First, as we have already observed, the jihad was an ongoing process of conquest and consolidation ... to defend its domain by means of a centralized security organization. Sokoto and Gwandu, the dual ...

Sokoto government has denied allegations by MURIC that it’s plotting to depose His Eminence the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III. The state Commissioner for information ...

“The Sultan of Sokoto is not just a traditional ruler but ... and religious identity for almost hundreds of years after the Jihad of Sheikh Danfodio. It is a truly respected custodian of ...

The group warned the Sokoto governor not to “force Nigerian ... and religious identity for almost hundreds of years after the Jihad of Sheikh Danfodio. It is the custodian of the heritage ...

While he would eventually lead a jihad, along with his brother ‘Abdullāhi b. Fodiye and his son Muḥammad Bello that would overthrow the various kingdoms of the central Sudan and establish the Sokoto ...

The Emirate existed before Nigeria. “The Kano Emirate existed before the Sokoto Jihad. Even Uthman Danfodio did not create the Kano Emirate. The emirate was there. All that happened was that ...

Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, has assented to six new laws, including the amended Sokoto Local Government and Chieftaincy Law, which generated controversy across the country. The new law ...

He said DSS arrested Sanusi on Monday evening in Sokoto State for allegedly printing and distributing protests materials. Sowore in his statement demanded the immediate release of the victim.

Then the city states were conquered one by one. This was accomplished by the Sokoto jihad under the leadership of Usman dan Fodio - scholar, military strategist and religious leader. Sokoto became ...

The Sokoto State Police Command has arrested Kabiru Abubakar, a specialist in motorcycle theft, alongside several of his accomplices. ASP Ahmad Rufai, the command’s spokesman, in a statement ...

Israeli forces have located and destroyed the largest long-range rocket manufacturing site utilized by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip, officials told ...

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