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By Rakiya A.Muhammad The Sokoto state government plans to reinstate mobile healthcare services in rural areas and free medical care targeting pregnant women and children. Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Ibrahim Dadi Adare, disclosed this while speaking with the RM Times and described the initiatives as significant. “During the administration of former Governor Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, there was free medical care for pregnant women/children and rural mobile care programmes. We advised the government to bring back such programmes because they are laudable and important,” he stated.  He explained that rural mobile healthcare services involve deploying ambulances with…

By Rakiya A.Muhammad Stakeholders have converged on Sokoto to discuss strategies that could make up game-changing alternatives to resolving the continuing dilemma in the fight against insecurity in Nigeria’s Northwest zone, the safest region that has gone perilous. Despite military tactics, the deplorable security situation has persisted in the Northwest, the largest zone of seven states: Kaduna, Sokoto, Kebbi Zamfara, Katsina, Jigawa, and Kano. “We have unsparing motorcyclists, going from one village to another raping the poor, and they are subjected to all sorts of illegal taxation, ransom, not allowed to farm or confiscation of their property, violating the dignity…

By Rakiya A.Muhammad Emerging global crises, including climate change, insecurity, high inflation, financial shocks, and the COVID-19 pandemic, have left millions of people at risk of human trafficking even though Governments and non-state actors have continued to work together assiduously to stem the tides of trafficking in persons (TIP). National President of the Network Against Child Trafficking, Abuse and Labour (NACTAL), Mr Abdulganiyu Abubakar, who made the observation, said the situation called for a more responsive approach to preventing, suppressing and punishing trafficking in persons. He spoke in commemoration of this year’s world day against trafficking in persons with the…

By Rakiya A.Muhammad As issues affecting children in contact with the law came to the fore in Sokoto, northwest Nigeria, stakeholders have urged child-friendly policing practices and improving access to justice. At an orientation workshop on the Nigeria Police Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)for handling Children in contact with the law, they noted such children, whether in police, prosecutors, departments, or the judiciary, require procedures that are sensitive and responsive to their specific needs and circumstances. Child-friendly procedures highlighted include using language suitable for their age, utilising safe and conformable interviewing spaces and providing support by appropriate adults. Others are linkages…

By Rakiya A. Muhammad  The avalanche of fake news dashed precious James’ hopes for active participation in Nigeria’s general election on social media platforms, leaving her weary and discouraged. The 19-year-old does not hide her disappointment with the violent incitement on cyberspace in Nigeria’s upcoming polls. “It is deeply repulsive,” she said. “The political actors have thrown caution to the wind, weaponising fake news.” Precious and her parents had been out of the country and returned only two years ago. She had looked forward to exercising her civic duty during the 2023 general election, having attained the eligible age for…

By Rakiya  A.Muhammad The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Sokoto Council, has extolled the 9-point agenda of the Governor of Sokoto State as his priority areas. “If squarely addressed, though resources are always scarce, the living condition of the people would be effectively improved for the better,” it noted. NUJ stated this in a statement signed by State Council Chair Dalhatu Abdullahi Safiyal Magori and Secretary Muhammad Nasir Bello. “The Council deemed it sufficient to felicitate with the APC Leader in Sokoto State Senator Dr Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko (Sarkin Yamman Sokoto), Executive Governor Dr Ahmad Aliyu Sokoto, State Deputy Governor…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control is soliciting the cooperation of stakeholders and the general public to rid the country of hazardous pesticides. The agency’s Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, said this in a statement issued to newsmen by its resident media consultant, Mr. Olusayo Akintola, on Sunday in Abuja. According to her, pesticides are applied both indoors and outdoors for the management of pests, vector-borne diseases, and crop protection. Adeyeye said pesticides are sometimes impregnated in textiles, paints, carpets, and treated wood to control pests and fungi. She said what was worrisome was the toxicity associated…

By Editor/Salam Isa Youth Global Link Initiative, a community based civil society organisation in Sokoto,has applauded the exemplary leadership of Senator Ibrahim Lamido representing the Sokoto east Senatorial district of the state. The group said Lamido’s Impactful initiatives have transformed the zone, particularly in terms of security and education development. According to the group, the senator has not only enhanced security in the zone which has been disturbed by serious insecurity challenges but provided a more enabling environment for farmers to engage in their farming activities without fear . The secretary of the initiative Abdulrahman Umar Mai salati said as…

By Rakiya A.Muhammad BUA Cement Sokoto has donated drugs, cement, uniform and exercise books worth N115 million to its host communities with a call on the local government council to put in monitoring mechanisms to ensure that they fully utilise the donations for the benefit of the people. The items presented at the Wamakko local government headquarters were part of the company’s social responsibility initiatives. “More than ever before, BUA Cement Company is dedicated to offering such kind gestures to its host communities every year to provide them with easy access to medical care in their clinics at no costs,”…

The Society for Family Health (SFH) says it has started a two-day training exercise for 60 community mobilizers and testers to stop HIV/AIDS transmission among pregnant women and children in Taraba. Aisha Dadi, Program Manager, Society’s Lafiyan Yara Project, said this at the opening of the exercise on Wednesday in Jalingo. Dadi said the exercise was intended to shock students with the knowledge necessary to develop their skills and enable them to perform optimally. “We are the first partners for an intervention focused on children with HIV/AIDS. Therefore, it is important that everything goes as it should because we will…