•Some residents add ice blocks to fura, a food made from millet, during periods of extreme heat to stay cool Sweat trickled down Hauwau Suleman’s face as she sat in front of her shop in the Upper Road area in the Sokoto Metropolis. She used the hem of her multi-coloured hijab to dab her forehead, […]
•Terrorists’ attack on a sokoto community No fewer than 13 hunters are feared dead after suspected Lakurawa terrorists ambushed a seasonal hunting expedition in Hurumi Forest, Talewa ward, Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State. It was gathered that the hunters, who came from various communities in Tangaza and Gwadabawa LGAs of th...
•Meningitis The Gombe State Government said it has recorded three deaths from cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM) as of March 27, 2025. Speaking at a media briefing at the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre, Gombe State Commissioner for Health, Dr Habu Dahiru, disclosed that 70 suspected cases had been recorded across nine local government a...
•A fallen petrol tanker A petroleum tanker overturned while navigating a roundabout in the Gagi area of Sokoto-South Local Government yesterday, causing panic among residents. Witnesses said the accident, which occurred around 7am, led to fuel spillage, prompting many to flee for fear of an explosion, reports Daily Trust. The tanker was schedu...
•Tinubu Some stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto State have called on the party’s hierarchy to intervene in the allegedly silent crisis currently ongoing within the party’s chapter in the state. A stakeholder of the party, Comrade Faruk A. Shehu, who stated this on behalf of Sokoto APC stakeholders in a statement [&he...
The Kaduna Electric management has restored electricity to Kaduna and all its franchise States, including Zamfara, Sokoto, and Kebbi after five days of power outage. This follows a truce between the management of Kaduna Electric and the two in-house labour unions, with the company agreeing to review its past actions, reports Saturday Tribune. ...
The daughter of the Secretary to the Sokoto State Government lost her life while trying to rescue her children from the fire that gutted their house around 12 midnight yesterday. Her husband who is the current permanent Secretary in the Ministry for Sport and Youth Development, Alhaji Muhammadu Yusuf Bello, was said to be away […]
•Kashim Shettima Vice President Kashim Shettima has extended his condolences to the government and people of Sokoto State over the killing of about 10 civilians in airstrike targeted at the Lakurawa terrorist group at Gidan Sama and Rumtuwa communities in Silame Local Government Area. The villagers lost their lives on December 25, 2024, when t...
•Tchiani and Tinubu Residents of border communities in Sokoto have dismissed allegations of the presence of the French Army in the area. Recall that the Head of the Military Junta in the Niger Republic, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, in a recently circulated video, accused President Bola Tinubu and some members of his administration of colludi...
•NAF airstrike A security expert, Kabir Adamu, has said that the Defence Headquarters’ clarification on the airstrikes that claimed the lives of 10 persons in Sokoto State has not addressed the issue in contention which is the killing of innocent civilians. The Sokoto State Government had claimed that the Wednesday’s airstrikes by the military...
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