Residents of rural communities across Sokoto State on Friday trooped to cash swap centres facilitated by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to obtain redesigned naira notes. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that CBN sent officials, along with Point Of Sale (POS) owners from commercial banks as super...
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The representative of Sokoto State, Nura Abdullahi and that of Yobe State, Aishatu Abdulmutallib have emerged overall winners of the 37th National Qur’anic Recitation Competition held in Gusau, Zamfara State The winner from the male category, Nura Abdullahi was crowned as hero of the year by the Sultan of...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has handed over to NAPTIP, a 17-year-old girl from Oyo State arrested in Kebbi while allegedly on her way to Libya. The girl was traveling alone when she was arrested by immigration personnel in Yauri Local Government Area of Kebbi. The NIS Comptroller in...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has commenced prosecution of persons arrested for illegal possession of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). The commission disclosed this in a statement by Mr Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee in Abuja on after the commission’s meeting....
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 – Over 5000 members from the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Yabo Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The defectors were happily received during the Progressive Youth Mega rally and...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Teachers Registration Council (TRCN) says it has rescheduled its teachers Professional Qualifying Examination (PQE) in Sokoto and Zamfara states over recent security concerns. TRCN’s Acting Director of Certification and Licensing, Dr Jacenta Ogboso, who disclosed this in Abuja while supervising the examination at...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the killing of a second year student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Deborah Samuel, following an allegation that she had blasphemed Muhammad (SAW), the Prophet of Islam. President Buhari, who expressed sadness over the incident in a...
Twenty-nine bodies of young firewood hawkers have been buried in Gidan Magana Village in the Shagari Local Government Area (LGA) of Sokoto State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the hawkers died on Wednesday when their boat capsized in Shagari River on their way to fetch firewood...
Former Imo State Governor and Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District, Rochas Okorocha, has advised Nigerians to elect leaders that will be committed to the unity, oneness and progress of the country as the election year 2023 approaches. He said at this critical time in the life of the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Medical Director, Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital Sokoto, Professor Shehu Sale, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari led administration over the the release of COVID-19 interventions funds, which according to him is yielding positive impact on service delivery in hospitals. Prof. Shehu, who is a...
Says policies on job creation , economic diversification working By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Sokoto inaugurated a new 3 million metric tonnes per annum BUA Cement Sokoto Line 4 Factory, expressing delight that the Federal Government policies on economic diversification, job creation and...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Sokoto State Chapter, has resolved to join the planned Jan. 27 nationwide protest against fuel price hike The national headquarters of the NLC had directed state chapters to sensitise and mobilise members on proposed protest to oppose a planned increase in the price of...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau- A notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji, has reportedly released over 50 kidnapped victims in his custody in Zamfara State. Confirming the release on Tuesday, The Co-Chairman of the state Committee on Finding Lasting Solutions to Banditry, Dr. Abdullahi Shinkafi, said the victims are about 70,...
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, has said he remained unapologetic to those who perceived him to be an ardent critic of President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. Bishop Kukah disclosed this while speaking with journalists in Sokoto State. He said, “All what I have been clamouring for are not...
The notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji, is ‘incapacitated’ after sustaining severe injuries when military fighter jets raided his hideouts and bandits camps in the North West, PRNigeria learnt from credible sources. The attack jets of the Air Task Force, ATF, Operation Hadin Kai, also killed several bandits, in the...
Bandits operating within Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State, on Thursday came under heavy fire from a joint military operation taskforce team. The bandits who are said to be led by a certain Bello Turji, were left scampering in the wake of the raid which left several marauders...
President Muhammadu Buhari has restated the Federal Government commitment to flush out banditry perpetrators and protect citizens from onslaught of all forms of criminal activities in the country. President Buhari gave the assurance on Friday when the Federal Government delegation paid a condolence visit to Gov. Aminu Tambuwal over...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has dispatched a high-level delegation, made up of the heads of the nation’s intelligence and security services to Sokoto and Katsina States in response to the recent spike in bandit activities. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Buhari has expressed sadness over the recent gruesome attack on innocent travellers in Sokoto State. Reacting to the incident on Wednesday, President Buhari said, “I am very distressed at the manner of death visited on these hapless citizens who were undertaking a legitimate...