Speaking on Thursday while declaring open the 8th regular meeting of the State Executive Council, Governor Aliyu made a declaration that should resonate across every household in Sokoto and beyond: his administration will not relent in the fight against banditry until every displaced person returns home
Category: Opinions
Gov Ahmed Aliyu: Leadership and exemplary solidarity with the bereaved
Governor Ahmed Aliyu is rarely absent at a time of mourning in the state. On Monday, he joined Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko and other Muslim faithful at the funeral prayer for Abubakar Isah Saddiq Achida, son of the APC Zonal Secretary, Alhaji Isah Saddiq Achida
Gov Ahmed Aliyu: Leadership beyond the official duty
Leadership is often measured by how policies, projects and official pronouncements are executed. But there is another, quieter dimension of leadership that becomes most visible when families experience grief. The ability to stand with people when there is nothing to offer except sympathy, prayers and human presence is a rare schedule of public officeholders, which
was the spirit behind Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu’s condolence
Gov Aliyu,’s tolerance and unbiased treatment of Islamic sects and non-Muslims
In Sokoto State, seat of the historic Caliphate, and spiritual heartland of Islamic scholarship in Nigeria, Gov Aliyu has, since assuming office, demonstrated a rare and deliberate commitment to religious even-handedness, one that neither privileges a single strand of Islamic thought nor turns a blind eye to the concerns of those outside the Muslim majority
Setting the records straight on Sokoto’s water situation
Our attention has been drawn to a recent statement credited to the Sokoto State governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Hon. Manir Muhammad Dan’iya, in which he accused the administration of Governor Ahmed Aliyu of failing to address the water crisis in Sokoto metropolis and its environs
Gov Aliyu’s food security initiative as new currency of governance
When the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, travelled to Bodinga Local Government Area to flag off the sale of subsidised food items, he did more than perform a ceremonial duty
Gov Ahmed Aliyu: States well funded under Tinubu administration
In Sokoto State, Governor Ahmed Aliyu
is fast becoming a study in this new brand of leadership. It’s a leadership measured not in slogans but in sacks of subsidized grain reaching rural markets, salaries paid without fail, and armoured vehicles rolling
Gov Namadi’s SLUK’s inspection attuned to the changing needs of society
The Governor’s inspection tour of Sule Lamido University, Kafin Hausa (SLUK) on Monday, 17 August, 2026, offers precisely such evidence . We have a governor who, rather than merely commissioning projects for photo opportunities, returns to the field to verify that promises are being kept, brick by brick, block by block
Gov Namadi transforming Jigawa through agriculture, human development
When the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), led by its National President, Comrade Alhassan Yahaya, chose Jigawa State as the venue for its recent NEC meeting, it was more than a routine gathering. It was, in many respects, a quiet endorsement of the governance strides being recorded under the administration of Governor Namadi
US vs Iran: No celebration yet for Iran
Tehran can be forgiven for wanting to exhale. After months of missiles, blockades and burning oil terminals by US. The past week has brought talk of a Hormuz shipping framework with Oman, denials of direct US negotiations, and reports that Washington and Tehran are edging toward some new arrangement