The Sokoto State government has confirmed the death of 33 children following a fresh outbreak of cerebrospinal meningitis in parts of the state, as health authorities battle a growing number of infections. Confirming the outbreak, the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Faruk Abubakar, disclosed this during an advocacy meeting with district heads on ...
Residents of at least 21 villages in Sokoto State have fled their homes following repeated threats and attacks by bandits. The villages affected include; Gidan Kare, Kaware, Chabi, Dattabi, Janwake, Sha Rana, Darbekami, Gidan Sule, Kuruwa, Mahuta, Dantayawa, Kawala, Bagirbe, Tsattsagi, Katsira, Imasa, Bela, Hura Girke, Galadimmai and Asha Ruwa...
•Bandits Suspected bandits have attacked Achida town in Wurno Local Government Area of Sokoto State, killing two people and abducting at least 25 others. The incident occurred last night in the community, located about 20 kilometres from Sokoto metropolis, an area increasingly affected by banditry in the eastern part of the state, reports Dail...
•A missile fired from a US ship reportedly hits terrorists’ hideout in Sokoto State Many terrorists were killed, while their hideouts and vehicles were destroyed during United States airstrikes carried out in Sokoto State on December 25, footage sighted by our correspondent has revealed. The footage of the operation, which is yet to be d...
•Tinubu and Trump The Nigerian foreign ministry confirmed the United States had launched “precision hits on terrorist targets in Nigeria by air strikes” after US President Donald Trump announced the operation against Islamic State militants. “Nigerian authorities remain engaged in structured security cooperation with international partners, in...
•Trump, Tinubu and US fighter jets United States President Donald Trump said US forces conducted “powerful and deadly” strikes against Islamic State militants in northwestern Nigeria yesterday, after he warned the group to stop killing Christians in the country. The Department of Defense said “multiple ISIS terrorists” were killed in an attack...
Mallam Jibrin Rabiu, whose wife, Khadijat Ado, went missing last Thursday from their Life Camp house in Abuja, has narrated that the woman was found in Sokoto the following day. In an interview with our correspondent yesterday evening, Rabiu said that when he returned home last Thursday, he discovered his wife was missing, reports Daily [&hell...
•Boat mishap Tragedy has struck in Sokoto State following another boat accident that occurred in the Shagari Local Government Area of the state, leaving many passengers feared missing. The Special Adviser to Governor Ahmed Aliyu at the Sokoto State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Aminu Bodinga, confirmed this to journalists today. He said ...
•Boat mishap A boat mishap has claimed the lives of four persons while 41 persons were rescued at the Goronyo Local Government Area Local Government in Sokoto State. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) today in a statement by the Head of Press Unit, Manzo Ezekiel said the increase in fatalities followed the recovery of […]
•Boat accident Rescue workers are searching for more than 40 people after a boat accident in Nigeria’s northwestern Sokoto state, the country’s emergency agency said yesterday. “About 10 persons have been rescued, while more than 40 passengers remain missing,” the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said in a statement. NEMA said it ha...
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