Nigeria News » Sokoto News Nigeria » Sokoto » Life: In Nigeria's troubled north, a bustling nightlife lives with a morality police and insecurity
There is a thriving nightlife in Nigeria's conservative Sokoto state, which is known as the "seat of the caliphate" for its storied place in the birth and propagation of Islam in West and Central ...
News Nigeria » Sokoto » Life: Boat Mishap: NEMA distributes life jackets, relief materials to Sokoto victims
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has distributed life jackets and other relief materials to families affected by the Gorau boat mishap in Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State.
News Nigeria » Sokoto » Life: Over 40 Dead in Sokoto Boat Tragedy
More than 40 persons died and over 10 others were rescued in a boat accident at Gorau community on the Goronyo River in Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State.While the National Inland ...
News Nigeria » Sokoto » Life: Sokoto Hisbah denies alleged agenda to Islamise Nigeria
The Sokoto State Hisbah Board has dismissed allegations circulating on social media that it was imposing restrictions on ...
News Nigeria » Sokoto » Life: BREAKING: 12 Years After Madalla Bombing Conviction, Court Gives Kabiru Sokoto 21 Days To Appeal Life Sentence
On December 20, 2013, Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court in Abuja sentenced Kabiru Sokoto to life imprisonment for his role in the 2011 Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa's Catholic ...
News Nigeria » Sokoto » Life: The many ugly faces of Sokoto as Nigeria’s ‘poverty capital’
But for the dirty environment and serenity signifying absence of factories that make capital cities bubble, poverty is not glaring in Sokoto State capital. Its dearth of high-rise buildings can be ...
News Nigeria » Sokoto » Life: Boat capsizes in northwestern Nigeria, leaving dozens of people dead
The boat was carrying more than 80 people, most of whom were heading to farms for work in Gorau town in the Goronyo local government area of the state, officials said. Abdulkadir Yusuf, Sokoto state ...
News Nigeria » Sokoto » Life: Generation of children at risk – Amnesty International laments Sokoto school shutdown over insecurity
Amnesty International Nigeria has condemned the closure of primary and secondary schools in 20 of Sokoto State’s 23 local government areas following escalating bandit attacks, warning that the ...
News Nigeria » Sokoto » Life: Sokoto donates boats, life jackets to riverine communities
Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, on Wednesday, donated 20 motorised boats and 1,000 life jackets to riverine communities across 10 local government areas. Aliyu said the move was aimed at curbing ...
News Nigeria » Sokoto » Life: Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto; Premier of Northern Region of Nigeria, Sokoto, Nigeria
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