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...
Kebbi state
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...
The Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi, said on Friday that he left the All Progressives Congress (APC) due to “injustice” in the Kebbi State chapter of the party. Abdullahi, representing Kebbi North, had on Wednesday joined the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. The lawmaker told the News...
The National President of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and Deputy President of NLC, Dr. Nasir Idris has been elected Governorship Candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kebbi state. Nasir Idris garnered one thousand and fifty five (1055) votes to defeat two other contestants at the...
Mr Peter Obi, a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, on Friday pledged to transform Nigeria from a consumer nation to a productive nation, if elected president in 2023. He made pledge while addressing Kebbi State PDP Executive Committee and delegates at the party secretariat in Birnin Kebbi, the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Birnin Kebbi – The Kebbi State Police Command has presented cheques worth N60 million to the families of six officers, killed by bandits in active service in the state. The officers lost their lives during an encounter with the bandits while on guard duty at the...
The Attorney- General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, has refuted allegation of distributing expensive vehicles to officials of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kebbi. Malami refuted the allegation on Tuesday in an interactive session with journalists in Birnin Kebbi. He said “At this...
In the last three years, no fewer than 10,000 people have been displaced in Kebbi State, a PRNigeria investigation has revealed. The displaced persons are victims of ‘gruesome’ attacks launched by armed bandits, at communities within the Chonoko axis in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of the State. The bandits,...
The Minister of Justice and Attorney -General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, sAys he has accepted calls from Kebbi people to run for the state governorship. Malami will be running on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He made the acceptance in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday,...
There are fears that several security operatives might have been killed late on Tuesday after bandits attacked the convoy of Colonel Samaila Yombe Dabai (rtd), the Deputy Governor of Kebbi State. The deputy governor was attacked on his way back from Danko-Wassagu Local Government Area of the state where...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kebbi State has swept all the chairmanship and councillorship seats in Saturday’s Local Government elections conducted across the state. This is contained in a statement signed by Alhaji Aliyu Mohammed-Mera, the Chairman, Kebbi State Independent Electoral Commission (KSIEC), issued to newsmen in Birnin...
The Managing Director of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA), Sen. Gbenga Ashafa, says the agency is creating mass employment opportunities through astronomical increase in housing delivery nationwide. This is contained in a statement issued by FHA Spokesman, Kenneth Chigelu, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
By HARUNA AHMED, Birnin Kebbi – Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Abubakar Bagudu has approved the release of N44.4 million for payment of compensation to owners of lands acquired for the construction of solar power plant in the state. The Commissioner for Lands and Housing, Mahmud Muhammad – Warra, revealed...
The Kebbi State Government has released N6 billion for the payment of workers’ gratuity who retired from service between 2017 and 2021. This is contained in a statement issued by the Acting Head of Service, Alhaji Safiyanu Garba-Bena issued in Birnin Kebbi on Saturday. He said: “Gov. Abubakar Bagudu...
By HARUNA AHMED, Birnin-Kebbi – The Kebbi State Area Command of The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 150 drums of petrol and 389 kg of cannabis sativa (Indian hemp) worth N21.1 million from smugglers in the state. The command’s spokesman, DSC Nasiru Manga, who disclosed this in a...
The Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) says Nigeria’s politics is going through fundamental changes to institute enduring progressive governance. The PGF, the umbrella body of governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) made the declaration in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday. The statement was issued to congratulate Gov....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETfund) has sponsored a total of 30,000 lecturers for master’s and Ph.D. programmes in both local and foreign institutions in the last ten years. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Professor Suleiman Bogoro, disclosed this in Abuja yesterday, at the 10th...
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has affirmed the expulsion of 15 members in Kebbi state, by the Kebbi state chapter of the party. The party disclosed this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, on Monday in Abuja. The...
Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have agreed to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari, to discuss the way forward for the party’s upcoming national convention. The governors under the aegis of Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) reached the agreement at the end of their meeting...