Wamakko holds rally in support of Buhari

Wamakko holds rally in support of Buhari, says Tambuwal, Saraki and other defectors will regret

Senator representing Sokoto north, Aliyu Wamakko, says the governor of his state, Aminu Tambuwal,  and others who defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will regret the move. Before Tambuwal moved to the PDP, Senate President Bukola Saraki, several lawmakers and two governors had already defected from the ruling party. Wamakko commented on the defections […]

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DEFECTION WIND: Majority of 30 Sokoto assembly members dump APC for PDP

On Wednesday, Eighteen out of the 30 members of the Sokoto state house of assembly defected from the All Progressive Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Salihu Maidaji, speaker of the assembly, announced this hour after news broke that Aminu Tambuwal, the governor, had returned to the PDP. Maidaji is among the 18 […]

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Even on a sick bed Buhari will win in Kano, Bauchi and Sokoto

Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation, has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari will easily win Sokoto, Kano and Bauchi states even from his “sickbed” without any form of solid opposition. Amaechi, who is the Director-General of the Buhari Campaign Organisation, said this to journalists on Friday in Abuja, while reacting to the spate of defections that […]

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Leadership failure responsible for widespread killings in Nigeria – Tambuwal

The governor of Sokoto state, Aminu Tambuwal, says the killings across the nation boils down to failure of leadership. While commiserating with families of security personnel killed in the line of duty, the governor said the “growing spate of mindless shedding of innocent blood” has brought a new dimension to the reprehensible state of insecurity […]

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Bad journalism jeopardising peaceful coexistence in Nigeria – Sultan of Sokoto

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has admonished journalists to exhibit professionalism and patriotism in their duties to save the country from collapse and the ills of bad journalism. The Sultan made the call on Saturday in Sokoto when national officials of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) paid him a courtesy visit […]

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You cannot be shedding blood and expect God to be happy – Sultan

Sa’ad Abubakar, sultan of Sokoto, says God cannot be happy when blood is being shed. He went on to state that Islam cannot be protected when its followers kill people. The sultan said this while speaking at the first general assembly of the Interfaith Dialogue Forum For Peace (IDFP) which held in Abuja, on Thursday. […]

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Customs intercepts 506 bags of smuggled rice in Sokoto

Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, said its command in Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara zone intercepted 506 bags of foreign rice concealed in bags of beans and smuggled into the country. Nasir Ahmad, NCS Controller, Sokoto, disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday. He said that the seized consignment had payable duty value of N12.5 million. Ahmad said […]

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Rainstorm destroys 100 houses, kills 1 in Sokoto

One person died while more than 100 houses were destroyed when rainstorm swept through 15 villages in Illela Local Government Area of Sokoto State, Alhaji Abdullahi Haruna, the Council Chairman told newsmen on Sunday in Illela. Haruna said seven other persons, including a mother and her three children, sustained various degrees of injuries during the […]

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Dangote Sets to Launch 25,000 Hectares of Rice Outgrower Scheme in Sokoto

Dangote Rice, a subsidiary of Dangote Group is set to launch in Sokoto. Sokoto state it’s multi-million naira 25,000 hectares of rice outgrower scheme with a prospect of hundreds of thousands of employment opportunities for the rural communities inhabitants. President of the Group, Aliko Dangote disclosed at the weekend that the Company will on Wednesday, […]

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