Tag: Sokoto state

 “We will be carrying routine immunisation vaccines, including polio, so that each and every child living in those borders is ...

The government warns individuals against carrying out similar actions in the name of the governor or the Sokoto State Government.

The American operation exposes the risks to Africa posed by AFRICOM’s push for relevance under Trump’s second term.

Mr Kanu's appeal notice, which named the Federal Republic of Nigeria as the respondent, urged the appellate court to “quash, ...

Sustained pressure and cross-border operations, not sporadic airstrikes, are needed to halt the group’s rapid transnational expansion.

The Olubadan stated this at the 2026 Daily Trust Dialogue held at the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Conference centre in ...

Eyewitnesses told PREMIUM TIMES that the assailants arrived at the market on four motorcycles, with two armed men on each ...

Mr Shaibu's visit to the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, followed a series of precision airstrikes conducted by U.S. forces ...

The sites were described as assembly and staging grounds used by foreign ISIS elements working with local affiliates.

The Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed the operation, describing it as part of a counter-terrorism cooperation with the ...

“As a government, we are ready to do all it takes to ensure that banditry becomes history in Sokoto State."

This endorsement comes as Mr Bafarawa’s political structure in the state collapsed into the ruling APC on Wednesday.

Mr Bafarawa stated that banditry or terrorism was not rampant in Sokoto or Zamfara State when he left office in ...

The leadership tussle in the Sokoto ADC has deepened in recent weeks, with rival groups holding parallel meetings and issuing ...

Shortly after the court sentenced Mr Kanu to life imprisonment for terrorism, the governor promised that he would activate plans to ...

Shortly after the court sentenced the IPOB leader to life imprisonment for terrorism, the governor promised that he would activate ...

For the highly coveted award, Mr Mohammed is shortlisted alongside another Nigerian, Abdulrasheed Hammad, a freelance journalist, as well as ...

The police say Messrs Iliyasu and Salihu lured the victim, Kasimu Yahaya, to an uncompleted building on the outskirts of ...

Ms Shariff, an outspoken critic of the Sokoto State government’s handling of insecurity, was last seen leaving her residence in ...

The police said members of the syndicate operate in the south-south and south-east states of Delta, Rivers, Enugu, and Imo ...

Mr Akuneme said the Malians were escorted from the NIS headquarters in Abuja to Illela Border in Sokoto.

Viewed critically, it is the Nigerian State and its failure to find a solution ... that fostered the Uromi avoidable ...

Mr Abubakar urged the public to seek medical attention for children presenting symptoms such as abdominal swelling, pain, fever, and ...

According to the organisation, the initiative would encourage more girls to attend school and address menstrual hygiene.

The prosecution had told the judge that “chief among them is the 6th defendant, Bello Turji, who continues to cause ...