Sokoto

Kidnapped Sokoto District Head Dies in Captivity

  Tragedy has struck in the Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State as the kidnapped District Head of…

3 months ago

Senate to Buhari: ‘Declare bandits as terrorists’

The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday challenged President Muhammadu Buhari, asking him to declare bandits as terrorists. Also, the lawmakers ,…

3 years ago

3 suspected gunrunners killed, weapons recovered in Sokoto

No fewer than three suspected gunrunners have been killed with their weapons recovered in a border town in Sokoto State.…

3 years ago

Surging violence in Nigeria drives displacement to Niger

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed at surging violence in north-west Nigeria which has fuelled displacement into neighbouring Niger’s…

4 years ago

Nigeria violence force 23,000 refugees into Niger in one month

Ongoing violence in parts of north-western Nigeria forced an estimated 23,000 people to seek safety and security in Niger last…

5 years ago

Group lauds Ajimobi as Oyo shares N43b over 2018 performance report

Deputy National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC South) and the immediate past governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola…

5 years ago

Covid-19: Police intercept Sokoto travellers at Osun-Ibadan boundary

Officers of the Nigeria Police have apprehended 11 travellers from Sokoto, who defied the inter-state lockdown order of the Oyo…

5 years ago

Lagos Biosafety Level-3 Laboratory activated for COVID-19 testing

The Lagos State Biosafety Level-3 Laboratory has been has been activated for #COVID19 testing. This brings the number of COVID-19 testing labs…

5 years ago

EU provides N102m additional humanitarian aid to tackle child undernutrition in Sokoto, Zamfara

The European Union is allocating an additional €300 000 (N102m) in humanitarian aid to provide life-saving treatment to undernourished children…

5 years ago

Obasanjo to chair Zero Hunger meeting in Sokoto

… Sokoto is prepared for a peer review   Nigeria’s former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo will chair activities of the…

6 years ago