A Concerned Citizen of Sokoto State, Alhaji Zayyanu Aliyu, has urged wealthy individuals who always travel to Saudi Arabia for the annual lesser Hajj ( Umrah),during the Ramadan fast, to redirect such funds to assist the less privileged persons. This should be done as the annual Ramadan fast has …
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A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress ( APC),in Sokoto State, Alhaji Yahaya Buhari Siriddawa, has donated clothing materials to no fewer than ten thousand indigent persons in Sokoto city and it’s environs. The distribution ceremony was successfully conducted àt his residence in Sokoto, on Monday. The clothing mateirals doled …
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The three day Fiddau prayer for the repose of the soul of the late younger brother of Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, Alhaji Buba Dangaladima Wamakko, the District Head of Gedawa, Wamakko Local Government of Sokoto State, was held on Wedensday. Several Islamic Clerics offered fervent prayers in a prayer session …
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Press Release The District Head of Gedawa,, Alhaji Buba Dangaladima Wamakko, Wamakko Local Government of Sokoto State, a younger brother to Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, a former Governor of the State, is dead. The deceased died in the early hours of Monday, April 6,2020, at the Uthmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching …
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A Member of the House of Representatives, representing Bodinga /Dange- Shuni/ Tureta Federal Constituency ( PDP-Sokoto), Hon. Balarabe Shehu Kakale, says insecurity is far worse a tragedy in Nigeria , than the raging global Coronavirus Disease ( COVID-19). Hon. Kakale disclosed this at the weekend ,when he commented on the …
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The Chairman, Senate Committee on National Security and Intelligence, Senator Ibrahim Abdullahi Gobir ( APC-Sokoto State, has mulled the withdrawal of the military from performing any internal security duties , like the ongoing fight against banditry, insurgency, kidnapping , cattle rustling and other related security challenges. Senator Gobir, who represents …
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From Mohammed Salisu in Sokoto Sequel to the raging global COVID 19 Pandemic, the Sokoto State Chief Judge, Hon. Justice Saidu Muhammad Sifawa, has directed the directed the release of over 100 inmates with minor offences, awaiting trials, who were unable to meet their bail conditions. This is also …
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From Mohammed Salisu in Sokoto The Department of Petroleum Resources ( DPR), says normalcy of Petroleum supply will soon be restored to both Sokoto and Kebbi States, its Sokoto Operations Controller, Alhaji Muhammad Makera, has assured. Makera gave the assurance on Tuesday, in Sokoto, when he gave an update on …
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From Mohammed Salisu in Sokoto Sokoto State Government although the measures so far taken to stem the tide of the raging global Corona Virus Pandemic ( COVID 19),are harsh, they are not punitive , but aimed at further safeguarding the lives of the citizenry, according to Dr Ali Inname, Health …
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ADDRESS BY THE GOVERNOR OF SOKOTO STATE, RT. HON. AMINU WAZIRI TAMBUWAL CFR, MUTAWALLEN SOKOTO ON THE OUTBREAK OF COVID 19 ( MARCH 26, 2020) Assalamualaikum Warahamatullahi, Wabarakatuhu; Fellow citizens in Sokoto State, it is with gratitude to Allah (SWT) that I address you in these trying times for our …
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