The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has commenced work to restore power to Birnin Kebbi and Sokoto following a fire outbreak that gutted two transformers on Thursday night. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that one 90MVA (330KV/132KV) and 60MVA (132KV/33KV) transformers damaged as a result of the...
Kebbi state
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Sunday described the death of Sheikh Abubakar Giro as a great loss to the West African subregion. Shettima stated this in Argungu, Kebbi State, during a condolence visit on behalf of President Bola Tinubu, to the bereaved family of late Giro, who died...
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Kebbi Area Command, on Sunday confirmed the killing of one of its personnel, Aminu Abdullahi, by a suspected car smuggler in Yauri Local Government Area of the state. The Spokesperson of the Service, ASC Mubarak Mustapha, confirmed the incident in a statement in Birnin...
The Kebbi State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has again impounded a truckload of dried donkey meat, valued at N200 million while being conveyed to Onitsha in Anambra. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the dry meat cargo was being conveyed to the popular Ochanja Market...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto With less than 48 hours to May 29th, the day of inaugurating new leaders in Nigeria, the Assistant Inspectors General (AIG) in charge of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara States, Bello Sani Danlijan has assured of adequate security measure in the states. AIG Danlijan, who stated...
After collecting a huge amount of money as ransom, a notorious bandit kingpin, Dogo Daji, has released four of the 11 remaining students of the Federal Government Girls’ College Yauri, Kebbi State. PRNigeria gathered that two of the released students returned with two babies delivered while in captivity. Dogo...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Kebbi State Area Command, says it has seized contraband worth N23.1 million and generated N144.8 million revenue on imports though Kamba border in March. The Customs Area Controller, Mr Ben Oramalugo, made this known while briefing newsmen on the command’s activities for the...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in Kebbi has handed over four arrested Libya-bound victims from Lagos State, to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). They were arrested in Kebbi while allegedly on their way to Libya. The Comptroller of the NIS in Kebbi State,...
Dr Nasiru Idris, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Kebbi State, has taken early lead in Saturday’s election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had so far collated results from 12 out of the 21 local government areas of...
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mister Atiku Abubakar has pledged to reopen Nigeria’s borders that were closed by President Muhammadu Buhari. He made the pledge at the party’s presidential campaign in Birnin-Kebbi, the Kebbi State capital on Saturday. “I promise you that I will open...
Mrs Okolo Agatha-Banki, Coordinator, National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Kebbi State, has charged the newly-employed staff, deployed to the state, to be good public servants and treat corps members as their children. Hajiya Hadiza Idris, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Corps, made this know in a statement...
The Police Command in Kebbi has confirmed that 18 people died when a truck conveying passengers and cows crashed at Malisa village, Gwandu Local Government Area of the state. The Spokesman of the command, SP Nafi’u Abubakar, made this known in a statement issued to newsmen in Birnin Kebbi...
Mr Kola Abiola, People’s Redemption Party (PRP) presidential flag-bearer has pledged to ensure 25 per cent inclusion of women and people living with disabilities (PLWD) in governance if elected president. He disclosed this at a rally to flag-off campaign for all elective positions in Kebbi State held in Birnin...
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...
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...