Sokoto State

The Special Adviser on Security Matters to Sokoto State Governor Ahmed Aliyu, Col. Ahmed Usman (retd.), has appealed to political leaders, traditional institutions, religious leaders and residents to close ranks in the fight against banditry, insisting that insecurity should not be reduced to partisan politics.

The Department of State Services has alerted the Sokoto State Government to intelligence indicating that terrorist and bandit groups are shifting their targets from vulnerable primary and secondary schools to universities. The intelligence warning said the planned attacks...

Scores of people are feared dead after a boat carrying residents to their farms capsized in a river in Gorau town, Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State, on Thursday. An official of the National Inland Waterways Authority...

Troops of Operation FANSAN YAMMA have rescued 10 civilians in separate operations across Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara States, as security forces intensify pressure on terrorist elements operating in the North-West. In Sokoto, troops engaged terrorists who ambushed them...

July 05, (THEWILL) — Police in Sokoto State have killed a suspected armed bandit and recovered one AK-47 rifle with live ammunition following a foiled attack on Daraye Village in Wamako Local Government Area of the State. According to...

June 24 (THEWILL) — The Nigerian Army has recorded significant operational successes across the North-West and South-East regions, rescuing kidnapped victims in Zamfara State, foiling a planned terrorist attack in Sokoto State, and neutralising three suspected members of the...

May 25 (THEWILL) — Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, on Monday, secured a landslide victory in the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential election held in Sokoto State. Atiku clinched 68,823 votes to emerge with the highest number of votes from the...

May 22, (THEWILL) — A candidate for the African Democratic Congress (ADC) vying for Sokoto North senatorial district in Sokoto State, and former Nigeria Ambassador to the Kingdom of Jordan, Faruk Malami Yabo, has accused the ruling All Progressives...

May 17, (THEWILL) — Former Governor of Sokoto State, who is also a former Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, at the weekend withdrew from the race to return to the National Assembly on the...

May 16, (THEWILL) — The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto State on Saturday conducted its primary elections for House of Representatives candidates across the state’s eleven federal constituencies ahead of the 2027 general elections. Our correspondent who monitored the...