Tag: Sokoto State
Sokoto State to buy N1.1bn vehicles for governor’s office
SOKOTO- Sokoto State government on Wednesday approved the purchase of vehicles worth N1.1 billion for the governor’s office.The approval was part of other contracts...
We’ve not nabbed any bandits in Sokoto– Police
SOKOTO- The Police Command in Sokoto State has refuted claims of the arrest of some bandits in Sabon-Birni Local Government Area (LGA) of the...
PASAN strike: Workers shut down assembly in Sokoto
SOKOTO- Members of the Sokoto State Chapter of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) on Monday joined their counterparts nationwide as they embarked...
Tribunal dismisses petitions against Wamakko, 2 Reps
SOKOTO- The National and State Assembly Election Petition Tribunals in Sokoto State, on Friday dismissed three petitions against the elections of Sen. Aliyu Wamakko...
Independence Anniversary: Aliyu pardons 73 inmates
SOKOTO- Gov. Ahmad Aliyu of Sokoto State on Thursday pardoned 73 inmates who were serving various jail terms in various custodial centres in the...
Tribunal upholds election of Tambuwal as Senator for Sokoto South
SOKOTO- The Election Petition Tribunal in Sokoto State on Wednesday upheld the election of former governor Aminu Tambuwal as the duly elected Senator representing...
FRSC, firm donate 1,000 helmets to commercial motorcyclists in Sokoto
SOKOTO- The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), in partnership with Boska Nigeria Dexa-medica, on Thursday donated 1,000 protective helmets to commercial motorcycle riders in...
Harmattan: Zamfara, Sokoto fire services begin awareness campaign
GUSAU- The Fire Services in Zamfara and Sokoto States have embarked on awareness campaigns on prevention of fire incidents during the harmattan.Officials of the...
Gunmen Kill three in fresh attack on Sokoto village
The police in Sokoto State have confirmed an attack carried by suspected bandits that claimed the lives of three persons and left other persons...
Ex-Gov. Tambuwal granted additional time for defence over sale of Sokoto...
SOKOTO- The Sokoto State Commission of Inquiry has approved the request of former Governor Aminu Tambuwal and nine others for additional time to prepare...
Tribunal dismisses PDP’s petition against Gov. Aliyu, APC
SOKOTO- The Sokoto Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Saturday dismissed the petition against Gov. Ahmed Aliyu and his Deuty, Idris Gobir, filed by Sa’idu...
Stop blame game, rescue abducted corps members, group tells NYSC
UMUAHIA- The Movement for the Advancement of National Transformation (MANTRA) has charged the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to stop blaming the eight potential...
Bandits displace 7 villages in Kebbi, Sokoto States
KEBBI- The Kebbi Government on Monday distributed relief materials to victims of bandits’ attacks from seven villages of Sokoto and Kebbi states.The News Agency...
ICPC chair takes anti-corruption campaign to psychiatric hospital
SOKOTO- The Chairman of Independent Corrupt Practice and Other related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, has urged workers of Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital...
Border Closure: Nigeria is not at war with Niger Republic –...
SOKOTO- The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says the closure of Nigeria borders with Niger Republic is not a declaration of war between the two...
ASUU disburses scholarship to varsity indigent students in Sokoto
SOKOTO- The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Friday disbursed scholarships to 10 indigent students studying different courses in Usmanu Danfodio University Sokoto...
Gov. Aliyu inaugurates judicial commission of inquiry on sale of Govt...
SOKOTO- Gov. Ahmad Aliyu of Sokoto state has inaugurated six-member Judicial Commission of Inquiry on the sales, auction and allocations of government assets by...
Sokoto Governorship: Tribunal Admits Gobir’s School Certs In Evidence
Sokoto - The Election Petition Tribunal in Sokoto state, on Tuesday, admitted in evidence two letters on Deputy Governor, Idris Gobir’s,...
Corruption allegation: ‘As e dey pain them, e dey sweet us’,...
ABUJA- Following allegation by the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan Kukah, that Nigerians witnessed the worst phase of corruption under...
Sokoto Govt. sets up panel to review Tambuwal’s appointments
SOKOTO- Gov. Ahmad Aliyu of Sokoto State has set up a nine-man panel to review all appointments made by former governor Aminu Tambuwal close...