A yet-to-be-identified female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto was on Thursday beaten and burnt to death for alleged blasphemy. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the school has announced its shutdown over the crisis. This newspaper obtained a copy of the announcement. The treatment of those deemed to have insulted the prophet of […]
Tunde Opalana, Abuja Sokoto State government has challenge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) or any Anti- corruption agency to make available evidence on the alleged diversion of N189 billion state fund by Governor Aminu Tambuwal. This is as the government slammed political detractors of Gov. Tambuwal for sponsoring malicious and damaging news story […]
The administration of Sokoto has spent N3.5 billion on the purchase of 12,000 metric tons of fertilizer, which will be distributed at subsidized rates to farmers across the state. Similarly, the state government has acquired an N4 billion loan facility to be distributed to farmers in the state for the cultivation of cash crops such […]
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has completed the reconductoring of its new 130 Kilometers (KM) 132 Kilovolt (KV) double circuit Sokoto – Birnin Kebbi transmission line. Mrs Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s General Manager Public Affairs, who made this known in a statement in Abuja on Saturday stated that the line was energised at […]
The Sokoto State House of Assembly has passed a bill for the establishment of the state Hisbah Board. This followed the adoption of the report of the House Joint Committee on Religious Affairs, Judiciary and Human Rights at plenary. READ ALSO: Don’t Report Sokoto Government Activities …NUJ Sokoto Presenting the report, Chairman of the Committee […]
The Police Command Sokoto State, has confirmed the arrest and detention of Police Sergeant, Bello Garba, who allegedly shot one person to death and injured three others on Friday in Sokoto. READ ALSO: Police arrests 50-year-old man for burying new born baby alive Daily Times Nigeria gathered that the command said that the Sergeant shot […]
Alhaji Yusuf Dingyadi, the Senior Special Assistant to Gov. Aminu Tambuwal on Special Duties, has advised Nigerians to stop playing politics with security matters in the state. Dingyadi, who gave the advice in an interview on Friday in Sokoto, berated politicians who were criticising President Muhammadu Buhari and Tambuwal over happenings in Sabon Birni and […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 38 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the last 24 hours, bringing total number of confirmed cases to 665. The NCDC made this known on Monday night in the latest report posted on its verified twitter handle. According to it, three new states- Gombe, Sokoto […]
Govrnor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has barred a suspected coronavirus patient and his family from entering the state in compliance to the guidelines of the closure of the state borders and Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. A statement by Mr Muhammad Bello, the governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Relations, revealed that the […]
The Management of the Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital (FNPH) Kware, Sokoto, on Thursday began restricting who can visit hospitals due to concerns over the Coronavirus (COVID-19). The Head of Clinical Services of FNHP, Dr Danjuma Aboida, in a statement in Sokoto, also said that the hospital is only accepting patients with emergencies for now. Aboida […]
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has declared that one of the 2019 Batch “A” corps members lost his life in the course of service in Sokoto state. NYSC state Coordinator, Philip Enaberue, made the disclosure during the passing out parade of 1, 760 outgoing corps members, on Thursday in Sokoto. READ ALSO: NAF takes […]
Bishop Matthew Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto on Wednesday led a peaceful prayer procession in Sokoto organised by the diocese to mourn Nigerians killed by Boko Haram insurgents, bandits, terrorists and kidnappers. The procession which attracted hundreds of Christian faithful and Muslim communities in the state, started from Abdullahi Fodio Road through the Central Market Road to Ahmadu Bello […]
Sokoto – Bishop Matthew Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto on Wednesday led a peaceful prayer procession in Sokoto organised by the diocese to mourn Nigerians killed by Boko Haram insurgents, bandits, terrorists and kidnappers. The procession which attracted hundreds of Christian faithful and Muslim communities in the state, started from Abdullahi Fodio Road […]
The Director Payee, Sokoto state Internal Revenue Service, Ibrahim Mijinyawa has said that about N41 billion has been collected as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) from 2017 to 2019 in the state. Mijinyawa disclosed this at the stakeholders’ periodic reflection and action meeting on tax justice, gender responsive public service and breaking barriers project in Sokoto. […]
The Police Command in Sokoto state says it has arrested no fewer than 10 persons suspected of rustling 24 sheep, 11 cows and eight goats in the state. Briefing newsmen in Sokoto on Wednesday, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Kaoje, said that several others were arrested for various crimes including a bandits’ informant. […]
The Sokoto State Government on Saturday said it would procure N65.7 billion loan from internal financial sources to execute development projects. The said the loan would be used to fast-track agricultural development, housing, health, water resources, judiciary and service delivery. Alhaji Mohammed Bello, the Special Adviser on Media to Gov. Aminu Tambuwal, disclosed this in […]
The Sokoto State Executive Council (EXCO) has approved the implementation of N30,000 minimum wage for workers in the state as from January 2020. The state’s Commissioner for Information Alhaji Isa Galadanchi, who briefed journalists at the end of the council meeting on Wednesday in Sokoto, said workers would get the adjustment in their January salaries. […]
Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC), 8 Division of the Nigerian Army, Sokoto, Brig. Gen. Aminu Bande, has reiterated the commitment of the army toward containing insurgency and other security challenges facing the nation. Bande gave the assurance at the 2019 West Africa Social Activities (WASA) celebration held at the Parade Ground of Gidinya Barracks in […]
Sokoto state government has called for public support towards the enactment of the children protection law aimed at making them better adults. State’s Ministry of Women and Children Affairs and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) are working with community groups and other stakeholders toward domesticating the law to suit the state. Operate with fear of […]
.As Court orders interim forfeiture of ex-Pension Reform task team chairman’s 23 houses .Orders associates with prove to show cause within 14 days Justice Folashade Giwa-Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered an interim forfeiture of 23 landed properties belonging to the Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed […]