Bandits Kill Nine, Abduct Residents, Loot Property in Sabon Birni
Armed bandits attacked Dan Tudu, a community in the Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State, resulting in the deaths of nine people and…
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Breaking: NSCDC Captures Wanted Notorious Bandit
Due to the resolve of the Commandant General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ahmed Audi, PhD,mni, in having zero tolerance for all forms…
EFCC Docks Five Sokoto Officials for N553.9m Pension Fraud
The Sokoto Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, June 28, 2021, arraigned five senior officials of the Sokoto State…
Troops Neutralize Three Gunrunners, Recover Weapons
Nigerian Army troops operating around Sabo Birni border town of Sokoto State neutralised 3 gunrunners and recovered weapons on 1 June 2021.
12-year-old Caged and Starved Girl Rescued in Sokoto
A 12-year-old girl identified as Joy Emmanuel has been rescued by the Police after she was caged and starved by her guardians for eight months.
N249M Scam: Ex-UDUTH Accountant Arraigned, Remanded In Prison
A Sokoto State High Court, sitting in Sokoto, today remanded Lukuman Sani Waziri, a former Accountant with the Finance Department of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching…
Corps Members Abducted by Bandits in Katsina State
Two corps members have been abducted by bandits around Funtua in Katsina State on their way to Zaria on the 24th of February, 2021.
UDUTH Ex–accountant’s Arraignment for N245.9m Fraud Stalled in Sokoto
The arraignment of Lukman Sani Waziri, a former accountant of the Usmanu Danfodio University Teaching Hospital Sokoto, accused of an N245.9 million fraud by the…
Man Bags One-Year Jail Term over FIRS Job Scam in Sokoto
Justice Bello Duwale of the Sokoto State High Court today, Thursday, March 4, 2021, convicted and sentenced one Mohammed Buba Amne to one-year imprisonment for…
Court Jails Fake NSCDC Officer Over False Information
For falsely representing himself as an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, and testifying in the assumed capacity in a criminal…
Two Bag Three Years Over use of Counterfeit Notes
The Sokoto Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today March 3, 2021, secured the conviction of Badamasi Hamisu and Isah Aliyu…
Ex- Kebbi Senator Arraigned for N419m Scam in Sokoto
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Sokoto Zonal Office today March 1, 2021, arraigned Senator Umaru Tafida Argungu before Justice Mohammed Mohammed of the…
Man Who Raped Minor Bags 4 years Imprisonment
A middle-aged man Aminu Ibrahim, has been sentenced to four years imprisonment by a Sokoto State High Court for raping a 9-year-old girl.
FFK Stakes #1m for Video of Bishop Kukah Inciting Violence Against Muslim
Femi Fani Kayode has staked one million nairas for anyone who will provide a video of Bishop Mathew Kukah inciting violence against Muslim or Islam.
Kukah: Group Asks Kukah to Leave Caliphate
The Muslim Solidarity Forum, Sokoto, has asked the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Fr. Mathew Hassan Kukah to quickly and quietly leave the Caliphate.
Drama: Victim Catches Man Who Kidnapped Him
A driver and a victim who was earlier kidnapped has caught his kidnapper who boarded a commercial vehicle owned by him in Sokoto State.
