Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu on Wednesday commenced the payment of N4 billion gratuity to retired civil servants in the state as part of his one year anniversary. Aliyu presented cheques to some beneficiaries, saying that the efforts were in fulfillment of his promise after receiving the payment...
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BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Government has announced the immediate dethronement of 15 traditional leaders for various offences bordering on aiding insecurity, land racketeering and others while 4 others are still being investigated. Making the decision of the state government known in a statement signed by...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL,Sokoto Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, has called on opposition parties in the state to join hands with him towards developing the state. “‘We have no state other than Sokoto. It is all our collective responsibility to make Sokoto better. Hence I am calling on all...
The Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed the election of Ahmed Aliyu as Sokoto State governor. Delivering judgment, Justice Tijani Abubakar dismissed the appeal by the PDP and its governorship candidate, Saidu Umar. Details later…
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu is not only a leader with unwavering commitment to democratic ethos, but also a dependable partner in greater Sokoto agenda, the state deputy governor, Idris Muhammed Gobir has affirmed. Gobir made this affirmation in a statement he...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, on Thursday signed the Community Guard Corps bill into law, noting that it will further help the conventional security agencies towards ensuring uncovering every hiding place of the bad elements. The governor, while addressing members of the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Leader of the All Progressive Party (APC) in Sokoto State and Senator representing Sokoto North Senatorial District, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, has donated ten million naira to the 66 rescued abducted persons from the state. Wamakko, who also donated a Hilux to each of the...
.The Sokoto State House of Assembly on Wednesday granted approval for Gov. Ahmed Aliyu’s proposal to establish a Community Guards Corps in the state. The development followed the consideration of a report by the joint House Committee on Special Services and Security Matter, as well as the...
On assumption of office on May 29, 2023, the governor of Sokoto State, Dr. Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto, set a 9- point agenda for his administration. Top on the blueprint/template was the problem of insecurity and the attendant exacerbating poverty among the citizens of the state. He acknowledged the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu has said the inferno that occured in the house of Nigeria’s first democratically elected president, Shehu Shagari was not only unfortunate but catastrophic. Governor Aliyu, who spoke when he visited the burnt house in company of the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL,Sokoto – The Sokoto Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has affirmed the electoral victory of Governor Ahmed Aliyu by dismissing the petition brought against him and his deputy Idris Gobir, by the PDP governorship candidate, Sa’idu Umar. Giving unanimous judgement, at the Sokoto High Court, the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Imo State Governor and Chairman of the All Progressive Governor’s Forum in Nigeria, Hope Uzodinma has described his Sokoto counterpart, Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto as one young politician that Nigerians should watch out for. Uzodinma, who spoke in Sokoto before commissioning two of...
By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – In continuation of Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto’s 100 days in office, Vice President Kashim Shetima on Monday flagged off the distribution of 140 vehicles for mass transportation and food palliatives to the vulnerable persons in the state. Governor Aliyu in...
The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, says Nigeria requires N21 trillion to effectively bridge housing deficit, despite efforts across the three tiers governments. The vice president stated this on Sunday in Sokoto at the groundbreaking for the construction of a 500-unit housing estate by the State government. Shettima,...
The Sokoto State Government has approved N20.3 billion for the purchase of food stuffs to caution the effect of fuel subsidy removal and other projects in the state. Alhaji Jabir Mai-Hula, the state Commissioner for Religious Affairs, made this known to newsmen after the maiden Executive Council meeting...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The founder of Northwest University, Sokoto, Senator Aliyu Magatakrda Wamakko today in his welcome address at the maiden matriculation of the Ivory Towers, said knowledge is the key to unlocking human potentials. Senator Wamakko, who said the matriculation of the 200 students...
Gov. Ahmad Aliyu of Sokoto state has inaugurated six-member Judicial Commission of Inquiry on the sales, auction and allocations of government assets by the immediate past administration of former Gov. Aminu Tambuwal. The commission has retired Justice Mu’azu Bindiga a former acting Chief Judge of Gombe state as Chairman...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Vice Chancellor of Sokoto State University,(SSU), Prof Bashir Garba, says the newly sworn in governor of Sokoto, Dr Ahmed Aliyu is very qualified to govern the State. Prof. Garba, who stated this on Wednesday during on a courtesy visit to the governor at...
The Police Command in Sokoto State and the Department of State Security (DSS) have warned politicians in the state not to involve them in their political squabbles. This is contained in a statement jointly issued on Sunday by Mr Muhammed Gumel, the state Commissioner of Police, and Mr Yahaya...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has set up a six- member committee to engage the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to address anomalies in the country’s monetary management and financial system. The forum disclosed this in a communique issued on Saturday at the end of its virtual meeting held...