No fewer than 34 lawyers were on the defence team of the two suspects allegedly inviolved in the lynching of 200-Level students of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Deborah Sanuel, as operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, arraigned them in court, yesterday, in Sokoto. The suspects, Bilyaminu Aliyu and …
Read More »More people will defect to PDP, Tambuwal says
The rank and file of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) will soon be upscaled nationwide as more people are expected to decamp to it from other political parties across the country. Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state made this observation on Tuesday during the third leg of his consultation …
Read More »Find Bello Turji dead or alive, Sokoto killings: Islamic group reveals suspect’s hideout
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has identified one Bello Turji as the main actor in the recent killings in Sokoto. The group tasked the Nigerian Army to find Bello Turji, who it described as a notorious bandit leader, dead or alive. MURIC said it believes that Turji is the key …
Read More »Several gunmen were killed as military jets pound Katsina and Sokoto forests
Operation HADARIN DAJI forces have neutralized scores of bandits and destroyed their camps within Katsina and Sokoto forests. In Katsina, about ten hideouts in Rugu forest bordering Kankara Local Government Area were bombarded by a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter aircraft. More than 30 bandits died in a camp in …
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