By John Bassey Kebbi State governor, Comrade Dr. Nasir Idris, Kauran Gwandu, has made a passionate appeal to the people of Kebbi State to vote for APC candidates in the upcoming local government elections scheduled for August 31, 2024. Governor Idris made this appeal during the flag-off of the APC Zonal Campaign in Yauri town, […]
By John Bassey The APC leader in kebbi State, Comrd Dr. Nasir Idris, Kauran Gwandu the Executive Governor of kebbi state has formally inaugurated the Local government campaign rally and presented the party’s flags to the 21 chairmanship candidates in preparation of local government polls Saturday at Koko Besse LGA. According to the governor, the […]
The Speaker of the Kebbi State House of Assembly has been Impeached. It was gathered that 20 out of 24 house members endorsed the impeachment of Hon. Ismaila Abdulmummuni Kamba, speaker of the Kebbi State House of Assembly and his deputy, Muhammadu Buhari Aliyu. READ ALSO: 5 killed in blaze on oil platform in Gulf […]
Over 100 gunmen, suspected to be bandits fleeing riots in neighboring Niger State, attacked five villages in Kebbi State’s Sakaba Local Government Area, killing a Divisional Police Officer (DPO), four other police officers, and four members of the Vigilante community known as “Yan sa kai.” Sakaba, Dan kolo, Makuku, Dokakambari, and Kurminhodo are the five […]
The Federal Government has presented food consignment as a palliative to the Kebbi Government. Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi made this known in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Malam Yahaya Sarki in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday. “The Federal Government has delivered three truck-load of food items to the state, comprising of 2,262 bags […]
The wife of the Kebbi State Governor, Dr Zainab Bagudu, has delegated a team to join the state task force on COVID-19 19 sensitisation tour to Christian worship centres in Birnin Kebbi. This is contained in a statement signed by Mrs Saratu Bukar-Gana, the Technical Assistant to Mrs Bagudu, and made available to newsmen in […]
Organised labour in Kebbi state has directed workers to begin indefinite strike on March 3 following the inability of the state government to pay the N30,000 minimum wage. Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Alhaji Umar Alhassan, who briefed newsmen at the end of an executive council meeting on Thursday in Birnin Kebbi, said […]
The Emir of Yauri, Dr. Muhammadu Abdullahi, has honoured the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila with the traditional title of ‘Sadaukin Yauri’. The title which means the ‘Warrior of Yauri’ was conferred on the Speaker on Saturday when he paid a courtesy visit to the emir. FG committed to making Yauri festival […]
Birnin Kebbi – Kebbi Government says it will continue to support families of soldiers engaged in various security operations including fight against banditry and insurgency in the state. Gov. Atiku Bagudu made this known while addressing Muslim faithful at the Duku Barrack’s Juma’at Mosque, Birnin Kebbi on Friday. The governor observed the Friday prayer at […]
Gusau No fewer than 13 armed bandits have been killed by the military under Operation Hadarin Daji in several villages in the war theatre area covering the three states of Zamfara, Katsina and Kebbi. This is confirmed to newsmen in Gusau by the Acting Force Information Officer of the operation, Capt. Abayomi Orii-Orisan, in a […]
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, made this known at the official flag-off of the distribution of items in Bunza […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]