News

Firm distributes 1m pampers to nursing mothers in Kebbi

Ihesiulo Grace 21 February 2020 0

 The Procter and Gamble (P&G), an American multinational consumer goods company, has commenced the distribution of over one million pampers to nursing mothers and pregnant women in Kebbi. Dr Temitope Iluyemi, the Director of Government Relations,  Africa at P&G in Nigeria,

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NDLEA arrests 126 drug dealers in Kebbi in 2019

Ihesiulo Grace 10 February 2020 0

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kebbi state has said it arrested 126 suspected drug dealers and seized 2, 720.55 kilogrammes of illicit drugs and psychotropic substances in 2019. Commander of the agency in the state, Peter Odaudu, told newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Monday that the suspects were arrested between January 2019 […]

Labour

NLC tasks Kebbi Govt on minimum wage

Ihesiulo Grace 13 January 2020 0

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the Kebbi State Government to set up a committee on consequential adjustment of all categories of workers’ salaries in the state. The call was contained in a communique issued by the state chapter of the NLC at the end of its executive council meeting in Birnin Kebbi on […]

Business

Dangote Group starts of rice factory in Kebbi

Ihesiulo Grace 11 November 2019 0

Birnin Kebbi – Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi on Sunday commended Dangote Group for setting up a rice mill in the state, saying it would create employment and boost the economy. Bagudu who visited the factory site at Saminaka in Shanga Local Government Area of the state, said the investment would also rack up the […]

Featured

DSS arrests UDUTH staff, 4 others over alleged child trafficking in Kebbi

Ihesiulo Grace 11 November 2019 0

Birnin Kebbi – Five suspects including a staff of Usmanu Danfodio UniversitybTeaching Hospital Sokoto (UDUTH) have been arrested by the Department of State Security (DSS) over alleged sale of three children abducted from Zuru in Kebbi. Gov. Atiku Bagudu, who handed over the three children to their parents on Sunday in Birnin Kebbi, named the […]

Politics

Gov. Bagudu appoints 15 new permanent secretaries, others

Ihesiulo Grace 7 November 2019 0

Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi, has approved with immediate effect the appointment of 15 new Permanent Secretaries in the state Civil Service. In a statement signed by the Acting Head of Service, Alhaji Tanko Magaji in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday, also Bagudu also approved the appointment of Alhaji Ibrahim Umar as the new Accountant-General of the […]

Featured News

LG poll: Low turnout of voters in Kebbi, as voting begins

Ihesiulo Grace 26 October 2019 0

Voting has begun peacefully at Dr Gulama polling unit 007, and G/Kundi Zouro polling unit in Nassarawa ward of Birnin Kebbi Local Government Area of Kebbi with low turnout of voters recorded. The local government election in Birnin Kebbi Local Government Area started as early as 7.00a.m with early arrival of materials and officials. Kebbi […]

News

Customs Service inaugurates Area Command in Kebbi, controller assumes duty

Ihesiulo Grace 16 October 2019 0

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has inaugurated Area Command in Kebbi, according to its Public Relations Officer, Nasiru Manga. Manga,who said this in a statement in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday, said the creation of the  Area Command was to boost administrative, convenience, efficiency and revenue generation of the Service, adding that the move  was also […]

News Nigeria

Kebbi traders seek N2bn loan to boost business

Ihesiulo Grace 19 July 2018 0

The Chairman of Kebbi Traders Association of Nigeria, Ahaji Ummaru Dan Gura Gwadangaji has confirmed request for a facility forwarded to the state government seeking for at least N2 billion (Two billion Naira) to recapitalise after the shocking incidence. The request comes after a devastating fire inferno at the Kebbi Central Market, Birnin Kebbi that […]

Headlines News

Restructuring: Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara support devolution of powers

Ihesiulo Grace 26 September 2017 0

Some states in the North-West, Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara States, on Monday agreed to support devolution of powers in the country, saying the federal government should transfer some aspects of health, transport, fire service among others to the states while it focuses on defence, foreign affairs, security and currency. This was the position of the […]

News

Lagos, Kebbi govs officially launch ‘Lake Rice’

Ihesiulo Grace 22 December 2016 0

Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, and his Kebbi state counterpart, Atiku Bagudu, on Wednesday officially launched ‘Lake Rice’ to be sold to the public at the cost of N12, 000 per 50kg bag.  Speaking at the launch ceremony held at the State House, Ikeja, Ambode described the event as historic as the Memorandum of Understanding […]

Headlines News

12 Kebbi Assembly Legislators Move to Impeach Governor

Ihesiulo Grace 30 April 2015 0

One month to the end of their tenure, the Kebbi State House of Assembly is in turmoil. On Wednesday, 12 of the 24-member Assembly claimed to have issued an impeachment no­tice to the state Governor, Saidu Usman Dakingari. The 12 had on Tuesday claimed to have also impeached the Speaker, Mohammed Shalla and deputy Mohammed […]

News

14 states that’ll determine polls winner

Ihesiulo Grace 30 March 2015 0

  As Nigerians await the result of the Presidential election held at the weekend, Daily Times can authoritatively reveal that 14 states may determine the winner. The states include Rivers, Delta Abia, Anambra, Lagos and Jigawa. The rest are Kano, Kaduna, Cross River, Imo, Akwa Ibom, Katsina, Bauci and Kebbi. The projection is based on […]

Agriculture

Kebbi Govt Spends N126m on Livestock Feeds

Ihesiulo Grace 27 March 2015 0

Gov. Saidu Dakingari of Kebbi on Friday said that the state government procured 9, 900 tonnes of livestock feeds worth N126 million for cattle breeders and livestock producers. Dakingari said this when he received leaders of Miyatti Allah Cattle Breeders Association in Birnin Kebbi. He said a bag of livestock feed would be sold at […]

Business News

GOtv Extends Quality Programming in Four New Cities

Ihesiulo Grace 17 March 2015 0

GOtv has continued to churn out quality programming of its low cost digital terrestrial pay-tv extending it to hundreds of thousands of households and making entrance into four new cities. The latest cities to benefit from the quality programming of the low cost digital terrestrial pay-tv are; Birnin Kebbi, Ilorin, Minna and Zaria. At the […]