Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal said Nigeria is in a state of emergency and requires a capable leader to pilot it affairs. Tambuwal, who spoke when he met with members of the PDP Board of Trustees (BoT) and the party’s caucus in the National Assembly on his presidential ambition, said when there was a state […]
Sokoto State governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal said he would run a pan-Nigerian government if he becomes the next president. Tambuwal also assured Nigerian women of better deal, noting that he exceeded 35 percent affirmation when he was Speaker of House of Representatives. The governor spoke when he hosted former deputy governors who are still members […]
The National Universities Commission (NUC) on Monday identified the Shehu Shagari University of Education (SSUE) as the first discipline based tertiary institution of its kind in the entire northern region of the country. Hitherto known as Shehu Shagari College of Education (SSCOE), it was upgraded by Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal to the status of […]
For the first time since the formation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), exmilitary officers failed to have their preferred candidates emerge at the party’s national convention. ONYEKACHI EZE examines what went down Prior to the October 30 and 31 national convention of the PDP, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former military president, Gen, Ibrahim […]
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, yesterday assented to a law for the establishment of the state Erosion and Watershed Management Agency (SEWMA). The responsibility of the agency is to control erosion, flood, climate change and watershed problems. This is part of the practical steps being taken by the governor towards addressing all challenges relating to […]
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State speaks in this interview on the state of insecurity in the country, the qualities the next president must possess and the fight against corruption, among others. WALE ELEGBEDE reports To what extent do you think that insecurity in Nigeria has affected sustainable development in the country? Insecurity has been […]
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), to deploy better ways of engaging the Federal Government than the perennial strikes it often embark on to press home its demands. Governor Tambuwal made the plea while receiving the new executives of the Sokoto State University chapter […]
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has ordered the immediate demolitions of the popular Raymond Village in Dambuwa area Dange Shuni Local Government Area of Sokoto State over insecurity. Governor Tambuwal who visited the area on Tuesday in companied by his Deputy Munir Muhammad Dan’iya, Heads of Security Agencies in Sokoto some Senior Government Officials in the […]
The Delta State capital, Asaba and other towns in the state came alive yesterday as Governors of Zamfara and Sokoto States, Dr. Bello Mohammed Matawalle and Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, respectively joined Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to inaugurate a school and road projects in the state. Matawalle, who inaugurated the newly built Igumbo-Otiku Secondary School at […]
Four people have died while 56 others were hospitalised as a result of the outbreak of diarrhea, occasioned by water contamination in Sokoto, Sokoto State. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ali Inname, attributed the incident to the drinking of contaminated water by people in the affected settlement. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports […]