Nigeria News » Sokoto News Nigeria » Sokoto » Security: How bandits are building shadow economies, taxing traders and farmers across Nigeria
Farmers paying levies, traders navigating illegal checkpoints and transporters factoring in security risks all contribute to rising prices.
News Nigeria » Sokoto » Security: US airstrike in Sokoto: Analyst warns why Nigeria must be careful with foreign support
A US airstrike in Sokoto has raised questions about the effectiveness of foreign military intervention in Nigeria’s security challenges Security analyst Dr Yahuza Getso warned that Nigeria must ...
News Nigeria » Sokoto » Security: Terrorists Protect Foreign Illegal Miners In Sokoto, Kebbi, Security Expert Raises Alarm
A Nigerian security and intelligence expert, Yahuza Getso, has raised fresh concerns over the worsening insecurity in northern Nigeria, alleging complicity within the system and the existence of ...
News Nigeria » Sokoto » Security: FG confirms US–Nigeria joint airstrikes on ISIS targets in Sokoto
The federal government has confirmed that recent United States airstrikes on ISIS targets in Sokoto State were carried out in collaboration with Nigerian security agencies. In a statement on Friday, ...
News Nigeria » Sokoto » Security: US Resumes Surveillance Flights Over Sambisa Forest After Sokoto Airstrikes
American ISR aircraft has returned to Nigeria’s North-east to monitor ISWAP activity following recent airstrikes. The United States has resumed intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) ...
News Nigeria » Sokoto » Security: U.S. Extends Hostile Acts Towards Nigeria, Tells Americans Not to Visit Country
There are concerns that the US is trying to coerce Nigeria into accepting a US military base.Five months after the US designated Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern following false claims of ...
News Nigeria » Sokoto » Security: Gambari, Sokoto, Oladunni, others honoured with Institute of Security, Nigeria fellowships
The Chief of Staff to late former president Muhammadu Buhari, Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari; Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliu Sokoto; the Olowu of Owu Kingdom, Oba (Prof.) Saka Adelola Matemilola ...
News Nigeria » Sokoto » Security: AGF urges stronger community justice as NBA flags insecurity in Sokoto
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, on Monday called for stronger community-based justice systems and renewed debate on state policing, warning that Nigeria ...
News Nigeria » Sokoto » Security: NSA Ribadu Graduates Over 7,000 Forest Guards In Borno, Sokoto, Yobe, Adamawa, Niger, Kwara, Kebbi
The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), has announced the graduation of over 7,000 newly recruited Forest Guards drawn from seven frontline ...