More than 20 persons were feared dead as a boat carrying about 100 farmers capsized in Koko/Besse Local Government Area of Kebbi on Tuesday. Police spokesman in Kebbi, DSP Nafiu Abubakar, confirmed the accident and promised to release details later. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
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Gov. Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi has tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that the country’s electoral processes were strengthened. He made the call while speaking with newsmen in Abuja, on Monday. The governor said that as the 2023 general elections were fast approaching, the electoral umpire...
The lingering fuel scarcity is biting harder in Kebbi crippling soci-economic activities, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported. Investigation conducted by NAN in Birnin Kebbi and its environs reveals that only few filling stations sell Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol, at exorbitant prices. NAN...
Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu on Wednesday said his administration spent over N8 billion on road construction in the last 16 months. Bagudu made the disclosure while fielding questions from Journalists shortly after presenting the 2023 budget, tagged: “Budget Enduring Legacies”, to the State House of Assembly in Birnin...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has handed over to NAPTIP, a 17-year-old girl from Oyo State arrested in Kebbi while allegedly on her way to Libya. The girl was traveling alone when she was arrested by immigration personnel in Yauri Local Government Area of Kebbi. The NIS Comptroller in...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it will commit 1.5 million U.S. dollars to infrastructure development in cross border areas in the region. ECOWAS’s Director of Agricultural Development, Mr Alain Traore stated this during the validation workshop on holistic cross border cooperation document for trio border...
Police in Kebbi paraded one Bashiru Sani of Helende village in Argungu Local Government Area of the state before newsmen on Friday for being in possession of N316,000 counterfeit naira notes. Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Ahmed Magaji-Kontagora, told newsmen in Birnin Kebbi that the money was...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday said it has fulfilled most of the campaign promises made to the people of Jigawa since 2015 and solicited for more support. Gov. Muhammadu Badaru stated this on Sunday while inaugurating the APC 2023 gubernatorial campaign in Hadejia, headquarters of Hadejia Local...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has handed over 284 seized parcels of cannabis sativa to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kebbi. The Customs Comptroller in Kebbi, Mr Joseph Attah, handed over the cannabis seized from drug traffickers to the state NDLEA Commander, Mr Sulaiman Usman, in...
Former Kebbi Commissioner for Environment, Mr Ishaku Daudu and his supporters defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday in Birnin Kebbi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Daudu was a prominent stakeholder in the PDP for more than...
The National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has rescued 29 victims of trafficking in Kebbi State. The Zonal Commander in-charge of Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara States, Malam Misba’u Iya-Kaura, confirmed this to newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Saturday. He said the agency in collaboration with the...
The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested two suspected rapists in two separate incidents in the state. The Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Ahmad Magaji-Kontagora told newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday that one of the suspects raped an 8-year-old girl while the other raped his mentally unstable sister. “One...
By HARUNA AHMED, Birnin Kebbi – No fewer than six people including three policemen have lost their lives in a multiple accident along Argungu-Birnin Kebbi road in the state. It was learnt that the accident occurred on Tuesday when a Carina E car, carrying jerricans of Petroleum was suspected...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), on Monday handed over a 13-year-old girl from Ogun it arrested in Kebbi on her way to Libya. The girl was traveling alone when she was arrested by immigration personnel in Koko/Besse Local Government Area of Kebbi. The Comptroller of the NIS in the...
Prof. Suleiman Khalid, Chairman, Kebbi State Universal Basic Education Board (KBSUBEB), said that the board had stepped-up efforts to return 750,000 out-of-school children to classroom across the state. Khalid announced the plan of the board when a delegation on Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) Implementation Support Team...
By HARUNA AHMED, Birnin Kebbi – The Kebbi Governor, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, has approved the dissolution of the State Executive Council with immediate effect. The Secretary to the State Government, Babale Umar-Yauri disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday. He said: “The governor...
The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Kebbi State chapter, has condoled with the family of late Magistrate Muhammad Attahiru-Zagga, who was allegedly stabbed to death on Thursday in Birnin Kebbi. The association also vowed to bring the perpetrators to book. This is contained in a statement signed by its Publicity...
The Northern Governors’ Wives Forum (NGWF), has set Dec. 2022 target for the execution of some projects that include women empowerment, tackling drug abuse and illiteracy. The NGWF Chairperson, Hajiya Hadiza Elrufa’i stated this while presenting a communique shortly after a meeting of the forum held on Saturday in...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has refuted report claiming mass defection from the party to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kebbi State. Alhaji Suleiman Argungun, the National Organising Secretary, APC said this when he spoke with newsmen on Sunday in Abuja. Argungun, also a former deputy governor of...
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) in Kebbi has impounded 2,820 donkey skins worth N48 million. The Command’s Area Controller, Mr Joseph Attah, made this known in Birnin Kebbi on Friday while handing over the donkey skins to officials of the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service. He said the items were...