Tag: Sokoto
Sokoto loses perm sec, Pilgrims Welfare Board
SOKOTO - The Permanent Secretary, Sokoto State Pilgrims Welfare Agency, Alhaji Salihu Gatawa, is dead.
A statement signed by Abubakar Dangusau, Special Assistant, Press Affairs...
Sokoto to partner India on education — Wamakko
SOKOTO - Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto state has called for partnership with the Indian government to establish Faculty of Health at the state...
AIG orders removal of police check points in Sokoto
SOKOTO - The Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Zone 10, Alhaji Bala Hassan, has ordered the immediate removal of all police check points...
Police arrest 40 suspected political thugs in Sokoto
SOKOTO - The Sokoto State Police Command on Tuesday said it arrested 40 alleged political thugs across the state with dangerous weapons.
The state Police...
Sokoto disburses N109.5m to persons with disabilities, others
SOKOTO - The Sokoto State Government on Monday disbursed N109.5 million as allowances to persons with disabilities and other categories of indigent persons in...
Bafarawa donates N 11.5 m to Sokoto PDP for membership registration
Former governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, on Wednesday donated N11.5 million to the state chapter of the PDP to support the on-going...
Sokoto to distribute N200m as loan to small scale industrialists
SOKOTO - Sokoto State Government has announced plans to distribute N200 million as loan to small scale industrialists and entrepreneurs in the state.
Gov. Aliyu...
Sokoto abolishes indigene/non-indigene dichotomy
SOKOTO - The Sokoto State Government said it had abolished the indigene and non-indigene dichotomy.
It added that it had also deleted the nomenclature from...
NAPTIP intercepts 300 victims in 11 months in Sokoto
By SundiataPOST, Abuja
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP), Sokoto zone, on Wednesday said it intercepted 300 victims...
Motorcyclists withdraw midnight service in Sokoto State
By SundiataPOST, Abuja
The Sokoto chapter of the Association of Commercial Motorcyclists of Nigeria, on Friday, announced that members would no longer operate after midnight...
DPR seals 30 filling stations in Sokoto, Kebbi States in 11...
By SundiataPOST, Abuja
The Department of Petroleum Resources ( DPR) sealed 30 filling stations in Sokoto and Kebbi States between January and November because of...
Customs intercepts unregistered drugs in Sokoto
By NAN The Nigeria Customs Service, Sokoto Area Command, on Saturday in Sokoto State says it has intercepted two truckloads of unregistered drugs worth...
Sokoto discovers 32 council workers with fake certificates
The Sokoto State Local Government Service Commission said it had discovered 32 local government council workers with fake certificates.
The commission made the disclosure in...
Sokoto inaugurates 32-man national confab committee
By NAN
The Sokoto State Government on Saturday inaugurated a 32-man Committee on the proposed national conference.
The committee is headed by the immediate past...
Sokoto loses 70-year-old male pilgrim in Saudi Arabia
By NAN
The Sokoto State delegation to the 2013 Hajj Pilgrimage on Saturday in Sokoto said one of its male pilgrims, Amadu Achida, has died...