Tag: Sokoto
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...
Sokoto killing: We gave everything to send Deborah to school –...
Garba Emmanuel, father of Deborah who was lynched in Sokoto for alleged blasphemy, has revealed that the family put everything into sending her to...
Azman Air disowns ex-IGP’s son over backlash on blasphemy comments
Azman Air on Sunday said Captain Jamil Abubakar, son of a former inspector-general of police Mohammed Abubakar, is no longer on its payroll as...
Kukah suspends Catholic masses in Sokoto
Catholic bishop of Sokoto Diocese Matthew Kukah has suspended all masses in Sokoto metropolis in the wake of riots that followed the killing of...
Rioters attack churches in Sokoto over detention of Deborah Samuel’s killers
As part of the fallout of the killing of Deborah Samuel in Sokoto for alleged blasphemy, rioters on Saturday attacked some churches under the...