Tag: sokoto
NIGERIA AT A CROSSROADS: Trump’s CPC tag, escalating violence and pressing questions
The declaration by the President of the United States, Donald Trump, on 31 October 2025, naming Nigeria a…
GRIM WEEK FOR NIGERIA: Rise in schoolchildren abductions as top military figure is slain
Nigeria faced a week marked by violent attacks, abductions, and deaths, sending shockwaves across multiple states. In Borno…
JUST IN: Nigerian lawmaker, Abdullahi Salame kills gunman in midnight attack (PHOTOS)
Gunmen stormed the home of a House of Representatives member, Abdullahi Balarabe Salame, Friday midnight. They attacked his…
Ekiti Amotekun arrests four suspected kidnappers from Sokoto
Four suspected kidnappers have been arrested by men of the Ekiti State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps…
Usmanu Danfodio University Sokoto announces resumption date
The authorities of Usmanu Danfodio University Sokoto (UDUS) has fixed Monday, Jan. 25 for the resumption of students…
Fire guts Sokoto new market
Parts of Shehu Shagari Modern Market in Sokoto, popularly called New Market, was on Tuesday destroyed by an…
Sokoto enrolled 75,000 children into schools in 2020 ― Tambuwal
Sokoto State government under the Better Education Service Delivery Agency (BESDA) programme enrolled over seventy-five thousand children into…
Presidency reacts to quit notice to Bishop Kukah by Muslim group in Sokoto
The Presidency has condemned the call on the Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev Matthew Kukah, to leave…
Former Police AIG Tambari Yabo dies at 64
Tambari Yabo, a retired Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), is dead. He died in Sokoto on Saturday…
Police kill 2 suspected bandits, arrest 8 others for criminal conspiracy in Sokoto
Operatives of the Nigerian Police Force, Sokoto State Command has killed two suspected bandits during a crossfire with…
Deputy Director jailed 10 years for N2.6m fraud in Sokoto
A Deputy Director in the Sokoto Civil Service, Aminu Abdullahi Mega, has been jailed for 10 years by…
Sexual Assault: Governor Tambuwal’s aide’s son granted bail
Aminu Hayatu-Tafida, a son of a political appointee in Sokoto State Government who sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl…