Sokoto

Bandits

Gunmen Attack Sokoto Market, Kill Over 30

By AFP Gunmen from a criminal gang have attacked a village market in northwest Nigeria’s Sokoto State killing dozens of people, the state government said Monday. The gangs known locally as bandits have terrorised northwest…


Herdsmen

20 Persons Killed In Sokoto Market

By Adeniyi Olugbemi Twenty-four hours after 11 Fulanis were killed by local vigilante group popularly called Yan Sakai at Mammande weekly market in Gwadabawa Local Government Area of Sokoto State, another 20 persons have been…


Sokoto

The Agony in Sokoto and Buhari’s Misnomer

By Yemi Adebowale For years, Sokoto State was the most peaceful up North. It was immune from religious riot, kidnapping, banditry and all sorts of terrorism associated with most states in this region. I often…