A Bill seeking to make pre-marital medical tests compulsory in Sokoto State has passed its second reading in the State House of Assembly. The proposed legislation, presented as a private member bill by Alhaji Kabiru Dauda (APC–Gada East), was read…
A potential disaster was averted in Sokoto on Tuesday when a petrol tanker carrying 45,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit overturned at Dan Marna Filling Station in Gagi, Sokoto South Local Government Area, spilling fuel onto the road. Swift intervention…
A joint security patrol team, including operatives of the Nigeria Police and members of the Sokoto State Community Guard have thwarted a kidnap operation on a commercial vehicle by gunmen suspected to be armed bandits. The incident was said to…
A member of the Sokoto State Community Guard Corps has accidentally shot himself dead shortly after participating in a joint operation that rescued 66 kidnap victims in the state. The operation, led by the Nigerian Army, was carried out on…
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has apologised to families of civilians killed during a military air strike in Silame LGA of Sokoto state. The airstrike, which targeted a logistics base of the Lakurawa terrorist group, killed 10 civilians in Gidan Sama and…
The Federal Government has announced that it will conduct a comprehensive investigation into the airstrike that led to the deaths of 10 people in Gidan Bisa and Runtuwa villages in the Silame Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The Minister…
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has warned civilians harbouring suspected criminals to desist from such acts or face the consequences of their actions. He stated this during his visit to the troops of Operation FASAN YANMA at…
Officials from the Sokoto State Hisbah Board have intercepted and seized over 200 cartons of substances suspected to be alcoholic drinks at the Sokoto Central Motor Park. Speaking to journalists at the Hisbah office in Sokoto on Wednesday, the state…
The Sokoto State Police Command has arrested one Austin Anthony, ‘m’, 44 years old and 32-year-old Mansur Abubakar, ’m’, for car theft in the state. The command’s spokesman, ASP Ahmed Rufai, disclosed this in a statement made available on Monday.…
Operatives of the Sokoto State Police Command have arrested two suspected members of a car theft syndicate operating along the Sokoto-Birnin Kebbi road. The Command’s spokesman, ASP Ahmad Rufa’i, who confirmed the development on Monday in Sokoto, said the Police…
