General Officer Commanding (GOC), 8 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Bemgha Koughna, has reiterated the importance of strong collaboration between the military and the media in promoting security and sustaining public trust. Koughna said the media plays a critical role in informing, educating, and shaping public perception...
Sokoto State
Executive Chairman of the Sokoto State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Umar Nagwari Tambuwal, has stressed that proper care and education at the early childhood stage are essential for raising emotionally and psychologically stable citizens. Tambuwal made this submission on Tuesday in Sokoto during the opening ceremony of a...
Chairman of the National Congress Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto State, Hon. Lawali Kaura, has described the recently concluded ward congresses as highly successful and well organised. Speaking after an inspection tour of selected wards across the state, Kaura, who was accompanied by the committee’s...
Sokoto State chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has rejected the appointments of Abdullahi Maigwandu and Aliyu Muhammad Rabah as Chairman and Secretary of the Mobilisation, Membership Mobilisation, Revalidation and Registration Committee. Addressing newsmen on Monday in Sokoto, the ADC Chairman in the state, Hon. Umar Faruk, and...
Sokoto State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced dates for its Ward and Local Government congresses. Sokoto APC Chairman, Isa Achida, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, said the party would conduct congress across all 244 wards of the State on the 18th, to...
Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has lamented the sharp drop in whistle blowing in Nigeria. Chairman, who was represented by Assistant Commander of EFCC, ACE II Kamilu Ibrahim Gebi, spoke while presenting a paper titled: ” _Benefits of the Whistleblowing Policy in...
As part of its commitment to improved health care in 2026, the Sokoto State Government has assured that it is working towards ending the circulation of Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Type 2 (cVDPV2) in the state. Giving this assurance during a meeting with the President, Global Development, Bill & Melinda Gates...
Sokoto Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of Abdulrahman Abdullahi (alias A.A Sabo) and Bashir Muhammad over offences or cheating, internet frauds and obtaining by false pretence. Abdulrahman Abdullahi and Bashir Muhammad were arraigned on Tuesday on a one count each...
North West University, Sokoto (NWUS), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Lahore, Pakistan, in a move aimed at strengthening academic cooperation and international engagement. The Vice Chancellor of NWUS, Professor Mukhtar Umar Bunza, disclosed this on Monday while briefing journalists in Sokoto, describing the...
Zonal Pastor of the Christian Evangelical Fellowship of Nations (CEFN), Sokoto Missionary Zone, Reverend Micheal Adaji Olobo, has charged Christians and young people to go beyond prayers and intentionally develop products or services if they desire open doors, relevance, and divine intervention in today’s highly competitive world. Delivering a...
A fact-checking media firm, Alkalanci, in collaboration with the Sokoto State Ministry of Religious Affairs, has organized a 2-day workshop for Islamic clerics on building resilient communities against falsehood. The workshop, with the title: _“Combatting False Narratives and Promoting Media Literary”_ and a theme: ” _Building Resilient Communities Through...
Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) Project has completed 94 out of its 161 planned activities for the 2025 fiscal year in Sokoto State, with over ₦8.4 billion already expended, the State Project Coordinator, Dr. Mansur Buhari, has disclosed. Dr. Buhari made this known during a media...
Forty-seven days after they were abducted on the eve of a wedding, the bride-to-be from Chacho village in Wurno Local Government Area of Sokoto State and her friends have finally regained their freedom. Local sources confirmed that the release came at a heavy price, as relatives were forced to...
Hundreds of thousands of residents flee their homes across communities in Sokoto State as renewed bandit attacks force families to escape for safety, triggering a growing humanitarian crisis in the North-West region. Photos below:
Northern leaders plan major conference to review region’s challenges 60 years after Sardauna’s death
Northern leaders plan major conference to review region’s challenges 60 years after Sardauna’s death
Board of Trustees (BoT) Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Alhaji Bashir M. Dalhatu, has announced plans by Northern groups and institutions to organise a major conference to reassess the region’s trajectory, sixty years after the assassination of Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardaunan Sokoto. Dalhatu disclosed this on...
Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, has clarified reports surrounding a viral video that showed residents of Tidibale village in Isa Local Government Area fleeing their homes, explaining that the movement was prompted by fear and rumours of a possible bandit attack, not an actual assault by armed groups. Speaking...
Major General Bemgba Koughna on Friday assumed command as the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8 Division Nigerian Army and Commander Sector 2 Joint Task Force (North West) Operation FANSAN YAMMA. In his valedictory speech during the brief handing and taking over ceremony at the Headquarters 8 Division, Giginya Cantonment,...
Federal Government has commissioned an Artificial Insemination and Animal Breed Multiplication Centre in Sokoto State as part of efforts to transform Nigeria’s livestock sector and strengthen rural economies. The Minister of Livestock Development, Idi Mukhtar Maiha, inaugurated the facility on Thursday shortly after laying the foundation for a Livestock...
Sokoto State chapter of All Progressive Congress (APC) on Thursday flagged off the party’s membership e- registration with Senator Aliyu Wamakko. This was followed by the State deputy governor, Idris Gobir, Minister of Labour and Productivity, Maigari Dingyadi, State Minister of Works, Mohammed Goronyo and followed by Ambassador designate,...
Federal Government has reassured investors, analysts and international partners that Nigeria remains peaceful, stable and firmly on course for economic growth, despite recent security operations carried out by the United States (US) military in parts of the country. In a statement addressing concerns over a joint Nigeria–United States security...