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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 » Places: Boat capsizes in northwestern Nigeria, leaving dozens of people dead
SOKOTO, Nigeria (AP) — A boat capsized Thursday in a river in Nigeria’s northwestern Sokoto state, leaving more than 40 people dead, officials and residents said. The boat was carrying people who were ...
News Nigeria » Sokoto » Places: More than 40 missing after boat capsizes in Nigeria’s Sokoto
Rescuers are searching for more than 40 people who are missing after a boat capsized in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Sokoto, according to authorities. Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency ...
News Nigeria » Sokoto » Places: 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 » Places: 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 ...