Sokoto State

A new initiative known as Go-Green Project aims at fostering green consciousness and empowering the younger generation on environmental conservation to fight deforestation and other elements of climate change in Sokoto State, TUNDE OMOLEHIN reports. Today, Sokoto is one of...

September 09, (THEWILL) – Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, on Friday, hosted the Sultan of Sokoto, His Royal Eminence, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar. Abubakar, who is in Port Harcourt to declare open the Federation of Muslim Women’s Association in Nigeria...

September 09, (THEWILL) – The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, has described the late Queen Elizabeth II of England, as a committed royal leader, well-loved for her sincerity and sense of purpose. Kukah, in Minna, ...

August 23, (THEWILL) - The Sokoto State Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested a suspected drug dealer, Umar Mohammed, the Village Head of Ruga in the Shagari Local Government Area of the state. Briefing newsmen on...

June 21, (THEWILL) – Gunmen, suspected to be bandits, have attacked a motorcade of intending pilgrims from Isa Local Government in Sokoto state, allegedly leaving three police personnel dead in the process. The Pilgrims were on their way to the...

May 20, (THEWILL) - Sokoto State governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has lifted the curfew imposed on Sokoto metropolis, following a protest against the arrest of some suspected killers of Miss Deborah Samuel Yakubu. THEWILL had reported that Deborah, a 200-level...

May 15, (THEWILL) - The Sokoto State Government has announced the suspension of the resumption of basic and secondary schools in the state by one week. THEWILL reports that the schools were initially scheduled to resume this Sunday and Monday, for...

May 14, (THEWILL) - Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, on Saturday, declared a 24-hour curfew in the state. The Governor, in a statement, issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mohammed Bello, said the curfew “is in pursuance of...

May 14, (THEWILL) - Some residents of Sokoto State, will on Saturday, embark on a mass protest against the arrest of two suspects, allegedly involved in the murder of a female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, identified...

May 12, (THEWILL) -A mob has killed a female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Wamako, Sokoto State. The deceased, a Christian, identified only as Ms Deborah, was accused of passing unflattering comments about Prophet Mohammed on campus. Following immediate...