After conclusion of the supplementary elections Tambuwal defeated his former deputy and the All Progressives Congress' (APC), Ahmed Aliyu by 341 votes.

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...