Tag Archives: Sokoto

Lull at Illela border in spite of border reopening From Our Special Correspondent in Sokoto There was a lull of activities at the Illela border control post, in Sokoto State, in spite of the reopening of four land borders since Thursday.   President Muhammadu Buhari had since last Thursday directed …

Sokoto Govt procures multi-million naira malaria commodities   From Our Special Correspondent in Sokoto   Sokoto State Government has procured a multi-million naira large consignment if Malaria commodities, in it’s sustained bid to curb the menace of malaria in the state.   Our Correspondent reports that, the commodities were received …

I will strive for reduction of cost of litigation, protect  people’s rights, Sokoto NBA Chair vows    The newly elected Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association ( NBA), Sokoto State Chapter, Barrister Muhammad Aliyu Sambo, has vowed to ensure reduction of the money spent by people in the state while …

Media Group appoints NAN DEIC, Mani, as Patron    A Media Group, Arewa Media Writers (AMW), has appointed a Deputy-Editor-In-Chief ( DEIC), of the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN), Bashir Rabe Mani, as one of its Patrons.   The Appointment Letter was presented to Mani, who is also the …

  The distribution of the one hundred and five motorcycles donated to the members of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria ( VGN), in twenty one local governments of Sokoto State by Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, was completed, on Thursday. The VGN members from the seven local governments that make up …

Two members of the House of Representatives from both Sokoto and Kebbi States, under the platform of the All Progressives Congress ( APC), have jointly secured the release of twenty seven inmates of the Sokoto Central Custodial and Bissalam Custodial Centres. They are : Alhaji Ahmed Abdullahi Kalambaina, representing Wamakko …

The Member of the House of Representatives  representing Kware/Wamakko Federal Constituency, in Sokoto State, AlhajiAhmed Abdullahi Kalambaina ( APC-Sokoto), on Sunday donated  bags of assorted fertilizers, 400 water pumping machines and 250 tubewells to the 305 polling units of his constituency . Speaking before flagging off the distribution of the …

The Chairman of the National Association of Bureau De Change ( BDCs) Operators, Sokoto State Chapter, Alhaii Aliyu Sahabi ‘Yar-Abba, has appealed to the Federal Government to urgently lift the ban on rice importation. ‘Yar-Abba has also called on the Federal Government to take more plausible measures, to bolster the …

From Mohammed Salisu in Sokoto . A Member of the House of Representatives, representing Wurno and Rabah Federal Constituency,in Sokoto State, Architect Almustapha Ibrahim Rabah, has facilitated the donation of multimillion naira relief materials to no fewer than four hundred and seventy eight victims of banditry in the Constituency, by …

From Mohammed Salisu in Sokoto. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Defence and Deputy Chairman,  Senate Committee on Anti Corruption,  Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko,has again urged Nigerians to sustain fervent prayers for God’s divine intervention in the raging global Coronavirus Disease  ( COVID-19),Pandemic . This is contained in a …