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The Commissioner of Police in Sokoto State, Mr Kamaldeen Okunlola, has commiserated with personnel of Operation PUFF ADDER II and families of two officers killed while repelling bandits attack in the state.
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has cleared the Sokoto State local government councils poll, winning all the 23 chairmanship and 244 councillorship seats.
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By Musa Na Annabi – Sokoto Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state has said the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) will soon collapse as the party had lost focus and that the citizenry no longer had confidence in the party. He added that was why he was not surprised by the decision of the
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Governo Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto says his administration was committed to developing education in the state. Tambuwal, also the Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum, stated this in a statement by the Director-General of the forum, CID Maduabum, and issued to newsmen, on Sunday, in Abuja.
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By Musa Na Annabi No fewer than 600,000 out of school children in Sokoto State are now pursuing their education as a result of the state government’s socio-economic intervention to encourage parents to support their children and wards to enrol in schools. Prior to this development, 900,000 children of school going ages in the state
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*Elites are the ones to do the tough job of mediation-VP Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has charged ethnic and religious leaders to educate their followers to live together in peace and unity. He said though managing diversity can be politically and administratively tasking, diversity itself is an economic strength and harnessing it properly is hugely rewarding.
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Gunmen have killed 16 people and injured nine others at a village in Sokoto near the border with Niger, a local official and a resident said Friday. The pre-dawn attack on Tara village, in Sokoto state, is the latest in a series of attacks by criminal gangs known locally as “bandits” who for years have
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Police have established additional five units to strengthen the security activities against banditry and other criminalities in Sokoto State. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Sakoto State command, Mr Sanusi Abubakar, disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday in Sokoto. Abubakar said that the units covered Eastern parts of the state comprising Gwadabawa, Illela, Sabon Birni,
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Sen. Ibrahim Abdullahi-Gobir (APC-Sokoto), has urged the federal government to consider deploying more security personnel to insecurity prone areas in Sokoto and other areas. Abdullahi-Gobir made the appeal in a statement by his Media Assistant, Mr Bello Muhammad issued on Friday in Sokoto. READ ALSOAdebayo leads Defence Intelligence Agency The senator who is representing
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…As Sen. Adeyemi chides absentee Ministers By Dirisu Yakubu The North-West states of Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara and Kano should brace up for below-normal rainfall this year, Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika stated in Abuja on Tuesday. This is even as the Minister urged Nigerians to expect isolated flash floods in 2021 at peak rainfall
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