Tag: Sokoto
EFCC arrests 13 Sokoto students for internet fraud
The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have apprehended 13 students of Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto in Sokoto State, for alleged...
Court sends Tambuwal’s aide to prison for defaming Sokoto governor, wife
A Sokoto Chief Magistrate Court, on Friday, September 6, 2024, remanded Shafi’u Umar in a correctional centre for circulating falsehoods against Governor Ahmad Aliyu...
Bandits kill Sokoto monarch after 3 weeks in captivity
Bandits have killed the District Head of Gatawa in the Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State, Isa Bawa, in captivity.
The monarch was...
Protest: Police arrest 81 in Sokoto
The operatives of the Sokoto State Police Command have arrested 81 individuals posing as protesters in the state.
This command’s spokesperson, ASP Ahmad Rufai, disclosed...
Protest: Youths barricade roads, Govt House in Sokoto
Hundreds of youths have barricaded major streets and Government House in Sokoto metropolis chanting different songs in the ongoing nationwide protest against hunger.
The protesters,...
Gov orders LG chairmen, officials to refund diverted N30,000 Sallah gifts
Sokoto State Governor Ahmad Aliyu has directed Local Government Chairmen and Local Government Education Authority officials who tampered with the N30,000 Sallah gifts to...
Bandits kill varsity Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Bandits have killed the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research, Innovation, and Development at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University in Sokoto, Prof. Yusuf Saidu.
It was gathered that...
9 die, 30 injured in stampede at Senator Wamakko’s home in...
No fewer than nine persons died while 30 others were injured in a stampede during the distribution of palliative at the residence of the...
FG: No ransom was paid for Sokoto, Kaduna students’ release
The Federal Government says no ransom was paid to secure the release of students abducted by gunmen in Sokoto and Kaduna states.
The Minister of...
Troops rescue 16 kidnapped pupils, woman in Sokoto
The Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have rescued 16 Islamic education pupils and a woman abducted by terrorists on March...
