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NGF restates support for Operationalization of Human Rights Funds

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The Nigeria Governors’ Forum under the leadership of the interim Chairman and Governor of Sokoto State, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has pledged the support of the Forum for the operationalization of the long-awaited Human Rights Funds   Gov Tambuwal made this pledge when he played host to the Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, Chief Tony Ojukwu SAN OFR who led members of his management on a courtesy visit at the Forum’s Secretariat in Abuja.   Gov Tambuwal said he appreciated the existence of the Commission in a…

How Fayemi, Akpabio, Tambuwal, others wasted over N1b on failed presidential ambitions

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TUNDE AJAJA examines the practice of politicians and their associates spending millions to buy presidential forms only to pull out of the race at the last minute   At any time in Nigeria’s history, whether in the years of economic boom or now that a whopping 16.82 per cent inflation rate has eroded the value of the naira, N100m is a lot of money.     Thus, when the ruling All Progressives Congress pegged its presidential forms at that sum, the outrage that greeted the announcement was somewhat understandable, especially…

SOKOTO UNREST: MURIC condemns looting,attacks on churches

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The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condemned attacks on churches and the looting of shops which occurred in Sokoto on Saturday, 14th May, 2022.   In a statement signed by the director of the human rights organization, Professor Ishaq Akintola, late in the evening of Saturday, 14th May, 2022. MURIC said the attacks were the handiwork of hoodlums and unscrupulous elements. He therefore appealed to Nigerians to desist from reprisal attacks on non-indigenes in other parts of the country.   The full statement read:   “The Sokoto imbroglio boiled over…

Imam Imam; Three Years After, the Tears still drop.

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The death of Imam Imam hit me like a tornado, it shattered my defence and left me near berserk. How do you come to terms with the reality that a man full of life just yesterday is laying still and motionless buried by the debris of the earth? He was all life and zest and with a pause of breath, he sailed into eternal sleep; never to wake again but to remain tied to the embrace of the earth. Like every mortal, Imam has answered the creed of nature. Innallilahi…

2023: Saraki, Tambuwal, Mohammed assures of rancour free contest among aspirants

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Three Presidential aspirants for the 2023 general election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP have met with Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom in continuation of their consultations to pick a consensus candidate ahead of the party primaries.   The aspirants, former Senate President, Bukola Saraki and Governors Bala Mohammed and Aminu Tambuwal of Bauchi and Sokoto states respectively met over an hour with the Benue State Governor behind closed doors at the Benue Peoples House Makurdi to strengthen their campaign for a rancour free contest.    …

Senate President, Yobe Governor pay condolence visit to Tambuwal, Mangal

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The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan and the Governor of Yobe State who is also the Caretaker Chairman of the All Progressive Congress(APC), Mai Mala Buni on Saturday paid condolence visits to Katsina and Sokoto States. Their first port of call was the home of the Katsina business mogul and Chairman of Max Air Limited, Alhaji Dahiru Barau Mangal whose mother, Hajiya Murja Mangal died on Friday. They were at Mangal’s house where former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and his entourage were already seated while the Governor of Katsina State, Alhaji…

Oyetola commiserates with Tambuwal, Makinde over death of commissioners

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Governor of the state of Osun,Adegboyega Oyetola has commiserated with his counterparts in Sokoto and Oyo states, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal and Mr. Seyi Makinde respectively, over the death of their commissioners. They are: Hon. Surajo Marafa-Gatawa, Sokoto State Commissioner for Lands and Housing, and the Oyo State Commissioner for Environment and Mineral Resources, Kehinde Ayoola. Oyetola in condolence messages issued on Saturday by his Chief Press Secretary, Ismail Omipidan, sympathised with the families of the bereaved and Governments of Sokoto and Oyo states. “On behalf of the Government and people…

Buhari Condemns Bandit Attacks In Sokoto

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday expressed deep shock and sadness over the death of scores of people in the banditry attacks which occurred on Saturday in three communities in Rabah Local Government Area (LGA) of Sokoto State. The President, who was briefed about the incident and the arrests so far made by the Police, condole with Governor Aminu Tambuwal and the people of the State over the tragic incident. President Buhari however condemned all acts of violence and terrorism against innocent Nigerians, reiterating that perpetrators and sponsors of such dastardly…

Tambuwal’s Media Aide, Imam Dies At 41

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The Special Adviser on media to the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, Imam Imam, has died. According to a family source, the public relations practitioner died this morning at Nziamye Turkish Hospital in Abuja although he was said to be recovering from an illness before death came knocking. Imam aged 41, began his journalism career at the defunct New Nigerian newspaper in Kaduna where he rose to the post of Sports Editor. He later joined This Day Newspaper before he was appointed spokesperson of Aminu Tambuwal when Tambuwal was…

Tambuwal swears-in first female Professor, Others As Commissioners .

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Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has sworn-in Sokoto’s first female professor and three others as commissioners into the state executive council. Professor Aishatu Madawaki, a professor of Educational Psychology at Usmanu Danfodio University, was sworn-in along with Ahmed Barade Wamakko, Garba Yakubu Tsitse and Bello Isa Ambarura. Similarly, the Governor swore-in a former member of the House of Representatives, Hon Umar Bature and a former Rector of the state Polytechnic, Dr. Bello Rabiu Alkali as Special Advisers and Alhaji Bello Buba as the Executive Chairman of Wamakko Local Government Area. Speaking…