The remains of the Usmanu Danfodio University’s (UDUS) Deputy Vice-Chancellor (DVC) on Research and Innovation, Prof. Yusuf Sa’idu, who was shot dead by suspected bandits have been laid to rest. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the funeral prayer was conducted on Tuesday at the Hassan...
Sokoto State
A group of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) loyalists in Sokoto State has urged its leaders in the state to be neutral on all issues and resist all forms of impositions. The group named ‘Concerned PDP Members’, made the charge at a press briefing on Saturday in Sokoto. Speaking...
Gov. Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State has commenced the distribution of N100 million donated by the state government to the victims of the recent inferno at the Sokoto central market. This is contained in a statement signed by Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Malam Abubakar Bawa, issued to newsmen...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The seemingly unending battle for political relevance and clientele attachment could lead to Sokoto missing out of the ongoing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s 75, 000 naira Renewed Hope Conditional Cash Transfer programme, investigation has revealed. Reports from our investigation confirmed that, part of...
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has named the new Hajj terminal in the Sultan Abubakar International Airport Sokoto after Sen. Aliyu Wamakko. He made this known while inaugurating the terminal on Tuesday in Sokoto. Keyamo commended the Sokoto state government for completing the project...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State chapter of the Association of Motor Dealers of Nigeria (AMDON) has appealed to the Federal Government to reconsider lifting the ban on importation of vehicles across the land borders, saying the restriction is not only causing untold hardship but also contributing...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Coordinator of National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Abdulkarim Sirika has submitted that no nation makes the needed progress with education alone. He stated this on Wednesday while delivering keynote address on behalf of NDE Director General, Malam Abubakar Nuhu Fipko...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has ordered an investigation into the state of all Nigerian Army detention facilities across the nation. The COAS in a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said that the order was in response to the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Vocational Skills Development Department of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) today flagged off three months Basic National Open Apprenticeship Training (B-NOAS) for 20 unemployed youths in Sokoto State. Stating importance of the training in his welcome address, the Sokoto NDE Head...
Residents of Sokoto and environs are facing difficulties with intense scarcity of fuel and potable water amidst high temperature of over 42 degree Celsius. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the situation has subjected people to harsh and miserable conditions in the state. NAN reports that...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A mental health expert, Dr. Auwal Musa, has said the survivors of Gender Based Violence (GBV) especially those of sexual violation often have mental health challenges because of the impact of the experience. “Because of the seriousness of the mental health in some...
Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, on Saturday in Abuja called on Nigerians, irrespective of tribe or religion to unite and fight Nigeria’s common enemies. Speaking at the second edition of Unity Schools Old Students Association (USOSA) sports carnival, Musa listed the common enemies as terrorism, banditry...
Over the years, insecurity has been a major challenge to the nation. On daily basis, the nation’s media space is awash with news of kidnappings, banditry and farmers-herders clashes. In the northeast and northwest in particular, bandits have wreaked havoc as they attack communities and kidnap both young and...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has said it is committed to positive parenting for all children as only that can promote care and love for their better upbringing. Sokoto UNICEF office, Child Protection Specialist, Mr Pius Uwamanua, stated this on Wednesday during...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Coordinator of National Directorate of Employment (NDE) Abdulkarim Sirika has appealed to unemployed Nigerian youths to embrace skills and entrepreneurship rather than waiting for white collar jobs that are not really available. According to Sirika, rather than waiting for the usual...
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is collaborating with BUA Cement to conduct regular tests on drivers and other workers of the company to ensure that they are not hooked to illicit drugs. The NDLEA Commandant in Sokoto State, Mr Adamu Iro, said this during a sensitisation...
A bandit leader in Zamfara State has called for peaceful negotiations after successive bombardments by the Nigerian military dismantled their hideouts. This is coming as the National National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, announced that the Federal Government has stopped payments of ransom in freeing many kidnapped victims....
No fewer than eight deaths and 208 suspected cases related to a mysterious illness have been recorded in Sokoto State, an official disclosed. Center Manger of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in Sokoto State, Dr Ibrahim Usman, made this known in his presentation during an interactive session...
A mysterious illness has emerged in Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State, leaving both health authorities and community leaders confused. According to the Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Jide Idris, Nthe strange illness was reported to the agency on March 21,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL Sokoto – In his continued efforts towards decongesting the correctional centers over the years, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko has once again secured the release of another 60 inmates in Sokoto State. The freed inmates including a woman were serving various jail terms for different offences,...