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Following the nationwide closure of borders, a group of rice smugglers have been apprehended in Sokoto State.In a video going viral online, several bags of beans are being used to smuggle large amount of rice into the country.The incident happened at Ilela border, Sokoto State.Watch Video Below:- ...![]()
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Rice Smugglers Caught Using Beans To Cover Up At Sokoto Border -
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The Sokoto Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, November 7, 2019, arraigned one Hamzat Muhammad Bashar, Chief Executive Officer of HAMGA INVESTMENT RESOURCES LIMITED and his company before Justice Bello Duwale of the Sokoto State High Court, on a 12-count amended charge bordering on Conspiracy and Obtain ...![]()
Sokoto Billionaire and CEO Lands in EFCC Net Over N29.8m Investment Fraud -
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Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have reportedly raided an INEC office in Sokoto.The Sokoto Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday raided Sokoto office of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC).The anti -graft agency is said to have cordoned the office leading to the questioning ...![]()
Just In: EFCC Raids INEC Office, Questions Principal Officers In Sokoto -
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A peace initiative instituted by the Sokoto State Government has led to 210 repentant bandits laying down their arms and releasing their victims. The Commissioner for Careers and Security Matters, Sokoto State, Col. Garba Moyi (rtd) who confirmed this said they also recovered 102 arms from the repentant bandits they've been dialoguing with fo ...![]()
210 Repentant Bandits Surrender Their Arms In Sokoto, Release All Captives -
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The Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Sokoto State, Mr Philip Enaberue, says two corps members are to repeat their service year.Enaberue, who made this disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto, said the affected persons were among the corps members who passed out under 2018 Batch C Stream l.He sa ...![]()
Two NYSC Members Asked To Repeat Service Year In Sokoto -
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One Halimatu Abdullahi Bunun has been abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers.According to reports, the newly married young woman was on her way to Sokoto State from Kaura Namoda in Zamfara State. ...![]()
Newly Married Woman, Halimatu Abdullahi Bunun Allegedly Kidnapped On Her Way To Sokoto -
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The Sokoto State police command have confirmed the arrest of Usman Abubakar, a 21-year-old man for raping 10 of his boss' children. According to the Zonal Commander of the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Person and other Related Matters, Hassan Tahir, the young man confessed to the act following his arrest by police of ...![]()
Police Arrest 21-year-old Man For Allegedly Raping 10 Of His Boss' Children In Sokoto State -
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The Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of screening exercise in Sokoto state, Sulaiman Zubairu, is dead. He died on Monday while leaving his accommodation on his way back to Abuja after finishing his assignment in the state.The spokesman of the Sokoto state Police Command, DSP Muhammad Sadiq, who confirmed the death said ACP Zubairu was pr ...![]()
ACP, Sulaiman Zubairu Dies After Supervising Screening Of Candidates In Sokoto State -
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Sokoto Zonal Office has arrested Abdullahi Sa’idu, Director General of Sokoto Marshal Agency and Bashar Dodo-Iya, an accountant with the agency for alleged diversion of N10million meant for the payment of the salaries of workers.The two suspects who are members of the payment committee of Sokot ...![]()
EFCC Arrests Sokoto Agency’s DG, Abdullahi Sa’idu Who Diverted N10m Workers’ Salaries -
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The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Sokoto Zonal Office in collaboration with the FBI, recorded a major breakthrough with its arrest on 29 August, of one Emmanuel Adedeji Oluwatosin, who is on the wanted list of the FBI.In a press statement, the Head, Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren emphasised that the Zonal Head, Abdullahi La ...![]()
WANTED LIST! EFCC Arrests Suspect, Emmanuel 'Deji Oluwatosin On FBI List, Five Others In Sokoto -
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Unknown gunmen have kidnapped Alhaji Aminu Bodai, a member of the Sokoto State House of Assembly in Bodai village of Dange/Shuni Local Government Area of the state.The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr Abubakar Sadiq, who confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto on Thursday, said that the state command received t ...![]()
APC Lawmaker, Aminu Magaji Bodai Kidnapped By Unknown Gunmen In Sokoto -
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Sokoto State Police Command has confirmed the disappearance of a pregnant housewife suspected to have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen.The victim, Luba Bello, was reportedly abducted from her matrimonial home in the early hours of Thursday, around 2:00 a.m., in Katura, Dange Shuni Local Government Area of Sokoto State.A neighbour to the victim, wh ...![]()
SHOCKING! Gunmen Reportedly Abduct Pregnant Housewife In Sokoto -
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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested Tukur Yabo, Director of Works and Housing, Tureta Local Government Area; Hon. Abubakar Maigishiri, a Councilor, Social Welfare, Tureta LGA; Danjuma Ibrahim, a Cashier with Ministry of Social Welfare and Community Development, Sokoto State, and Sambo Abdullahi, a staff ...![]()
EFCC Arrests Sokoto Councillor, Director, Tukur Yabo Two Others for Diverting Workers’ Salaries -
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Some undergraduate students of Usman Dan Fodio University (UDUS) Sokoto, took to the streets to protest over the suspension of the planned RUGA settlement for Fulani herdsmen across the country.Recall that the Federal Government weeks ago, announced the suspension of the planned Ruga settlement project, following the outrage it ignited in va ...![]()
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'Give Us RUGA' - Usman Dan Fodio University Students Protest In Sokoto -
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Sa’ad Abubakar, sultan of Sokoto, says the crescent moon of the month of Shawwal has been sighted, making Tuesday eid-el-fitr.The monarch disclosed this in a television broadcast.A member of the Shawwal committee had earlier said the moon was sighted in several states such as Borno, Katsina and Yobe. “The Emirs of Gwandu, Borno, Katsina and Da ...![]()
"The Crescent Moon Of The Month Of Shawwal Has Been Sighted" - Sultan Of Sokoto, Abubakar Says As He Declares Tuesday Eid-el-fitr Day -
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A gay teacher, Murtala Mode, has been arrested by the Sokoto State police, after some of his students confessed that he serially raped them at their Almajiri school in Arkilla.The victims, aged between 4 and 15, also accused the teacher of collecting money from some gay clients and forces them to submit themselves to sexual acts.According to the s ...![]()
Gay Teacher Exposed After molesting Students And Pimping Them Out To Clients In Sokoto -
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No fewer than 26 persons, including an Almajiri school teacher, have been arrested by Sokoto State Police Command over alleged homosexuality, murder and other crimes.Addressing newsmen on Monday in Sokoto, the State Commissioner of Police, Mr Ibrahim Kaoje said the suspects were apprehended at various locations in the state between May 24 and May ...![]()
Police Command Arrest 26 Persons Over Alleged Homosexuality, Murder In Sokoto -
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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Sokoto Zonal Office, on Tuesday, May 7th, arrested an alleged serial cash transfer fraudster, Bashar Umar Abdullahi, (a.k.a Abdu Abdullahi and Bashir Abdullahi) who defrauded some unsuspecting victims, the sum of N151,000.00 (One Hundred and Fifty One Thousand Naira) by leading them ...![]()
EFCC Arrests Serial Cash Transfer Fraudster In Sokoto -
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The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, has declared Monday May 6th, the beginning of the holy fasting in Nigeria. The Sultan said this following the sighting of the crescent moon that dictates the beginning of the Ramadan. Muslim faithfuls observes the 29 or 30 days fast during the Islamic month of Ramadan. They are expected to abstain fro ...![]()
Sultan Of Sokoto Declares Monday Beginning Of Ramadan -
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A 17-year-old boy identified as Aliyu and his 15-year-old fiancée, Aisha, have released their prewedding pictures ahead of their wedding, next week, in #Sokoto.According to inside reports, Aliyu is following his family tradition of marrying early. .It’s gathered that male children of his family marry at the age of 17, while the female ones marr ...![]()
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17-year-old Boy, Aliyu Set To Marry Her 15-year-old Fiancée, Aisha In Sokoto (Photos) -
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According to a Premium Times reports, a man described as a professional examination mercenary, who allegedly specialises in writing JAMB tests for multiple candidates, has been arrested in Sokoto State. Officials of the Joint Examination Matriculation Board (JAMB) told Premium Times that Umar Sani was arrested at about 8: 00am Saturday as he made ...![]()
JAMB Mercenary Nabbed In Sokoto While Writing For Candidates -
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A man has landed in a hospital after he was brutally attacked by unknown hoodlums in Sokoto state.According to reports, the assailants attacked their victim and chopped off his hands over an undisclosed reason.The young man who almost bled to death after the attack – was rushed to the hospital by sympathizers and was attended to. ...![]()
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Man’s Hands Chopped Off After Being Attacked By Armed Men In Sokoto (Photos) -
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A fire outbreak has reportedly engulfed the NYSC camp in Sokoto state as credentials are reportedly burnt in the process. A video has emerged online showing how a fire outbreak engulfed a building at the NYSC camp on Sokoto, causing serious pandemonium afterward. Local reports show that the sad incident happened today, April 3, 2019. The cau ...![]()
Video: Corp Members Credentials Burnt As Fire Engulfs Sokoto NYSC Camp -
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The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Ahmed Aliyu, and Senator Aliyu Wamakko, on Sunday congratulated Governor Aminu Tambuwal for emerging winner of the just concluded supplementary poll in the State.Their congratulatory message was contained in a tweet by the official Twitter handle of the Sokoto State Government House.The ...![]()
APC GUber Aspirant 'Wamakko' Congratulates Tambuwal on His Re-Election as Sokoto Governor -
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A baby born with an Arabic inscription on the chest, thigh and back, has turned his parents house to a Mecca of sorts since her arrival on March 2, 2019.Reports have it that the girl, who is the fourth child of her parents, also has a crescent sign on her ankle. She was delivered at the Police Clinic along Barth Road Sokoto.Her mom said among the ...![]()
SHOCKING! Baby Girl Born With Arabic Inscription On Her Chest In Sokoto State (Photo) -
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Angry women have taken over the streets of Sokoto to protest against the non-release of the results of the governorship election in the State. Hundreds of Women on Tuesday embarked on peaceful demonstration, asking the Independent National Electoral Commission to release the result of the March 9 governorship election in Sokoto State, Punch Metro ...![]()
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Candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were running neck and neck in many states in the gubernatorial election conducted yesterday. Results from polling units in states where the poll took place showed that the two major political parties were running a tight race. The results were, however, not the fi ...![]()
#NigeriaDecides2019: APC, PDP Run Tight Race In Kano, Kaduna, Lagos, Sokoto -
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The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Wednesday urged Muslims to start looking for the new moon of Rajab 1440AH.Abubakar stated this in a statement by Prof. Sambo Junaidu, the Chairman, Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs and Sultanate Council in Sokoto.The Sultan said, “This is to inform the Muslim Ummah that Thursday March ...![]()
Sultan of Sokoto Urges Muslims To Watch Out For New Moon -
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President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has won the presidential election held Weekend in Sokoto state.From the 21 out of 23 local government results so far declared as at 4pm, President Buhari has garnered 445,275 votes compared to that of his closest rival, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who garner ...![]()
#NigeriaDecides2019: Buhari wins Sokoto -
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Some kidnappers have ended the life of a priest after abducting his family members in Sokoto state. An Anglican Priest, Rev Idris Jatau, has been killed by gunmen who kidnapped him on his way with his family in Sokoto state. It was gathered that his wife, sister and children are being held captive by the bandits. The slain cleric whose corpse has ...![]()
Graphic Photos: Anglican Priest, Idris Jatau Killed By Kidnappers After Family Was Held Captive In Sokoto
Rice Smugglers Caught Using Beans To Cover Up At Sokoto Border
Sokoto Billionaire and CEO Lands in EFCC Net Over N29.8m Investment Fraud
Newly Married Woman, Halimatu Abdullahi Bunun Allegedly Kidnapped On Her Way To Sokoto
'Give Us RUGA' - Usman Dan Fodio University Students Protest In Sokoto
EFCC Arrests Serial Cash Transfer Fraudster In Sokoto
JAMB Mercenary Nabbed In Sokoto While Writing For Candidates
APC GUber Aspirant 'Wamakko' Congratulates Tambuwal on His Re-Election as Sokoto Governor
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