•DSS operatives and Atiku The Department of State Services (DSS) has ordered an investigation into allegations by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar that the Service is organising protests in Sokoto State. The Service said the directive was issued by its Director-General in deference to Atiku, who is the presidential candidate of the African...
•Atiku Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused the Sokoto State government and security operatives of working to frustrate the African Democratic Congress (ADC) campaign in the state, alleging that protesters were being mobilised to disrupt the party’s planned rally. Atiku, the ADC presidential candidate, made the allegations at a new...
Sokoto State government has sealed off a campaign office belonging to the African Democratic Congress along Ahmadu Bello Way in Sokoto metropolis. Media aide to the governorship candidate of the ADC, Aminu Abdullahi, confirmed to our correspondent that the state Commissioner for Land and Housing, Nasiru Dantsoho, came with a letter demanding t...
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have traded blame following an attack on the convoy of the ADC governorship candidate in Sokoto, Manir Muhammad Dan’iya. Dan’iya had alleged that personnel of the Marshal and Community Guard, state-owned security outfits, attacked his convoy around the Sokoto Airport...
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has postponed its presidential campaign flag-off in Sokoto State, earlier scheduled for Saturday, October 31, to Wednesday, November 4, 2026. The Director-General of the ADC Campaign Council in Sokoto State, Hon. Bello Aliyu Goronyo, announced the postponement in a statement issued yesterday. Goronyo said ...
•Governor Ahmad Aliyu of Sokoto State and ADC logo The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused the Sokoto State government of allegedly directing hotels in the state capital to deny accommodation to its delegates expected to attend the party’s presidential campaign flag-off on Saturday. The party also alleged that some delegates who had ...
•Governor Ahmad Aliyu of Sokoto Sate Tension briefly gripped parts of Sokoto metropolis yesterday as youths protesting the continued remand of an Islamic cleric, Dahiru Mai Barewa, clashed with security personnel. The protesters, who demanded Mai Barewa’s release, reportedly blocked some roads and staged demonstrations in parts of the city bef...
•Boat accident Emergency response agencies have launched rescue operations following a boat accident in Gorau village, Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The boat reportedly capsized today while carrying passengers across a waterway in the community. As of the time of filing this report, the exact number of people on board and the ...
•Peter Obi Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has called on the federal government and other relevant authorities to take urgent steps to end the persistent killings and insecurity across the country. Obi made the call in a statement shared on his official X handle yesterday while reacting to the reported kill...
•Terrorists No fewer than four soldiers were reportedly feared killed when suspected Lakurawa terrorists invaded Kebbe town in Kebbe Local Government Area of Sokoto State yesterday. It was gathered that the terrorists, numbering over 300, rode on motorcycles and engaged security forces in a gun battle as they attacked shops, a hospital and veh...
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