An inferno that started around 5 am on Saturday destroyed the offices of the Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Administration, the Chaplain, and of the Chief Imam of Sokoto State Police Command. The Spokesman of the Command, ASP Ahmad Rufa’i, who confirmed the incident to newsmen, said the fire gutted a section of the one-storey administration block of the Command which affected some offices at the Command. ASP Rufa’i however ruled out any...

The United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF, has called for collaboration with the Sokoto state government to improve birth registration and nutrition in the state. Ms Cristian Munduate, Nigeria Country Representative of UNICEF made the call during a visit to the wife of State Governor, Hajiya Fatima Aliyu, explained that the state has over 1.5 million children under five years who have not been registered. Ms Cristian noted that issuing a certificate after delivery would give the...

… Says Alau Dam Did Not Collapse The Federal Government has attributed the overflow of Alau Dam to climate change and excessive rainfall which resulted in recent flooding in Maiduguri, Borno state capital, and assured that the Alau Dam did not collapse during the disaster. At a press conference in Abuja, the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, while extending the government’s condolences to the people of Borno State following the devastating...

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says the severe flooding in Maiduguri; capital city of Borno state has claimed at least 30 lives and displaced over 400,000 others. It was learnt that the flooding was the worst to hit Maiduguri in 30 years and the city was the epicenter of insurgency for more than decade, and serves as the center for the responses to the humanitarian crisis in the Northeast. NEMA official, Zubaida Umar said...