The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has raised the alarm over a dengue fever outbreak in Sokoto, with one fatality reported. The NCDC said there were 29 suspected cases in November 2025, with six laboratory-confirmed and one fatality. This pushes the monthly case fatality rate (CFR) to a concerning 16.67%. In its latest Situation Report released on Thursday, […]
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Nigerian Army stations troops in Tidibale community, Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State, following bandit threats. This move aims to restore confidence, ensure safety, and prevent criminal elements from returning amid rising insecurity in Nigeria’s North West. The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8 Division Nigerian Army and Commander Sector 2 Joint Task Force (North […]
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The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has postponed the Light Up Sokoto Crusade scheduled to hold physically in the North-West state from May 16 to 17, 2022. The well respected clergyman made the announcement on Monday in a social media post. Instead, the physical crusade was held […]
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The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, the apex socio-political youth group in the South East has cautioned against further attacks on Igbos based in Sokoto State and their shops. Pandemonium had broken out in some parts of Sokoto State on Saturday following a violent protest by Islamic youths who stormed the streets to […]
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The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal on Saturday imposed a 24-hour curfew on the state metropolis over the violent protest by youths who were demanding the release of two suspects arrested in connection with the killing of Deborah Samuel over alleged blasphemy. Kokomansion could recall that the female student was beaten to pulp and […]
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The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has faulted the conspiratory silence for over 24 hours of President Muhammadu Buhari over the brutal hacking to death of a 200 level Christian student of the Sokoto College of Education, Miss Deborah Samuel Yakubu, by Islamic extremists in the school over alleged blasphemy. The human rights […]
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The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, on Wednesday, accepted the resignation of his Deputy, Alhaji Manir Dan’iya, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Malam Saidu Umar, and 11 other key political office holders in the state. A statement issued by Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Muhammad Bello, in Sokoto made this […]
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The Sokoto State Police Command says it has arrested 20 suspects alleged to be terrorizing residents of Sabon Birni Local Government and its environs. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Ibrahim Kaoje, who made this known at a news conference on Tuesday in Sokoto, said that the suspects were arrested in the last seven days. […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Aminu Tambuwal as winner of the governorship election in Sokoto state. Fatimah Mukhtar, returning officer for the election, said Tambuwal, who contested under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), polled a total of 512,002 votes to beat Aliyu Ahmed of the All Progressives Congress (APC)who garnered 511,660 votes. […]
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The governor of Sokoto state, Aminu Tambuwal, who defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday picked the presidential nomination form. Tambuwal stormed the Wadata Plaza headquarters of the opposition party in Abuja with his supporters about 6pm on Thursday, and left about an hour later. He […]
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