AdminAug 3, 20181 min readOne-year-old, 20 other IDPs die in SokotoTwenty one persons, including a one-year-old child, from the internally displaced persons’ camp at Gandi in Sokoto State, yesterday died...
AdminAug 3, 20181 min readNigerian govt keeps mum 24 hours after surveillance helicopter crashes in Sokoto24 hours after a helicopter suspected to be on surveillance mission reportedly crashed in Gandi town, Rabah Local Government Area of...
AdminAug 2, 20181 min readTambuwal’s defection: I’m still in charge of sokoto – APC Senator, WamakkoSenator representing Sokoto North in the National Assembly, Aliyu Wamakko, has said that Sokoto remains an All Progressives Congress,...
AdminAug 1, 20182 min readTambuwal: PDP reacts to defection of Sokoto governor from APCThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has welcomed the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal back to its fold. PDP said Governor...
AdminJul 25, 20181 min read2019: Shagari declares intention to contest Sokoto governorship seatFormer Deputy Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Mukhtari Shagari on Wednesday declared his intention to contest the Sokoto State...
AdminJul 11, 20181 min readScores killed as bandits attack Sokoto villagesSuspected armed bandits on Wednesday attacked villages around Gandi in Rabah Local Government Area of Sokoto State, killing unspecified...
AdminJun 26, 20181 min readNSCDC nabs 12 kidnappers in SokotoThe Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Sokoto State Command, has confirmed the arrest of 12 suspected kidnappers...
AdminJun 20, 20181 min readOne dead, houses, schools destroyed as rainstorm hits SokotoOne person has been reported dead and over 100 houses destroyed after a rainstorm swept through 15 villages in Illela Local Government...
AdminJun 18, 20182 min read‘My people don’t need flyovers, bridges’ – TambuwalGovernor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has promised the people of Sokoto State to be more concerned about their basic needs. He made...
AdminJun 12, 20181 min read8 killed as bandits, vigilante clash in Sokoto – PoliceThe Sokoto State Police Command on Monday confirmed eight deaths in a clash that ensued between armed bandits and local vigilante members...
AdminJun 5, 20181 min readTambuwal appoints new clerk for Sokoto House of AssemblyThe governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal on Tuesday approved the appointment of Alhaji Umar Dodo, as the substantive clerk to the...
AdminMay 23, 20181 min readSyrian national kidnapped in Sokoto releasedAbul Nasir, a Syrian national working with Triacta Construction Company who was kidnapped by gunmen on Wednesday has been released. The...
AdminMay 16, 20181 min readGunmen kill three policemen, kidnap Syrian national in SokotoThe Sokoto State Police Command has confirmed the killing of three policemen and abduction of an expatriate, Abul Nasir, a Syrian...
AdminApr 5, 20181 min readPolice recover 948 arms in SokotoThe Police Command in Sokoto State said it had recovered 948 guns under the state amnesty programme and police operations in last 24...
AdminMar 29, 20181 min readEx-Gov Bafarawa speaks on presidential ambitionFormer governor of Sokoto state, Attahiru Bafarawa has spoken on his presidential ambition. Bafarawa on Wednesday addressed hundreds of...
AdminMar 27, 20181 min readNotorious bandit, Aliyu Danzuru nabbed in SokotoThe Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, in Sokoto State says it has arrested a suspected cattle rustler, Aliyu Danzuru who...
AdminMar 26, 20181 min readMan defiles 3 underage girls, 5-year-old boy in SokotoA Sokoto Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded a 40-year-old civil servant, Musa Labaran, for raping three girls and a boy. The accused,...
AdminMar 25, 20181 min readLandslide kills 6 in SokotoNo fewer than six persons were on Saturday killed in a landslide that occurred at Illela-Kalmalo village of Illela Local Government Area...
AdminMar 12, 20181 min readWoman strangles own baby to death in SokotoA woman identified as Rabiat Mustapha, 30, has been remanded in prison over alleged murder of her baby born out of wedlock. Mustapha is...
AdminMar 1, 20181 min readCustoms intercepts smuggled Tramadol drugs worth N4.6m in SokotoThe Nigeria Customs Service (NIS) has intercepted 465 packets of smuggled tramadol drugs worth N4.6 million on Sokoto-Illea road in...
