Sokoto state

The Sokoto state chapter of the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condemned the murder of Usman Buda Mai Hanji on Sunday, June 25, 2023 in Sokoto. A statement by the Sokoto state chapter of MURIC, Muhammad Mansur Aliyu Esq., made…

Ahmed Aliyu, the governor of Sokoto State, has warned that his government will take serious action against anyone found guilty of "blasphemy" against the Islamic Prophet Muhammad bin Abdullah (PBUH). In a statement issued under his…

The Nigerian Army on Monday said it has begun probing the incident of a soldier who allegedly killed his colleagues and himself at Forward Operations Base Rabbah, Sokoto State. In a statement, the Director of Army Public Relations…

All Progressive Congress, APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, is maintaining his lead over his closest challenger, Atiku Abubakar, of the Peoples Democratic Party in Sokoto State. According to the results declared so far by the…

Deputy governor of Sokoto State, Manir Dan’Iya, has denied rumours of his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party. The Director of Press, office of the deputy governor, Aminu Abubakar, while speaking with our correspondent on…

Sokoto State chapter of Muslim Rights Concern,  MURIC has appealed to the Federal Government to extend the deadline for the expiration of old naira notes by at least two weeks. The PUNCH reported that the President, Major General…

Deborah Samuel, a student at the Shehu Shagari College of Education, was killed for supposed blasphemy, according to the Sokoto State Police Command, and the agency claims that its troops are committed to finding the accused killers.…

13 Muslim organisations, united under the banner of Muslims United for Peace and Justice, on Monday, May 23, demanded justice for Deborah Samuel, a student at Sokoto's Shehu Shagari College of Education, who was gruesomely murdered for…

Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka said on Sunday that Ibrahim Maqari, the Imam of the National Mosque, should be fired for his statements on Islam's "redlines." Deborah Yakubu, a female student at Sokoto's Shehu Shagari College of…

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has expressed gratitude to religious, traditional, and community leaders, as well as security services, for their earnest and zealous pursuit of peace initiatives. El-Rufai stated this in a…

Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Monday, May 16, relaxed the 24-hour curfew imposed on Sokoto metropolis on Saturday. The curfew will now be from dusk to dawn. Tambuwal imposed the curfew to contain the tension that followed…

Most Reverend Matthew Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Dioceses, has praised the state Governor, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, for declaring a 24-hour curfew to quell the state's ongoing protests. Earlier, demonstrators damaged…

Remains of Miss Deborah Samuel, a female student brutally killed at Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, was buried in Magajiya, Niger State. Pastor Emmanuel Maaaji of the First Evangelical Church Winning All…

Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condemned the murder of Deborah Samuel on blasphemy charges. Professor Ishaq Akintola, Director of MURIC, described the death as "outrageous, illegal, and unlawful" in a statement released on Friday,…

Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has on Friday, May 13 condemned the brutal murder of Deborah Samuel. Samuel, who was a 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, was stoned to death and set ablaze in…