Tag: Sokoto
NDLEA Detains Indian Businessmen Over Smuggled Codeine Syrups
An Indian businessman has been taken into custody for interrogation by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, over alleged smuggling of about ... Read More
EFCC Prosecutes Man for N8m Oil Scam in Sokoto
The Sokoto Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, December 7, 2020, arraigned one Shafiu Suleiman before Justice Raliya Uthman ... Read More
Tambuwal visits Sultan, offers to work with opposition
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto has called on the people of the state to remain united in pursuance of the collective good of all. ... Read More
Commissioner Confirms 2 Policemen Killed in Sokoto While on Election Duty
The Commissioner of Police in Sokoto State, Mr Aminu Koji, on Wednesday confirmed the killing of two police personnel, Asp. Abdullahi Maisaje and Sgt. Usman ... Read More
INEC fixes date to end deadlock in Sokoto, Kano, Bauchi, Plateau, 2 others
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will conduct supplementary election in on 23 March in Sokoto, Kano, Adamawa, and three other states where the March ... Read More
Insurgency: Air Force To Open Quick Response Unit In Sokoto
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Sadiqque Abubakar has said that a Quick Response Unit of the air force would soon be established in ... Read More
Teenager in Sokoto Docked for Alleged House Trespass
A Sokoto Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday granted N20,000 bail to a 19-year-old student, Hassan Babagana, who was docked for alleged trespass. Babagana, who resides ... Read More
Sokoto State Workers To Get Aug. Salary Before Eid-el-Kabir
Governor Waziri AminuTambuwal of Sokoto State Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has directed the state Ministry of Finance to immediately commence the payment August ... Read More
Over 5,000 Zamfara IDPs Now Back Home – Army
Over 5,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have returned to their villages in Zamfara following clearance operation conducted by the military against bandits terrorizing ... Read More
NCAA Investigates Alleged Security Breach At Sokoto Airport
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has commenced investigation into the alleged security breach at the Sultan Abubakar Sadiq III Airport, Sokoto, by loyalists of ... Read More
Army Begins Special Operation, Seeks Residents Support Against Killers in Sokoto
The Nigerian Army has launched a joint security operation to clear bandits terrorizing Gandi and Tabanni villages in Rabbah Local Government area of Sokoto State. ... Read More
131,687 PVCs yet to be collected in Sokoto – INEC
131,687 PVCs unclaimed in Sokoto, says INEC By Habibu Harisu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said no fewer than 131, 687 Permanent Voter Cards ... Read More
High interest rates hurting small businesses–Tambuwal
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Wednesday appealed to financial institutions to review downwards the interest rates charged on small scale businesses in order ... Read More
Rice Concealed in Petrol Tank Intercepted By Customs
The Nigeria Customs Service, says it has arrested a suspect in Sokoto who allegedly smuggled 460 bags of imported rice concealed in a petrol tank. ... Read More
Customs Intercepts Tramadol Drugs Worth N4.6m
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 465 packets of smuggled tramadol drugs worth N4.6 million on Sokoto-Illea road in Sokoto state. Mr Nasir Ahmad, ... Read More
