Sokoto state

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Local News

Anxiety as Gunmen kill, abduct many in Sokoto village on Sallah Day

VAM News June 16, 2024 0 Comment

Voice Air Media, News Update A yet-to-be-ascertained number of persons have been killed in a fresh attack on a village by suspected bandits in Sokoto State. Many locals were also abducted during the attack...

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Local News

Petrol sells for N2,000, N2,500 as fuel scarcity bites harder

VAM News April 27, 2024 0 Comment

Voice Air Media, VAM News Update Black marketers sell fuel for N2000 as fuel scarcity bites in Sokoto As fuel scarcity bites hard in some parts of the country, some black marketers are now...

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Education

Flash: Gunmen abduct 15 students in Sokoto 2 Days after Kaduna Abduction

VAM News March 9, 2024 0 Comment

Voice Air Media News Update An unspecified number of Tsangaya students at Gidan Bakuso in Gada local government area of Sokoto state have been abducted by bandits. The student according to sources were kidnapped...

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Education

8 Corps Members kidnapped While Going To NYSC Camp In Sokoto

VAM News August 22, 2023 0 Comment

Suspected bandits have abducted eight members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, along a highway in Zamfara State. The Victims were kidnapped on Saturday, while traveling inside AKTC bus from Uyo, Akwa Ibom...

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Local News

Panic as Governor Aliyu locks out government workers over lateness

VAM News July 7, 2023 0 Comment

VOICE AIR MEDIA News Update Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State on Thursday locked the gate of the Government House against staff who came late. The governor was said to have driven himself to...

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Local News

Christian Association, CAN Condemns Killing Of Butcher In Sokoto

VAM News June 29, 2023 0 Comment

VOICE AIR MEDIA News Update THE killing of a butcher called Usman Buda, over alleged blasphemous comments by religious extremists in Sokoto State, has been condemned by the Christian Association of Nigeria on Thursday....

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Local News

State Assembly Passes Bill To Regulate Marriage Expenses

VAM News May 9, 2023 0 Comment

VOICE AIR MEDIA News Update THE Sokoto State House of Assembly has passed a Bill to regulate marriage expenses in the state. The bill, sponsored by Alhaji Abubakar Shehu (APC-Yabo) and Faruk Balle (PDP-...

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Politics

Ahmad Aliyu: APC Retakes Sokoto From Tambuwal

VAM News March 20, 2023 0 Comment

VOICE AIR MEDIA News Update THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Ahmad Aliyu, winner of the Governorship Election in Sokoto State. The APC candidate defeated...

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Politics

Sorrow as Governor’s aide dies after stampede at Atiku’s campaign rally in Sokoto

VAM News February 1, 2023 0 Comment

VOICE AIR MEDIA News Update Special Adviser to Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal on female Education, Hajiya Aishat Maina, is dead. She died minutes after attending the Presidential rally of the People Democratic Party (PDP)...

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Education

Strike: Government stops lecturers’ salaries

VAM News October 3, 2022 0 Comment

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has stopped the salaries of striking lecturers of the state-owned university. Tambuwal revealed this while interacting with youths at the International Conference Centre, Kasarawa, at the weekend. The...