An officer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kazeem Yusuf, on Tuesday told an FCT High Court that N4.6 billion was allegedly diverted to finance the 2015 gubernatorial election in Sokoto State. Yusuf said this while testifying as the second prosecution witness (PW2) in the trial...
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BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The National Orientation Agency (NDE) has empowered no fewer than 48 graduates of the Agricultural Enhancement Scheme (AES) in Sokoto with 50, 000 naira each to enable them actualize their training on poultry and vegetable production. Delivering his speech at the NDE’s Sokoto...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed readiness for the conduct of the Feb. 3 Sokoto State rerun election. Mrs Hauwa Kangiwa, the state INEC Administrative Secretary, said this at a stakeholders meeting in Sokoto on Tuesday. She stated that the re-run would hold in 18...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Litigation and Prosecution officer of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Sokoto State, Barrister Fodio Saidu, has said to the best of his understanding they are not prosecuting anybody for now over any infraction or electoral offenses from the 2023 general election....
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Sokoto Missionary Zonal Pastor of Christian Evangelical Church of Nigeria (CEFN), Reverend Micheal Adaji Olobo has asserted that the choices we make form the bases of our targets per time. Rev Olobo who took his Sunday text from Habakkuk 1: 1-3, spoke...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Sokoto/Zamfara States Customs Area Comptroller, Musa Omale, on Wednesday handed over 1,198 cartons of pharmaceutical products containing 3027 unregistered drugs of various categories to the National Agency for Food and Drug Control (NAFDAC). Addressing newsmen before presenting the consignments to...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Chief of Army Staff, (COAS) Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja today in Sokoto expressed optimism that the coming year, 2024 and beyond holds lots of prospects for Nigeria ad Nigerians. Lagbaja, who spoke after commissioning a multi purpose hall built in his...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, on Monday joined troops to celebrate Christmas in Sokoto, saying that the military made sacrifices for the love of the nation and humanity. Lagbaja urged personnel to remain steadfast on their mandates of ensuring peoples’ safety and safeguarding the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – Troops of the Joint Task Force North-West Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) have rescued 52 kidnapped victims in an operation in the Isa Local Government Area (LGA) of Sokoto State. The spokesperson for Operation Hadarin Daji, Captain Yahaya Ibrahim, revealed this in a...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), has reported 13 cases of Dengue fever in Sokoto state, sparking concerns about the low level of awareness among Nigerians regarding this mosquito-borne illness. Despite efforts to combat the disease, there remains a pressing need for increased public education and...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).said on Friday that it arrested 59 suspected drug dealers in Sokoto, plus the alleged mastermind of the killing of its operative. The NDLEA Commander in the state, Mr Muhammad Iro, disclosed that the suspect, whose identity was not given, was earlier...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Yet to be apprehended bandits on Wednesday unleashed terror on Takakume village of Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State, killing 6 persons, abducted 15 others while many sustained injuries. The bandits who were said to have stormed the farming settlement on...
Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), Bauchi state chapter, has confirmed the release of Mrs Rhoda Jatau on bail by the Bauchi state High Court 11. Mr Mujahid Ibrahim, the Programme Officer of CITAD disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
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 awarded at a sum of N19 billion. Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Bello Danchadi, told newsmen in Sokoto at the end of the weekly cabinet...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu has said few months into his administration, there are verifiable evidences that the state is on course towards birthing a new state. The governor, who spoke before declaring open the third executive council meeting at the State...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – In continuation of his Family Group Life Assurance and Welfare Scheme, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun has presented a cheque of five million, six hundred and ten thousand, four hundred and sixty nine Naira, twelve Kobo only (N5,610,469:12) to...
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has announced the arrest of a suspected Indian hemp farmer in Sokoto State. “It is the first such case in the history of the state”, the Commandant of NDLEA in the state, Mr Adamu Iro, told newsmen in Sokoto on Saturday....
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has identified corruption as one of the principal reasons behind the urge to travel out of Nigeria by most youths. “If all things are working fine in the country, nobody would want to leave the...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Thursday, affirmed the election of Hon Ibrahim Saidu Naino of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as the member representing Sabon Birnin South constituency of Sokoto State. In a unanimous judgment of a three-member panel of Justices of appellate court...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State has made adequate provision in its 2024 budget for nutrition in line with Governor Ahmed Aliyu’s 9-point agenda. The state’s Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning Mr Usman Arzika Bodinga, disclosed this at a two day capacity...