Sokoto

Aminu Tambuwal has been re-elected Governor of Sokoto State beating APC's Aliyu Ahmed with 341 votes

Tambuwal wins Sokoto with 341 votes

Post author:Macaulay Maduwuba
Post published:Mar 24, 2019
Post category:Elections 2019 News Politics Sokoto

Aminu Tambuwal of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) has been re-elected Governor of Sokoto State. Following the supplementary elections which were concluded on March 23, the former House of Representatives Speaker edged out his former deputy and the All Progressives Congress' (APC), Ahmed Aliyu by 341 votes. Tambuwal polled 512002 votes against Aliyu's 511661. NAN reports that, though he lost…

Wamakko vows to remain in PDP with his supporters

Post author:Chinaza Okorie
Post published:Jun 15, 2013
Post category:Editor's Picks Sokoto

Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State says that he and his teeming supporters will remain in the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP).

Sokoto: 102 Pilgrims Deported from Saudi Arabia

Post author:Leadership Newspapers
Post published:Sep 27, 2012
Post category:News Politics Sokoto

About 102 intending pilgrims from sokoto state were deported from kingdom of Saudi yesterday. The Chairman of the Sokoto State Pilgrims Welfare Agency, (SSPWA) disclosed this in an interview with LEADERSHIP in Sokoto. It will be recalled that ove...

Sokoto Blast: Tambuwal, NSA, Sambo Others Commiserate With Victims

Post author:Leadership Newspapers
Post published:Aug 5, 2012
Post category:News Sokoto

Speaker of the House Representatives, Hon Aminu Tambuwal , the National Security Adviser Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd); including Minister for Youth Development Barrister Inuwa Abdilkadir on yesterday visited the scene of last week’s Bomblast tha...

Terrorism: NSCDC Takes Proactive Security Measures In Sokoto

Post author:Leadership Newspapers
Post published:Jul 31, 2012
Post category:News Politics Sokoto

Alhaji Aminu Soro, the Sokoto State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps ( NSCDC) said on Tuesday that proactive security measures had been adopted to confront terrorist attacks in the state. "We have deployed anti-bomb dispo...

Gunmen Kill Police Inspector In Sokoto

Post author:Leadership Newspapers
Post published:May 23, 2012
Post category:Crime News Sokoto

Suspected armed robbers on Wednesday killed a police Inspector and one civilian at marina area of Sokoto metropolis. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that Alhaji Aliyu Musa, commissioner of police, confirmed the incident. Mus...

2012 Guber: Disquiet Over Sokoto ANPP Chairman’s Arrest

Post author:Leadership Newspapers
Post published:Jan 24, 2012
Post category:News Politics Sokoto

Ahead of the Sokoto State governorship election, slated for March 10, 2012, there is anxiety over the detention of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) state chairman, Alhaji Ibrahim Milgoma, and two of his party executive members. They are held ...