Sokoto outlaws lodging in hotels without valid IDs

Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal, says as from 2016, any guest wanting to lodge in any hotel within the state will be required to have a valid identification card. Governor Tambuwal said this today August 18th while receiving some of his classmates from his secondary school who paid him a visit at his residence in Sokoto.

Sultan warns Buhari on war corruption: Confiscate looters’ property,

                           
The leader of Muslims in Nigeria and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared the traditional institution’s support to President Muhammadu Buhari’s war on corruption.
Similarly, the Sultan, who is also a member of the General Abubakar Abdulsalami-led National Peace Committee, called on the president to ensure that all those who had stolen the country’s national wealth, were not spared, but be made to face the music.

Boko Haram raids Borno village, kills seven, loots grains, carts away livestocks

 

                              
On Monday, Boko Haram extremists raided a village in Borno state near the border with Niger, killing 7 people, community leaders said. Dozens of gunmen stormed Awonori, a farming and herding village near the fishing town of Damasak, and carted away food supplies and livestock, they said.