Tag: Sokoto
Sokoto targets 1million children in anti-measles campaign
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has flagged off the 2017 measles vaccination campaign with a target of reaching one million children across the...
Tambuwal tasks military on professionalism
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has commended the Nigerian military for exhibiting high sense of patriotism in carrying out various assignments within and outside...
Smuggling: NCS intercepts 506 bags of foreign rice
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said its command in Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara zone had intercepted 506 bags of foreign rice concealed in bags of...
Talks about 2019 a distractiion – Tambuwal
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has said the increasing discussions about the general elections of 2019 are both distractive and unhelpful to all office...
2,400 NYSC members posted to Sokoto – Coordinator
Alhaji Musa Abubakar, Sokoto State Coordinator, National Youth Service Corp (NYSC), on Tuesday said 2,400 corps members were posted to the state for the...
Ekwueme’s death comes with extra pain for Sokoto – Tambuwal
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has described former Vice President Alex Ekwueme, who died on Sunday at a London hospital, as a true statesman...
Sokoto police arrest 5 suspected drug peddlers
The Sokoto Police Command said it had arrested five suspected drug peddlers with different substances.
The suspects are Abubakar Bala, 26, Musa Muhammad, 40, Hussani...
Customs arrests truck conveying N17m worth of clothing materials in Sokoto
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has arrested a truck conveying 340 bales of clothing materials worth N17 million in Sokoto, an official has said.
Mr....
Sokoto confirms three deaths from strange illness
The Sokoto State Government has confirmed three deaths, including two students, following a strange illness that occurred in two neighbouring houses at Mabera in...
Tambuwal inaugurates campaign to enroll 1.4m children in school
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has inaugurated a state-wide campaign to enrol 1.4 million children into primary schools in the state.
Tambuwal, who flagged...