By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Teachers Registration Council (TRCN) says it has rescheduled its teachers Professional Qualifying Examination (PQE) in Sokoto and Zamfara states over recent security concerns. TRCN’s Acting Director of Certification and Licensing, Dr Jacenta Ogboso, who disclosed this in Abuja while supervising the examination at...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the killing of a second year student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Deborah Samuel, following an allegation that she had blasphemed Muhammad (SAW), the Prophet of Islam. President Buhari, who expressed sadness over the incident in a...
Twenty-nine bodies of young firewood hawkers have been buried in Gidan Magana Village in the Shagari Local Government Area (LGA) of Sokoto State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the hawkers died on Wednesday when their boat capsized in Shagari River on their way to fetch firewood...
Former Imo State Governor and Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District, Rochas Okorocha, has advised Nigerians to elect leaders that will be committed to the unity, oneness and progress of the country as the election year 2023 approaches. He said at this critical time in the life of the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Medical Director, Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital Sokoto, Professor Shehu Sale, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari led administration over the the release of COVID-19 interventions funds, which according to him is yielding positive impact on service delivery in hospitals. Prof. Shehu, who is a...
Says policies on job creation , economic diversification working By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Sokoto inaugurated a new 3 million metric tonnes per annum BUA Cement Sokoto Line 4 Factory, expressing delight that the Federal Government policies on economic diversification, job creation and...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Sokoto State Chapter, has resolved to join the planned Jan. 27 nationwide protest against fuel price hike The national headquarters of the NLC had directed state chapters to sensitise and mobilise members on proposed protest to oppose a planned increase in the price of...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau- A notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji, has reportedly released over 50 kidnapped victims in his custody in Zamfara State. Confirming the release on Tuesday, The Co-Chairman of the state Committee on Finding Lasting Solutions to Banditry, Dr. Abdullahi Shinkafi, said the victims are about 70,...
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, has said he remained unapologetic to those who perceived him to be an ardent critic of President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. Bishop Kukah disclosed this while speaking with journalists in Sokoto State. He said, “All what I have been clamouring for are not...
The notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji, is ‘incapacitated’ after sustaining severe injuries when military fighter jets raided his hideouts and bandits camps in the North West, PRNigeria learnt from credible sources. The attack jets of the Air Task Force, ATF, Operation Hadin Kai, also killed several bandits, in the...
Bandits operating within Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State, on Thursday came under heavy fire from a joint military operation taskforce team. The bandits who are said to be led by a certain Bello Turji, were left scampering in the wake of the raid which left several marauders...
President Muhammadu Buhari has restated the Federal Government commitment to flush out banditry perpetrators and protect citizens from onslaught of all forms of criminal activities in the country. President Buhari gave the assurance on Friday when the Federal Government delegation paid a condolence visit to Gov. Aminu Tambuwal over...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has dispatched a high-level delegation, made up of the heads of the nation’s intelligence and security services to Sokoto and Katsina States in response to the recent spike in bandit activities. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Buhari has expressed sadness over the recent gruesome attack on innocent travellers in Sokoto State. Reacting to the incident on Wednesday, President Buhari said, “I am very distressed at the manner of death visited on these hapless citizens who were undertaking a legitimate...
Alhaji Bala Kokani, the member representing Kebbe/Tambuwal Federal Constituency in Sokoto State, has presented start-up capital to 1000 women and youth in the constituency. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that 500 women and youths each from Kebbe and Tambuwal Local Governments benefited from the N20 million...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) in collaboration with the Anti Corruption Transparency Unit (ACTU) have organized a sensitization campaign against all forms of corrupt practices for workers of the Sultan Abubakar 111 International Airport, Sokoto. Giving insights into the campaign, the Sokoto...
Airstrikes conducted on Saturday by aircraft of the Operation Hadarin Daji Air Component have led to the deaths of an undisclosed number of bandits. PRNigeria gathered that the precision airstrikes, which were executed at Dangwandi and Tsakai areas of Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State, resulted in the...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Sokoto State has embarked on a three-day free medical outreach in some rural communities in the area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the State Coordinator of NYSC, Alhaji Muhammadu Nakamba, inaugurated the Phase II 2021 Health Initiative for Rural...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Sokoto State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr Saleh Dada has paraded four suspected bandits amongst whom one admitted to be an informant. Those paraded include – one Sani Ibrahim who is being accused of sodomizing 12 minors...
The Federal Government has paid the backlog of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) to 74,657 benefiting households under the Household Uplifting Programme (HUP) in Sokoto State. Head of Sokoto State Cash Transfer Unit, Alhaji Abubakar Balarabe-Binanchi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday...