Police Impose Curfew As Protest Rocks Sokoto Over Bandits Killing Of District Head

LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Sokoto State Police Command has imposed a curfew in Sabon Birni town, Sabon Birni Local Government Area, following violent protests by youths over the killing of the District Head of Gatawa, Isa Muhammad Bawa.   According to the command’s spokesman, ASP Ahmed Rufa’i, the curfew, which restricts movement between 6 a.m. and…

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Security Risk: US Bans Citizens From Visiting Eighteen  Nigerian States

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Two days after the United States Deputy Treasury Secretary, Wally Adeyemo visited Nigeria as part of U.S. efforts to strengthen economic ties between both countries and a day after President Bola Tinubu, presently in the U.S. for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), advised Nigerians in abroad to return home, the U.S….

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Muslim Faithfuls Condemn Davido Signee’s Music Video, Ban Davido’s Music In Kano, Sokoto

LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-NIGERIAN Muslim faithful have taken to the social media to condemn singer David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, and his signee, Olamilekan Taiwo, known as Logos Olori, over his new music video. As follow up, Kano and Sokoto States  have banned listening to Davido’s music  in public over disrespect of Logos Olori…

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New Notes Scarcity: Nigerian Communities, Markets In Sokoto Shun Naira,Trade In CFA

LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of some communities and markets in the Illela Local Government Area of Sokoto State have begun to abandon the Nigerian currency for CFA franc because of the shortage of New Naira Notes, SaharaReporters has gathered. Investigations showed that Illela, a border town with Niger Republic and of about 105 kilometres from…

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