Tag: Sokoto
Sokoto Sultan backs FRSC’s safer road campaign
The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has thrown his weight behind the Federal Road Safety Corps’ (FRSC) campaign for...
Arrest of woman in Sokoto over ‘public disturbance’ raises concerns
The arrest of a woman Hamdiyya Sidi by the police in Sokoto has raised concerns in some quarters.
Last Friday, the police dismissed claims that...
Matawalle orders CDS to find killers of Sokoto district head
Minister of state for defence Bello Matawalle has directed the chief of defence staff General Christopher Musa to go after killers of the district...
Sokoto governor names road after Seyi Tinubu
Sokoto State Governor Ahmad Aliyu has named a road in the state after President Bola Tinubu's son Seyi Tinubu.
The road formerly called Pepsi Road...
I’m sad, Okonjo-Iweala calls for rescue of abducted Kaduna, Sokoto students
Director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has expressed sadness over the abduction of schoolchildren in Sokoto and Kaduna.
Last Thursday, about 280...
15 students abducted in Sokoto days after Kaduna kidnap
Armed men have kidnapped 15 Tsangaya students at Gidan Bakuso area of Gada Local Government Area in Sokoto State.
Proprietor of the school Liman Abubakar...
Policeman, photographer die in Sokoto deputy governor’s convoy accident
A policeman and a photographer died on Wednesday evening when the convoy of Sokoto State Deputy Governor Idris Gobir had an accident.
As of press...
US honours Deborah Samuel lynched in Sokoto over alleged blasphemy
The United States Department of State has honoured Deborah Samuel, the late student of home economics at Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto.
Ms Samuel...
Adeboye postpones Sokoto Light Up crusade
General overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Pastor Enoch Adeboye has postponed the Light Up crusade scheduled to hold physically in Sokoto...
Tambuwal relaxes curfew imposed in Sokoto over Deborah Samuel’s murder
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Monday relaxed the 24-hour curfew imposed on the Sokoto metropolis on Saturday.
The curfew will now be from...