Barring unforeseen circumstances, the Sokoto State government will today (Wednesday) begin to sell special foodstuffs procured to assist the citizens amid the current economic challenges. The foodstuffs include rice and other valuables and will attract a 55 per cent discount, as announced by the government on Monday. Confirming the development to The PUNCH on Tuesday, the Chief Press Secretary to …

Armed men suspected to be terrorists have killed six people and abducted many others at a village in Gwadabawa Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The gunmen were said to have stormed Tudun Doki village at about 1:30 am on Sallah day. The Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in Sokoto, Ahmed Rufa’i, confirmed the attack. He said six …

The Federal Government has commenced distribution of 26,404 bags of maize, millet and sorghum to vulnerable Nigerians in Sokoto State as palliatives. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, inaugurated the distribution in Sokoto on Sunday. Speaking while flagging off the distribution, Kyari said the effort was aimed at cushioning the economic hardship faced by citizens in …

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 …

Over a week after the resolution of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for all land borders between its member countries and the Niger Republic to be open, residents of the Illela Local Government Area of Sokoto State have appealed to the Federal Government for immediate action. The land borders were closed by ECOWAS following the military junta …

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 …

Sokoto State Commissioner for Solid Minerals Development, Alhaji Isa Tanbagarka, says the government will collaborate with foreign and local investors to exploit the abundant solid minerals in the state. The partnership will also seek to enable the state to tap into the potential of mineral resources for its socioeconomic development. He stated this yesterday in Sokoto when he received a …

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Sokoto Command have raided and arrested 23 alleged internet fraudsters popularly called Yahoo boys. A source from the zonal office of the EFCC in Sokoto said the suspects were arrested at Bafarawa Estate adding that Kalkalawa area of Sokoto State was also raided after intelligence-driven observations and intensive close monitoring proved …

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted eight members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) along a highway in Zamfara State. The victims were kidnapped on Saturday, while traveling inside an AKTC bus from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, to Sokoto State en route to Zamfara State, to take part in the mandatory national service when their vehicle was intercepted …

The Sokoto State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a Bill to regulate marriage expenses in the state. The Bill, sponsored by Hon. Abubakar Shehu (APC-Yabo) and Hon. Faruk Balle (PDP- Gudu), was earlier referred to the House Committee on Religious Affairs. Shehu, who is the committee chairman, presented the report of the committee at plenary, which was unanimously adopted …