Tag Archives: Sokoto

Sokoto conducts LGs Polls today and the election is going on  Peacefully   From Our Special Correspondent in Sokoto     Local Governments Chairmen and 244 Councillors are being elected today, Saturday, March 27,2021, for the 23 Local Governments in Sokoto State.     The polls were beng conducted by …

Personal Aide of Wamakko, abducted killed by gunmen, buried in Sokoto     The Personal Aide of Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, Alhaji Abba Abbey Gidan Haki, who was abducted by some unknown gunmen on Thursday night, in Sokoto and subsequently killed, has been buried on Friday night .   In …

Sokoto Correspondents’  Chapel discontinues boycott of activities of Sokoto Govt By Our Special Correspondent in Sokoto The  Correspondents’   Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Sokoto State Council,  has resolved to discontinue it’s boycott of the activities of the Sokoto State Government, as earlier announced. The decision was reached …

POMP AND CEREMONY AS SOKOTO STATE UNIVERSITY CONDUCTED MAIDEN CONVOCATION – BY MOHAMMED MUSTAPHA   Education has largely been defined as the process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university.Education is also the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, morals, …

Sokoto State Varsity graduates 1473 students, 36 First Class Degrees   By Our Special Correspondent in Sokoto   Sokoto State University, Sokoto, on Saturday, successfully churned out no fewer than 1473 students, out of which thirty six had First Class Degrees .   The University held its Maiden Combined 1st, …

Nigeria is stronger together than apart, says Osinbajo     By Our Special Correspondent in Sokoto     Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria is stronger together than apart.     Osinbanjo spoke in Sokoto, on Friday, when he delivered the Convocation Lecture at the Sokoto State University, …

Wamakko felicitates with ex-Rep, Bala Hassan,on appointment as SA to Senate Pres.       The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Defence and Deputy Chairman,Senate Committee on Anti Corruption,Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, has felicitated with a former Member of the House of Representatives, who represented Sokoto North and South …

Wamakko condemns killings, kidnappings, in Illelar Amarawa, Gatawa, other parts of Sokoto State, Nigeria     The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Defence and Deputy Chairman, Senate Committee on Anti Corruption,has condemned the wanton killings of innocent citizens, by bandits in Illelar Amarawa and Gatawa towns, in Illela and …

  ZAMFARA GIRLS ABDUCTION: GOVERNOR TAMBUWAL, SULTAN SYMPATHIZE WITH GOVERNOR MATAWALLE.     Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state in company of His Eminence, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammed Saad Abubakar lll have commiserated with the Government and people of the Zamfara state over today’s abduction of students …

POMP AND CEREMONY AS 16TH GALADIMAN GARIN SOKOTO CLOCKS 10 ON THRONE – BY BASHIR RABE MANI        The Sokoto Caliphate was a sovereign Sunni Muslim caliphate in West Africa that was founded during the jihad of the Fulani War in 1804 by Usman dan Fodio. It was …