hon Balarabe Salame while flagging...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested an Indian businessman, Vyapak Nutal, over the smuggling of 134,700 bottles of codeine syrup. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja Babafemi said that the seized bottles of codeine...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Magajin Garin Sokoto, Alhaji Hassan Danbaba, on Saturday slumped and died in Kaduna State. Danbaba, a grandson of the late Premier of Northern Nigeria, Sir Ahmadu Bello died at the age of 51 according to family sources. The source further confirmed that Danbaba’s...
The Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Maigari Dingyadi, says President Muhammadu Buhari is committed to enhance nation’s security and leave the country better than he met it. Dingyadi stated this at the inauguration of the Northwest Police Public Complaint Committee (PPCC) sensitisation campaign on Thursday in Sokoto. He said...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Following calls from diverse quarters asking Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal to join the race for 2023 presidency, the governor has declared that he will begin consultations across the length and breath of the country to the end of February before taking any...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has again directed the nation’s Armed Forces and other security services to deal decisively with any person or group undermining efforts at achieving sustainable peace, security and stability in the country, assuring that the country will ultimately defeat the forces of...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi- Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has felicitated with his Sokoto State counterpart, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal on his 56th birthday. Governor Ortom in a goodwill message to Tambuwal on Monday, described him as a diligent, focussed and a result oriented political leader. The governor said Tambuwal...