Tag: Sokoto
Final year microbiology student kidnapped in Sokoto
A final year Microbiology student of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Aliyu Maidamma, has reportedly been kidnapped days to the first-semester examination.
It was gathered that...
NYSC member dies in Sokoto orientation camp
A member
of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Ihe Fortune-Ihieche, has died at the
Sokoto orientation camp in Wamakko local government area.
The deceased
was a native of...
Tambuwal visits student with chopped-off hands in hospital
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, on Tuesday visited a student of Usmanu Danfodio University, Habibu Abubakar, who is receiving treatment in a hospital after...
Usmanu Danfodio University student loses hands to motorcycle snatchers
A
200 Level student at Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, Habibu Nakasari, has
lost his two hands in an ugly incident involving motorcycle snatchers.
The undergraduate, who is...
Fire razes hostel housing NYSC members in Sokoto
A hostel
was on Wednesday morning partly destroyed by fire at the National Youth
Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp in Sokoto State.
The state’s NYSC coordinator, Philip...
Tambuwal re-elected Sokoto governor with 342 votes margin
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Governor Aminu Tambuwal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as governor-elect of Sokoto State.
Returning officer, Prof. Fatimah...
Tambuwal takes lead in Sokoto as INEC adjourns collation till 9am
Returning officer for Sokoto State governorship election, Fatima Mukhtar, has adjourned collation of results in the state till 9am on Sunday.
Mukhtar made the...
Tinubu denies meeting INEC chair over Sokoto governorship rerun
National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on Friday denied meeting with the national chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission...
Girl ‘born’ with Arabic inscription on her chest in Sokoto
A girl has been reportedly born in Sokoto State with an Arabic inscription on her chest, thigh and back.
Born on March 2, 2019, the...
Two officers killed in Sokoto during election – Police
Sokoto police commissioner, Aminu Koji, said on Wednesday
that two of the state’s police personnel were killed during the just-concluded governorship
election.
He revealed their names as...