Tag: Sokoto
NCDC begins probe as Sokoto records 164 cases of ‘strange disease’
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it is investigating a mysterious illness that emerged in Isa LGA of Sokoto state. ...I Inherited Empty Treasury From Tambuwal – Sokoto Governor
Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State has said he inherited an empty treasury and no single note was handed over to him ...Blasphemy: Sokoto mob kill butcher, police unable to arrest perpetrators
The Sokoto State Police Command says it has launched an investigation into the killing of a butcher, Usman Buda, by extremist Muslims ...Aliyu, former deputy governor to Tambuwal, wins Sokoto gov election
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Sokoto state, Ahmed Aliyu, has been declared the winner of the election. The ...Magical votes from Tambuwal LGA put Atiku ahead in Sokoto
Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, has won the presidential election in Sokoto state. Atiku won the election with ...15 passengers die in Sokoto boat accident
No fewer than 15 people have been killed in a boat accident in the Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The ...NBA bows to pressure, postpones Sokoto meeting
The Nigerian Bar Association has postponed its conference on Public Interest and Development Law scheduled to hold between May 22 and 26 ...Court remands suspected killers of Deborah Samuel
Police on Monday arraigned two suspects, Bilyaminu Aliyu and Aminu Hukunci over the lynching of a 200-Level Home Economics student of Shehu ...Nobody has right to take laws into their hands, says Buhari
The President, Muhammadu Buhari, has condemned the killing of Deborah Samuel, a student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto. ...Revealed! Buhari’s ex-aide once supported death penalty for blasphemy
A tweet on how ex-media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad, supported death penalty for blasphemy in 2015 has surfaced. Ahmad, ...