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...
Sokoto State
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...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has commenced a 5-day workshop to sensitize Sokoto community and their leaders especially those in border towns on the ills of human trafficking. The workshop which was held in Sokoto North LGA with...
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal has said the declaration of a state of emergency on banditry would enable security operatives access to clear bandits’ enclaves and other hideouts. Governor Tambuwal made the suggestion on Wednesday in Sokoto when he received a delegation of the Northwest States Governors Forum. The...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Following case of alleged child battering leading to grievous injury and wrongly confinement brought before a Chief Magistrate Court siting in Sokoto against one Rahila Yakubu, Chief Magistrate, Fatima Hassan has ordered the remanding of the suspect. The suspect, 33 years old Rahila Yakubu,...
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal has described bandits terrorising people in parts of the country as enemies of humanity who should be treated as such. Governor Tambuwal made the remark on Tuesday when he received a delegation of Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), led by its Chairman, Gov. Kayode Fayemi...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Professor Maryam Koko of the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development, Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) has said over one billion people are living with disabilities globally, out of which, twenty seven (27) million of them are in Nigeria. Prof Maryam, spoke as a resource person...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL,Sokoto Sokoto State Government has commiserated with victims of terrorists attack in Gidan Bawa Town, where armed bandits were said to have burnt a vehicle conveying passengers from Sabon Birni enroute other region of the country. The state government, however, debunked reports by several media platforms that...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A fire outbreak on Saturday afternoon has razed down the Sokoto Zonal Command office of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in persons (NAPTIP). The fire according to eye witness account started from the shelter section of the office and extended to other...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A 20 year old man, identified as Yashua’u Shehu of Atakwanyo village in Kware LGA has been convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for raping a 3 years old girl (name withheld) in Sokoto without option of fine and also handed a five...
The Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum (PDP-GF), Aminu Tambuwal has said that Nigeria must embrace restructuring to survive. Tambuwal stated this in his remark at a two-day PDP National Retreat with the theme: “It’s time to rescue Nigeria”, held on Tuesday in Abuja. Tambuwal, who is also the...
A team of Nigerian Medical Doctors has successfully conducted free open heart surgeries in Sokoto. Members of the team were drawn from Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Osun State and Lagos State University Teaching Hospital. The surgeries were conducted at the Usmanu Danfodio University Teaching Hospital, (UDUTHS) Sokoto,...
……….As Gov. Tambuwal presents over 188bn 2022 budget By ANKELI EMMANUEL Sokoto – Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed about 15 people during attacks on some communities in Goronyo and Illela Local Government Areas of Sokoto State. The state Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, confirmed the attack on Monday, shortly...
By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has stressed that Nigeria is better as one indivisible country, despite admitting that the very fabrics of the nation’s unity has been threatened unprecedentedly. Tambuwal who spoke on Tuesday at the Sokoto Government House while receiving the Governing...