The Sokoto State Government has formally received a report from the Judicial Commission of Inquiry alleging that N117 billion in public funds was misappropriated during the eight-year administration of former Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. Justice Mu’azu Abdulkadir Pindiga (rtd), the commission’s chairman, presented the findings to Governor Ahmed Aliyu on February 3, 2026, at the […]
Lere Olayinka, senior special assistant on public communications and social media to Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), said Aminu Tambuwal, former Sokoto state governor, would not get away with his latest “verbal attack”. Olayinka said the minister would issue a pointed response to remarks made by Tambuwal on Channels Television’s Politics […]
Aminu Tambuwal, ex-governor of Sokoto, has revealed plans to unseat President Tinubu in 2027 as a national consensus, which he is willing to do his best to achieve. Speaking on Channels TV’s Politics Today, the former speaker revealed his commitment to ousting Tinubu and APC from the presidential seat in the 2027 elections. “I am […]
Aminu Tambuwal, former governor of Sokoto, has revealed that he would always choose Atiku over Wike for Nigerian presidency although the FCT minister is his friend. Tambuwal made this statement on Friday during the Politics Today program on Channels TV, while refuting claims that he betrayed the ex- Rivers governor in 2022. In 2022, Tambuwal […]
Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, former Governor of Sokoto State, has stated that he cannot be intimated into joining the APC ahead of the 2027 general elections. The serving senator representing Sokoto South made the statement at his Sokoto residence on Saturday shortly after his ordeal with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Tambuwal, speaking to […]
An aide to the governor of Sokoto, Aminu Tambuwal, has warned Christians in Nigeria that they will be sent to their graves early if they denigrate their adored Prophet Muhammad. Deborah Samuel, a Christian student at Shehu Shagari College of Education in Wamako, was lynched in Sokoto for blasphemy. According to his Facebook bio, Anas […]
The Governor of Sokoto state and chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, Aminu Tambuwal, has said that the party would emerge strong from its national convention to receive those coming to join it. Tambuwal stated this while briefing newsmen after the PDP stakeholders’ meeting held at Akwa-lbom Governor’s Lodge in Abuja on Friday night. Tambuwal […]
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, on Wednesday, signed 10 executive orders as part of measures to combat both kinetic and non-kinetic security challenges in the state. Tambuwal said that some parts of state have been bedeviled by insecurity as result of armed banditry which has led to huge loss of lives and properties as […]
The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has said suspended National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus must vacate office. Tambuwal said Secondus must leave office in obedience to the court order sacking him. The chairman of the PDP Governors Forum spoke while addressing newsmen yesterday after an emergency meeting of the forum […]
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has announced plans by the State Government to protect and encourage informants in order to boost security operations across the state. Tambuwal also hinted that his administration is working out modalities to give protection to informants of security outfits on the myriads of criminal activities taking place in their […]
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has disbanded the State Hisbah over alleged factionalization, Daily Times gathered. This is not the first time such decision was taken by the state government as it would be recalled that over three years ago, the then Commissioner for Religious Affairs, Mani Maishinku Katami announced the disbandment of the […]
By Tunde Opalana The Peoples Democratic Party’s Governors Forum has described Governor Godwin Obaseki’s victory at the polls on Saturday as “a testament to the triumph of justice, hard work, resilience, grit, forward planning, clinical execution” and reward for improving the people of Edo State, Daily Times gathered. The forum in a statement by its […]
Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) including Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike; Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal; Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, among others are currently in Benin, Edo State capital campaigning for Governor Godwin Obaseki. READ ALSO: Edo, Ondo: Rigging should be treated as coup… Daily Times Nigeria gathered that the leaders were […]
By Tunde Opalana Executive Governor of Sokoto State, Waziri Aminu Tambuwal has warned against any act of rigging in Saturday’s Edo and the October 10, Ondo governorship elections which he said is tantamount to a ‘coup d’etat’, which is an aberration to democratic norms and principles, Daily Times gathered. He spoke on the occasion of […]
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state has urged the National Assembly to enact a legislation that would prescribe death sentence or life imprisonment for unlawful possession of arms in the country. Gov. Tambuwal made this call in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Malam Muhammad Bello. The statement said Tambuwal […]
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has pledged to continue working in partnership with the Federal Government to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the state. Tambuwal who stated this on Sunday in Sokoto in a meeting with the Ministerial Task Force (MTF) on the COVID-19 pandemic, said the state government had adopted all the […]
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state on Friday signed a law prohibiting preaching and public gathering during the Ramadan. Tambuwal in a statement by his Special Adviser Media and Publicity, Malam Muhammad Bello, said the new law revokes the Sokoto state Infectious Diseases, Immunization, Quarantine and Isolation Regulations 2020. “This would henceforth, regulate all activities […]
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state on Thursday directed that the restriction order banning inter-state movement in the state be extended by two weeks. Tambuwal, according to a statement signed by Malam Muhammad Bello, the governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, said that the governor gave the directive in Sokoto after a stakeholders meeting […]
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state on Tuesday advised scientists to intensify efforts on productive research to fast track sustainable health, economic and agricultural development in the country. Gov. Tambuwal made the call at a symposium tagged:“Chemistry: A viable tool for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals’’ organised by the American Chemical Society of Nigeria (ACS). […]
Senior Special Assistant to Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state, Alhaji Yusuf Dingyadi, on Thursday urged opposition leaders in the state to support the state government in its efforts to develop the state. Dingyadi, who made the call in Sokoto, said Gov. Tambuwal’s pledge to work with every politician demonstrates his maturity and willingness to […]