The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), Dr Jide Idris, hosted an emergency meeting with the Commissioners for Health from Sokoto and Kaduna States over an unknown illness in Sokoto and Zamfara states. According…
Zamfara imposes curfew along Sokoto, Katsina borders
Zamfara State Government has ordered immediate restriction of movement along the state’s borders with Katsina and Sokoto from 7:00 pm to 6:00 am. The state Commissioner for Information and Culture, Alhaji Mannir Haidara, disclosed this to newsmen in Gusau on…
Cooking gas scarcity hits Lagos, Kano, Katsina, others
Scarcity of Liquefied Petroleum Gas also known as cooking gas has hit Lagos and some other states in the country. The other affected states, according to findings by our correspondents are: Katsina, Sokoto, Delta, Kaduna and Kano. The rise in…
6 states pray Supreme Court to order review of Presidential, NASS results
Six states of the federation have dragged the federal government before the Supreme Court over the conduct and subsequent collation and announcement of the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections. The plaintiffs in the originating summons marked: SC/CV/354/2023, are…
Let us adopt a Naija dress code — Gbubemi Atimomo
Thoughts on adopting national attire as our corporate dress code It is common knowledge that people are often judged by how they dress. Many people say “dress the way you want to be addressed” because they understand that opinions could…
Police parade 2 suspects for human trafficking in Sokoto
The Sokoto State Police Command has paraded two suspects for their alleged involvement in human trafficking and other related offences. Addressing journalists in Sokoto, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Muhammad Gumel, said one of the suspects was arrested…
NiMet predicts 3-day cloudy, rainy weather activities from Monday
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy and rainy weather conditions from Monday till Wednesday. NiMet’s weather outcome released on Sunday in Abuja predicted early morning rains over parts of Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi and Katsina on Monday. According to…
OPC demands justice for Deborah Samuel
Felix Oboagwina, media aide to Oodua People’s Congress factional president, Wasiu Afolabi reiterates the insistence of the OPC for justice in the case of the murdered student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Deborah Samuel. The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC)…
*Deborah Samuel: 300 Women groups protest, seek declaration of emergency (Vanguard)*Blasphemy: Tambuwal imposes curfew as riot breaks out in Sokoto (Punch)
Deborah Samuel: 300 Women groups protest, seek declaration of emergency (Vanguard) A total of 300 women groups have protested last Thursday’s gruesome murder of Miss Deborah Samuel, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, by a mob over…
Buhari condemns Sokoto killing
President Muhammadu Buhari strongly condemns the resort to self-help by the mob in Sokoto, resulting in violence, destruction and killing of a second year student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Deborah Samuel, following an allegation that she had…
