Tag: Sokoto
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SAD! Two mothers, five kids die after taking breakfast in Sokoto
Tragedy struck in Kaura village in Yabo Local Government Area of Sokoto State as seven family members died after eating breakfast. The head of the family, Malam Danbala narrated the incident to a national newspaper that he lost his two wives and five children to the incident. He said, “I was in Niger State where…
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We’re still searching for Deborah’s killers – Sokoto Police
The Sokoto State Police Command said the killers of Deborah Samuel are yet to be arrested. Deborah, a student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education was in May 2022, stoned to death by some students believed to be her classmates over alleged blasphemy. DSP Sanusi Abubakar, the spokesman for the command, explained that those…
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NDLEA nabs Sokoto traditional ruler over alleged drug deals
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Sokoto State Command, has nabbed a suspected drug dealer, Umar Mohammed, who is also a monarch being the Village Head of Ruga in Shagari Local Government. Briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Sokoto, Mr Adamu Iro, the NDLEA Commander in the state, said the suspect was arrested following intelligence-driven…
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PDP LG chairman, councillors defect to APC in Sokoto
The incumbent Chairman of Tangaza Local Government Council in Sokoto State, Alhaji Bashir Kalanjeni, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP ). Kalanjeni defected to the APC alongside eight serving and two former councillors in the area.
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How 26 villagers got drowned during bandits, operatives gun duel in Sokoto
At least, 26 corpses of residents of Duma village in Tureta Local Government Area of Sokoto State have been recovered. The victims reportedly drowned in an attempt to escape from a gun duel between security operatives and bandits in a nearby forest. It was learnt that the incident occured last Wednesday when operatives under…
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Tambuwal declares Monday work-free to mark Islamic New Year
The Sokoto State Government has declared Monday, Aug. 1 as a work-free day to mark the commencement of the Islamic New Year. Gov. Aminu Tambuwal made the declaration in a statement he personally signed on Friday in Sokoto. “After due consultation with the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, on the citing of the new…
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Blasphemy: Tambuwal lifts curfew on Sokoto, bans all forms of procession
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has lifted the curfew imposed due to the recent killing of a student of the State College of Education, over alleged blasphemy. The lifting of the 24-hour curfew, imposed on the towy, is with immediate effect. This was announced in a statement on Friday in Sokoto by the Commissioner…
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Pastor Adeboye shelves Sokoto Light Up crusade
The General overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has suspended the Light Up crusade scheduled to hold physically in Sokoto from May 16 to 17, 2022. The postponement followed the killing of a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, Deborah Samuel, for alleged blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad.
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Just In: Court remands two suspects in prison over Deborah’s death
A Magistrate Court sitting in Sokoto has remanded two suspects arrested over the murder of a 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Deborah Samuel, for alleged blasphemy. The Police arraigned the two suspects, Bilyaminu Aliyu and Aminu Hukunchi, who are also students of the college, on Monday.
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Gov. Tambuwal relaxes Sokoto curfew
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Monday relaxed the 24-hour curfew imposed on Sokoto metropolis on Saturday. The curfew will now be from dusk to dawn. The governor imposed the curfew to contain the tension that followed the murder of a 200-Level Home