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Sokoto

Type: City

Name: Sokoto

Country: Nigeria

Latitude: 13.07

Longitude: 5.24

population: 563,899

First reported 53 mins ago - Updated 47 mins ago - 2 reports

Dangote Plans N200bn Sugar Factories In Sokoto And Kebbi

The Chairman of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, says he will establish four sugar factories in Sokoto and Kebbi States at the cost of between N180 billion and N200 billion.According to Dangote, each of the two states will have two of the factories ... [Published Lead Capital - 47 mins ago]

Entities: Aliko Dangote, Sokoto, Sugar

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Turaki: Why FG Released Women, Children of Boko Haram Leaders

Minister of Special Duties and Chairman, Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North, Alhaji Kabiru Turaki, Wednesday said the Committee prevailed on government to release women and children in detention, ... [Published This Day Online - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Boko Haram, Sokoto, Security

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

Terrorism: Controversy over ban on phone in court

May 23, 2013 by Ihuoma Chiedozie Leave a CommentSuspected Boko Haram bomber, Kabiru Sokoto (middle) in court| credits: File copyThe Federal High Court, Abuja Division, currently occupies a preeminent position among its contemporaries, it hosts nearly ... [Published Nigeria Punch - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Abuja (Nigeria), Security, Boko Haram, Terrorism

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 2 reports

Danfodiyo varsity, Enterprise Brazil Nigeria sign MoU on agric devt

Written by Rakiya A. Muhammad, Sokoto.Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, UDUS has signed a Memorandum of understanding with Enterprise Brazil Nigeria Company Limited to boost agriculture in Sokoto state. ... [Published Daily Trust Nigera - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Enterprise, Sokoto, Nigeria, Brazil

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 reports

Dangote Plans N180 bn Sugar Factory in Sokoto

Alhaji Aliyu Dangote plans to invest N180 billion to build Sugar factory in Sokoto state in four years.Speaking during a courtesy call to Governor Aliyu Wamakko at Government House Sokoto Wednesday, Dangote said the factory would have the capacity to ... [Published This Day Online - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Sokoto, Sugar, Aliyu Wamakko

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 reports

NUT to meet Senate committee over planned strike

Posted by: on May 22, 2013 in News Update Leave a commentThe Senate Committee on Education will on Thursday meet with the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) over the non-implementation of the 27.5 per cent Teachers Enhanced Allowance.Also expected at the ... [Published The Nation Nigeria - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Nigeria, Asaba (Nigeria), Sokoto, Enugu

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Proffer solution to insecurity, Sultan tells amnesty c’ttee

Written by Rakiya A. Muhammad, SokotoSultan Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III has tasked the presidential committee on dialogue and peaceful resolution of security challenges in the north to work hard towards proffering lasting solution to the insecurity situation ... [Published Daily Trust Nigera - May 22 2013]

Entities: Sokoto, Security

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Community policing: Sokoto residents expose Togolese with 316KG of marijuana

Residents of 500 Housing Estates, otherwise called ‘Bafarawa Quarters’ in Sokoto metropolis, recently demonstrated how communities can assist in fighting crime in their vicinity. It was at about 5.30am when they were going to the mosque to say their ... [Published Vanguard - May 22 2013]

Entities: Sokoto, Cannabis, Law Enforcement Agency, Crime, Investigation

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Security is everybody’s business, says Turaki

( NAN) Alhaji Tanimu Turaki, Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North says the solution to insecurity was the business of everybody.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Turaki ... [Published News Agency of Nigeria - May 21 2013]

Entities: Nigeria, Sokoto, Security

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

Poor Health Indices, Medical Tourism Linked to Inaccurate Lab Results

Inaccurate laboratory result is a contributory factor to poor health indices, medical tourism and huge capital flight in Nigeria, the Registrar Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria, (MLSCN),Professor Anthony Emeribe has said.Speaking at the 6th ... [Published Individual.com - May 21 2013]

Entities: Medical Tourism, Index, Sokoto

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

Amnesty Committee Offers to Meet With Boko Haram in Any Country

Minister of Special Duties and Chairman of Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North, Alhaji Kabiru Turaki, yesterday expressed the readiness of the committee to meet with the Boko Haram sect in any ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 21 2013]

Entities: Boko Haram, Sokoto, Government of Afghanistan

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Most Violence in Nigeria Caused By Ignorance - Wamakko [interview]

In this interview with Ankeli Emmanuel, Sokoto State Governor Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko argues that God has destined Nigeria to remain one and that the major reason for the violence witnessed in Nigeria is ignorance about the other's faith. He also urges ... [Published Individual.com - May 21 2013]

Entities: Religion, Ignorance, Nigeria, Sokoto

Quotes

...respect for Ile-Ife and their acknowledgement of that town as being their spiritual home and finally their acceptance of the Oonirissa of Ife as "the living manifestation of Oduduwa, the quintessential icon of royalty and splendour and God's chief representative on earth"

Who Are The Yoruba People? Part 2 1 Femi Fani-Kayode [Published Modern Ghana - 15 hours ago]

...Abdullahi said the boy became relatively rich within three months, "which is not normal, considering the type of business and its little profit margin"

Investigation - How Foreign Groups Fund Terrorism in Nigeria [Published Individual.com - 20 hours ago]

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Dakingari, prudence and good governance [Published Daily Trust Nigera - 15 mins ago]
Dangote Plans N200bn Sugar Factories In Sokoto ... [Published Lead Capital - 47 mins ago]
Dangote Set to Invest $600m in Sugarcane Produc... [Published This Day Online - 53 mins ago]
Dangote invests $600m in sugarcane production [Published Daily Sun - 2 hours ago]
Women, Children Detainees to be Released First,... [Published This Day Online - 2 hours ago]
Dangote to invest $600m in sugar production [Published Nigeria Punch - 3 hours ago]
Terrorism: Controversy over ban on phone in court [Published Nigeria Punch - 6 hours ago]
Labour carpets Northern govs over ex-workers un... [Published Vanguard - 7 hours ago]
Dangote to invest $60m in sugar in Kwara, Kebb... [Published The Nation Nigeria - 8 hours ago]
Dangote to invest $600m in sugar production [Published Voice of Nigeria - 9 hours ago]
Danfodiyo varsity, Enterprise Brazil Nigeria si... [Published Daily Trust Nigera - 12 hours ago]
Dangote Plans N180 bn Sugar Factory in Sokoto [Published This Day Online - 13 hours ago]
IPPR seeks host for new research and advocacy c... [Published ippr - 15 hours ago]
Turaki: Why FG Released Women, Children of Boko... [Published This Day Online - 15 hours ago]
Who Are The Yoruba People? Part 2 1 Femi Fani-K... [Published Modern Ghana - 15 hours ago]
NUT to meet Senate committee over planned strike [Published The Nation Nigeria - 17 hours ago]
Investigation - How Foreign Groups Fund Terrori... [Published Individual.com - 20 hours ago]
Danfodiyo Varsity, Enterprise Brazil Nigeria Si... [Published AllAfrica.com - 22 hours ago]
Nana Asma’u Bint Fodio and the national feminis... [Published Daily Trust Nigera - May 22 2013]
Proffer solution to insecurity, Sultan tells am... [Published Daily Trust Nigera - May 22 2013]
Community policing: Sokoto residents expose Tog... [Published Vanguard - May 22 2013]
Flood Disaster: NEMA Undertakes Mapping of Vuln... [Published This Day Online - May 22 2013]
When Pastors Kumuyi, Meduoye, others stormed Og... [Published Daily Sun - May 22 2013]
Poor Health Indices, Medical Tourism Linked to ... [Published Individual.com - May 21 2013]
Northern govs want equal compensation to famili... [Published Daily Sun - May 21 2013]
Going Tough With Boko Haram [Published PM News Nigeria - May 21 2013]
Amnesty Committee Offers to Meet With Boko Hara... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 21 2013]
Security is everybody’s business, says Turaki [Published News Agency of Nigeria - May 21 2013]
‘Funds spent on polio campaign yeild result’ [Published Daily Trust Nigera - May 21 2013]
Poor health indices, medical tourism linked to ... [Published Daily Trust Nigera - May 21 2013]

Blogs

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Nigeria – Borno Governor says 'Boko Haram on ve... [Published Atlas Shrugs - May 17 2013] Every day the bodies pile up in the global jihad against thenon-believers. And the enemedia demonizes the few who condemn theslaughter, oppression and subjugation in the bloody cause of Islam. This AFDI ad (above) ran on the back of NYC buses. Where's ...
JSTF KILL SENIOR BOKO HARAM TERRORIST [Published Beegeagle's Blog - Apr 27 2013] Nigerian Army Otokar Cobra APC on JSTF urban counterterrorism and counterinsurgency patrols VANGUARD April 27, 2013By NDAHI MARAMA,MAIDUGURI Mohammed Chad, a top Boko Haram Commander and an indigene of MarteLocal Government Area of Borno Statewho ...
BOKO HARAM LEADER REJECTS ANY POTENTIAL AMNESTY... [Published Beegeagle's Blog - Apr 11 2013] Imam Abubakar Shekau(c), leader of the Boko Haram terrorist group 11/04/2013 KANO, Nigeria (AFP) The leader of Nigeria’s radical Islamist group Boko Haram has rejected the ideaof any potential amnesty deal, which thecountry’s presidency said it ...
JONATHAN MULLS GRANTING AMNESTY TO BOKO HARAM S... [Published Beegeagle's Blog - Apr 04 2013] President Goodluck Jonathan LEADERSHIP 4 April 2013by George Agba Indications emerged last night that President Goodluck Jonathan may haveresolved to declare amnesty for the BokoHaram sect. This was the outcome of a meeting between the president ...
Nigeria: Nine wild polio cases so far in 2013 [Published H5N1 - Mar 28 2013] Via allAfrica.com, a NAN report: Nigeria Records Nine Wild Polio Cases in Abuja, Three Other States in 2013. Excerpt:The National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, has said nine cases of wild polio virus have been recorded in four states ...