Tag: Sokoto
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Sokoto State Govt faults poverty rating
The Sokoto Government has faulted the recent ranking of as poorest state in the federation. Alhaji Arzika Bodinga, the Permanent Secretary in the Sokoto State Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, expressed the displeasure at a one-day Workshop on Dissemination of 2021 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS)/ National Immunization Coverage Survey (NICS) 2021 on Tuesday…
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2023: Prominent PDP elder in Sokoto defects to APC
Ahead of the 2023 General Elections, one of the prominent elders in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto state, Alhaji Sahabi Bojo-Bodinga, had defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Bojo-Bodinga, a PDP stalwart from Sokoto South Senatorial
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NDLEA arrests traditional ruler. others for drug trafficking
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested one Abubakar Ibrahim, the village head of Gidan Abba, Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto, with 10 others over 991,320 pills of pharmaceutical opioids. A statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, on Sunday in Abuja, said 1,251kgs of cannabis and Khat…
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Police arrest man with 101 Permanent Voters Cards
The Police in Sokoto State have arrested a man, Nasiru Idris, of Sabon Birni Local Government Area, alleged to be in possession of 101 Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs). Briefing journalists on Thursday in Sokoto, shortly after decorating six newly promoted
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2023: APC, PDP trade blames in Sokoto
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Sokoto state has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led government in the state of plotting to deny the citizens’ freedom of political choice. Alhaji Isa Sadiq-Achida, the Sokoto State APC Chairman made the allegation in a statement issued to newsmen in Sokoto on Tuesday.
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ASUU strike: Final year medical student turned food vendor dies
Mr. Usman Abubakar-Rimi, a Medicine and Surgery final year student of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS), who ventured into food selling business due to prolonged ASUU strike, has died. Abubakar-Rimi opened a food outlet and Indomie joint in the Diplomat area in Sokoto.
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16 APC excos in Sokoto defect to PDP
No fewer than 16 executives of the All Progressive Congress (APC) ward in Sokoto State have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Some of the defectors include Aliyu Liman, Adamu Salihu, Alinbo Dan-Tudu, Abdullahi Belbela, Abdu Langebo, Hussain Langebo and Umaru Dadi. Others include Abubakar Isa, Agada Lajinge, Usman Kalla, Isa Suleiman, Yawale Isa,…
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2023: 7,000 PDP supporters defect to APC in Sokoto
Ahead of the 2023 General Elections, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto state had received over 7,000 members who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). . This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen in Sokoto on Friday by Bashar Abubakar, the Special Assistant, New Media to Sen. Aliyu Wamakko.
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ASUU strike: Final year medical student turns food vendor
Mr. Usman Abubakar-Rimi, a Medicine and Surgery final year student in the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS), has turned to street food vendor due prolonged industrial action by University lecturers. In an interview with NAN on Friday in Sokoto, Abubakar-Rimi said he conceived the initiative in order to engage in productive living as the strike…
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Seven family members die of alleged food poisoning in Sokoto
At least seven members of a family in Kaura village, in the Yabo Local Government Area of Sokoto State, have died of suspected food poisoning. Confirming the incident, the head of the family of the victims, Mallam Umaru, said the leftover of the food the victims ate the previous night was left outside for preservation,…