President Bola Tinubu on Saturday described the 61st Argungu International Fishing and Cultural Festival as a testament to the return of stability and normalcy in Kebbi State and across the country. Speaking at the grand finale of the festival in Argungu, the President pledged sustained Federal Government support for...
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President Bola Tinubu on Saturday embarked on a one-day official visit to Kebbi State to inaugurate some projects executed by the state Governor, Dr Nasir Idris. While in the state, the President would also headline the 61st edition of the 2026 Argungu International Fishing and Cultural Festival as the special...
Kebbi State Government has announced February 11 to 14 as the official dates for the 2026 Argungu International Fishing Festival, one of Nigeria’s most celebrated cultural events. The disclosure was made by the Emir of Argungu, Alhaji Samaila Mera, shortly after an expanded meeting involving the State Festival Main...
Federal Government has announced the reopening of 47 Federal Unity Colleges that were earlier shut due to security threats, bringing relief to parents, students, and education stakeholders across the country. The announcement was made on Thursday in a statement issued by the Federal Ministry of Education, which said the...
National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF) has began the distribution of essential and emergency agricultural inputs to 2,000 onion farmers in Borno, Yobe, Sokoto and Kebbi states. The gesture which took place simultaneously was inline with the ‘Renewed Hope Agenda’ of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu aims to cushion the burden...
Office of former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has accused operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of carrying out coordinated raids on his offices and private residences in Abuja and Kebbi State. In a statement issued on Wednesday and signed...
Barely 24 hours after formally defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and pledging support for Governor Nasir Idris’ second-term ambition, Almustapha Malami has been appointed as the General Manager of the Kebbi State Geographic Information System (KEBGIS). Almustapha is the younger brother of former Attorney-General of the Federation...
BUA cement plc has given scholarship of N200, 000 each to 200 benefiting students from their business host states of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara. According to BUA’s Director Admin and Corporate Affairs, Muhammed Sada, the idea of the scholarship which started since 2018-2019 was aimed at complimenting the efforts...
A tense night unfolded along the Tuga border corridor in Kebbi State on Thursday as gunmen suspected to be bandits staged a deadly raid on the Nigeria Immigration Service’s (NIS) Bakin Ruwa checkpoint, leaving three officers dead and the facility in ruins. The NIS confirmed the incident in a...
Kebbi Government on Wednesday said medical reports confirmed that non of the 24 freed Maga schoolgirls suffered any form of sexual abuse while in captivity. Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education in the state, Dr Halima Bande, disclosed this during the formal handing over of the freed girls to...
President Bola Tinubu has ordered an extensive security lockdown across major forest corridors in Kwara, Kebbi and parts of Niger State, a move that follows the rising wave of kidnappings and violent attacks plaguing the region. The directive was disclosed on Tuesday by the President’s Special Adviser on Media...
Tinubu welcomes freed Kebbi schoolgirls, charges security forces to rescue others still in captivity
Tinubu welcomes freed Kebbi schoolgirls, charges security forces to rescue others still in captivity
President Bola Tinubu has welcomed the release today of the 24 schoolgirls abducted by terrorists in Maga Kebbi last Monday. NATIONAL ACCORD recalled that terrorists struck at the school at dawn on November 17 and abducted the girls, moments after a military detachment left the premises. The Kebbi incident...
After days of anxiety and unanswered questions, relief finally swept through Kebbi State as the female students abducted from Government Girls’ Comprehensive Senior Secondary School, Maga, in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area, were safely released—thanks not to gunfire, but to carefully coordinated dialogue. According to credible security sources, the Federal...
Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has expressed deep concern over the abduction of 24 girls from Government Girls’ Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in Danko-Wasagu Local Government Are of Kebbi. Egbetokun, expressed the concern during a sympathy visit to Gov. Nasir Idris at Kebbi Government House, Birnin Kebbi on...
Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, has raised the alarm that forces bent on destabilising Nigeria’s democracy may be behind the wave of violent abductions sweeping across the country. Idris made the remark on Monday when he received the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dr. Abbas Tajuddeen, who led...
Nigerian Army troops operating under Operation FANSAN YAMMA (OPFY) have intensified search-and-rescue operations for abducted schoolchildren in Niger, Kebbi and Zamfara states. A credible source at Army Headquarters informed the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that troops have in the last 24 hours, neutralised terrorists and destroyed their hideouts...
Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has announced an investigation into reports that military personnel were pulled back shortly before terrorists abducted 25 students from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Kebbi State. The abduction occurred on November 17 in Danko-Wasagu Local Government Area, following the killing of the school’s Vice...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has launched a scathing attack on President Bola Tinubu led administration following a series of mass kidnappings in Northern Nigeria, accusing the Federal Government of “surrendering to terrorists” through what it describes as weak, uncoordinated, and reactionary security measures. In a statement signed by its...
Following the reported Boko Haram/ISWAP ambush which led to the death of two Civilian Joint Task Force members, with some troops of the North East ‘Operation Hadin Kai’ missing in action last week, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume (Borno South), has urged the Federal Government and security agencies to quickly...
Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has said security forces are closing in on the bandits who kidnapped students of Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi State. Twenty-five students were taken during the attack on the school in Danko Wasagu Local Government Area on Monday, though...