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...
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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...
Alhaji Bala Kokani, the member representing Kebbe/Tambuwal Federal Constituency in Sokoto State, has presented start-up capital to 1000 women and youth in the constituency. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that 500 women and youths each from Kebbe and Tambuwal Local Governments benefited from the N20 million...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) in collaboration with the Anti Corruption Transparency Unit (ACTU) have organized a sensitization campaign against all forms of corrupt practices for workers of the Sultan Abubakar 111 International Airport, Sokoto. Giving insights into the campaign, the Sokoto...
Airstrikes conducted on Saturday by aircraft of the Operation Hadarin Daji Air Component have led to the deaths of an undisclosed number of bandits. PRNigeria gathered that the precision airstrikes, which were executed at Dangwandi and Tsakai areas of Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State, resulted in the...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Sokoto State has embarked on a three-day free medical outreach in some rural communities in the area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the State Coordinator of NYSC, Alhaji Muhammadu Nakamba, inaugurated the Phase II 2021 Health Initiative for Rural...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Sokoto State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr Saleh Dada has paraded four suspected bandits amongst whom one admitted to be an informant. Those paraded include – one Sani Ibrahim who is being accused of sodomizing 12 minors...
The Federal Government has paid the backlog of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) to 74,657 benefiting households under the Household Uplifting Programme (HUP) in Sokoto State. Head of Sokoto State Cash Transfer Unit, Alhaji Abubakar Balarabe-Binanchi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A serving Assistant Superintendent 11 of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Sokoto command alongside one Aminu Sifawa and Ibrahim Shehu have been accused of defrauding innocent unemployed applicants of their hard earned monies. The Commander, Sokoto Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes...