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....
Sokoto State
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,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – No fewer than 9 persons have lost their lives and over 30 others sustained various degrees of injury during a stampede that occured at the residence of Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamako in Sokoto. Though, at the time of filing this report, the Police...
By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Impressed by the recent appreciation of the naira over the dollar, former Governor of Sokoto State and Senator representing Sokoto North, Aliyu Maatakarda Wamakko has appealed to marketers to fear God and reduce prices of goods to make life bearable for Nigerians. Senator...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL,Sokoto – The Nigerian Army in collaboration with the Office of the National Security Adviser has successfully rescued the 17 Tsangaya pupils, abducted by bandits in Gada Local Government Area of Sokoto State two weeks ago. Presenting the rescued victims to Sokoto State Government...
By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The General Officer Commanding, (GOC) of 8 Division, Nigeria Army and Commander Joint Task Force Operation Hadarin Daji, Major General Godwin Mutkut, has urged troops of the Division to sustain the tempo in ensuring that bad elements terrorising innocent Nigerians are eliminated. General Mutkut,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The wife of the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8 Division, Nigeria Army, Sokoto State, Mrs Florence Mutkut has has advised women to get education and skills as the tools for making them relevant. Mrs Florence, who is also the chairperson of Army Officers...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Jusitice Mohammed Mohammed of the Sokoto State High Court, Monday adjourned to the 28th of March for the continuation of defence in the case between a security personnel, Mr Eche Acheme against Union Bank and Gaskiya security outfit. Mr Eche Acheme a security...
The Sokoto State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of 15 Islamic education pupils and a woman in Gidan Bakuso, a village in Gada Local Government Area of the state. ASP Ahmad Rufa’i, the spokesperson of the command, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto that...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto on Wednesday gave scholarship to 14 indigent students. Giving insights into the scholarship, the ASUU Chairman of UDUS chapter, Prof Nuradeen Almustapha, said 2 of the 14 will get the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has submitted that every child is at risk of abuse, hence, the need for concerted efforts by all to guarantee their protection. The Sokoto UNICEF Field Office, Child Protection Specialist, Mr Pius Uwamanua, stated this on Tuesday...
Minister of Works, David Umahi, and Senator Aminu Tambuwal (PDP-Sokoto), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Housing, on Thursday inspected the newly constructed BUA Cement’s fifth plant in Sokoto State. Umahi, who was in Sokoto to inspect the reconstruction of a 372 km dual road from Sokoto...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Zonal Coordinator, Sokoto Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Abubakar Sabo has decried that lecturers in Nigeria’s universities have been on same salary regime since 2009. Professor Abubakar, who made the disclosure at a press conference held in...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Locals in some of the worst insecurity infested areas of Sokoto East Senatorial District have passed vote of confidence on the Nigerian military for their commitment towards ending the menace of banditry, kidnapping for ransom and other crimes against humanity that have bedeviled...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Programme Manager, Civil Society Scale Up Nutrition In Nigeria (CS-SUNN), Dr Goodness Anyanwu, said malnutrition is the major cause of death, stunting growth, poor brain and cognitive development as well as lowered productivity in adulthood. Dr. Anyanwu stated this on Thursday during...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 15 trucks containing food items in Sokoto State as part of its efforts to prevent smuggling which has aggravated the rising cost of commodities in the country. Mr Abubakar Chafe, Spokesperson, NCS, Sokoto Command, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Obviously perplexed by happenings in Nigeria lately, the immediate past Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal has decried that, the country is not only in a coma but in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Tambuwal, who is the current Senator Representing Sokoto South...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Senator representing Sokoto East Senatorial District, Ibrahim Lamido has registered no fewer than 5,000 students from his constituency for the 2024/2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB). This development which was in continuation of...