Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu has dethroned 15 district heads over alleged insubordination, land racketeering, aiding insecurity and conversion of public properties. The press secretary to the Governor Abubakar Bawa announced the dethronement on Tuesday in a statement. The District Heads dethroned were those of Unguwar Lalle, Yabo, Wamakko, Tulluwa, lllela, Dogon Daji, Kebbe, Alkammu, and Giyawa district. Others were …

In an effort to ensure that Muslims in Sokoto State start this year’s Ramadan fast comfortably, Governor Ahmed Aliyu has approved the payment of half salary bonus as a Ramadan gift to all civil servants, primary school teachers, local government staff as well as pensioners in the state. According to a press statement on Sunday night by the Press Secretary …

Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, on Friday, presented N270 billion as the 2024 budget to the State House of Assembly for consideration. While presenting the budget, the governor said, “The proposed 2024 budget tagged ‘Budget of hope and resilience with infrastructural development in the sum of N270,134,091,757:01 kobo only. “Of the proposed revenues, statutory allocation coming from the federation account …

The Taraba State Governorship Election Tribunal has affirmed that Lt. Colonel Agbu Kefas (rtd.) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is the validly elected governor of the state. The three man panel of justices of the tribunal said the petition of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) and its candidate, Prof. Sani Muhammed Yahaya, challenging Kefas’ election lacked merit and consequently dismissed …