Tag: Sokoto State Government

Over the last week, I have stood bewildered watching from the frontlines as numerous gruesome developments unfolded on Nigeria’s heavily disturbing news headlines. And,...

Parents, students, and indeed anyone with a conscience is still shocked at the killing of Deborah Yakubu in Sokoto over allegations of blasphemy.  The brutal termination of the...

‘On that account, We ordained for the Children of Israel that if any one slew a person unless it be for murder or for...

The rule of law must be allowed to triumph in the matter of the barbaric murder of Deborah Samuel no matter whose ox is...

ABUJA - Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has expressed outrage over the reported attack on Igbos resident in Sokoto State on Saturday. Several reports...

ABUJA - Professor Farooq Kperogi, a Nigerian mass communication scholar in the United States, has said that there is no punishment for blasphemy in...

MINNA - The remains of late Deborah Samuel, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto State, have been laid to rest in...

Governors are prepared to back autonomy for the Legislature, Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong said on Monday. Also on Monday, Attorney-General and Minister of Justice...

Abdulkadir Jeli Abubakar III, the Sokoto State Commissioner of Home Affairs, is dead, The PUNCH reports. He died on Thursday evening, after a protracted illness. The...

The Sokoto State government has ordered the closure of 16 boarding schools in the state following the growing insecurity in the country. A statement issued...

By Habibu Harisu Sokoto  - The Sokoto State Government says it is constructing a dam at Kamarawa village to facilitate farming and animal rearing among...

By Habibu Harisu Sokoto - Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Wednesday expressed concern over the rising cases of politicisation in the...

By Muhammad Nasir Bello Sokoto - Sokoto State Government, says it is considering the adoption of the Indonesian Islamic education model known as...

By Habibu Harisu Sokoto - Sokoto State Government have utilised N400 million counterpart funding on routine immunisation against poliomyelitis...

By Habibu Harisu Sokoto - The Sokoto State government, through its Giginya Microfinance Bank, will be offering interest-free loans to about...

By Habibu Harisu Sokoto - Sokoto state government says  it would secure N65.7 billion loan to finance agricultural programmes, housing, water supply and...

By Habibu Harisu Sokoto - Sokoto State Government says it will construct an Olympic size stadium in the state capital to enhance...

Aisha Ahmed Kano - The Sokoto State Government has revived the state’s Child Protection Network Committee to fight violence against women and...

By Habibu Harisu/Muhammad Nasir Bello Sokoto - The All Progressive Congress (APC), Sokoto state chapter on Tuesday told Gov. Aminu Tambuwal to stop...

By Muhammad Nasir Bello Sokoto - The Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE), on Saturday undertook a tour of projects executed by the Sokoto...