Tag: Sokoto
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BREAKING: PDP’s Tambuwal leads in Sokoto Gov Poll
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of the Peoples Democratic Party has won the governorship election in Sokoto state. He won with a slim margin of 341 votes. Tambuwal polled a total score of 512,002 votes to beat Ahmad Aliyu of the All Progressives Congress who garnered 511,661. The Resident Electoral Officer, Prof. Sadiq Musa, had said the…
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BREAKING: INEC adjourns collation of Sokoto rerun
The collation exercise for the Sokoto state governorship supplementary elections results has been adjourned to 9am on Sunday. The adjournment following the non- arrival of results from Kebbe local government, which is the last of the 22 Local Government Areas. The Returning Officer, Professor Fatima Mukhtar, who announced the adjournment before party agents, heads of…
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2019: Sokoto Governorship election inconclusive – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared March 9 Governorship election in Sokoto state inconclusive. It said the decision was because 75, 403 votes were cancelled which were higher than 3, 413 margin difference. The State’s Chief Returning Officer, Prof. Fatima Muktar, made the declaration on Sunday in Sokoto, stating that 51 Candidates contested…
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Tambuwal confirms 16 killed in fresh Sokoto banditry
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has confirmed the death of 16 people in a fresh banditry at Dalijan, Rakkoni and Kalhu communities in the Rabah Local Government Area of the state. Tambuwal made the announcement at a news conference on Tuesday in Sokoto, saying that the incident occurred on Monday night. The News Agency…
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Python Dance: Army arrest seven ‘hoodlums’ in Sokoto
The Nigerian Army says it has arrested “a group of hoodlums causing mayhem, extorting money and threatening the lives of innocent citizens” in Sokoto. Maj. Clement Abiade, the Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, told newsmen on Saturday in Sokoto that the seven suspects were apprehended at the Kalambaina and Federal Government College junction in…
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Ex-president Shagari buried in Sokoto
Former President, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, was on Saturday buried in his hometown, Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto state. Shagari, who passed on Friday at the age of 93, was interred at exactly 3.30pm after the funeral prayers led by Professor Shehu Galadanchi, former Vice Chancellor, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto. His corpse had arrived at…
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Shagari’s body leaves Abuja for burial in Sokoto
The body of late former President, Shehu Shagari, has left the nation’s capital, Abuja, en route Sokoto State, his hometown for burial later on Saturday. Recall that the first Executive President of Nigeria died on Friday evening at 93 years. His body will be received by the Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal before being transported…
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PDP successful rally in Sokoto and El-rufa’i’s political frightening – Sokoto Govt
The recent claim by Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-rufa’i that PDP hired supporters from Niger Republic during the flag off of the Atiku/Obi Northwest Presidential campaign in Sokoto is nothing but blatant lie, evident of political frightening and an attempt to score cheap political goals. The outcry by El-rufa’i is a testimony to the…
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Miyetti Allah warns security agencies, civilians against attacking ‘Malian herders’ in Sokoto
The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore has warned security agencies and civilians against attacking Malian herders grazing their cattle in Gudu and Tangaza Local Government Areas of Sokoto State. The social media had been filled with reports of the invasion of Gudu and Tangaza in Sokoto State by some bandits on Friday. But the state police…
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Police deny influx of jihadists in Sokoto
The Police Command in Sokoto state on Saturday dispelled rumours of influx of Juhadists in the state There had been reports of such influx in some social media, especially in the late hours of Friday. The Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Cordelia Nwawe, disclosed this while addressing newsmen on Saturday in Sokoto. Nwawe…