The Magistrates’ Court III, sitting in Birnin Kebbi, on Wednesday, remanded a 19-year-old man in a correctional centre for allegedly impregnating a 14-year-old girl in Gwandu Local Government Area of Kebbi. The Magistrate, Atiku Abubakar, refused to listen to the defendant’s plea. He ordered that the defendant be remanded in …
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Governor Nasir Idris has appointed 200 youths in Kebbi State to serve as special assistants under his administration. Naija News reports that the male and female appointees were confirmed during a ceremony held at the All Progressives Congress (APC) Secretariat in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday. During the event, the state APC Chairman, Abubakar …
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A newly active armed terror group operating in Sokoto and Kebbi States, known as Lakurawa, attacked Mera town in the Augie Local Government Area of Kebbi State on Friday, killing at least fifteen people. According to Alhaji Bashir Mera, a local source who confirmed the attack, the group struck as …
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GOVERNOR Nasir Idris of Kebbi State says he will sign death warrant of anyone convicted of volunteering information to bandits in the state. Idris gave the warning on Saturday during a visit to the inhabitants of Tudun Bichi in Wasagu Chiefdom of Danko-Wasagu Local Government Area. The visit was to …
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THE Kebbi Government says it has ratified the resignation of the Chief Imam of the oldest Jumu’at Mosque in Birnin Kebbi called “Wala Mosque”, Sheikh Rufa’i Ibrahim. The Commissioner, Ministry of Religious Affairs, Alhaji Muhammad Sani-Aliyu, made this known while briefing newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Sunday. He requested the …
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THE Kebbi State Governor, Dr Nasir Idris, has appealed to Christians to exhibit the spirit of love and tolerance to strengthen unity among Nigerians. The governor made this known in a Christmas message to the good people of Kebbi State to mark the 2023 Christmases season. Idris, according to the …
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Provost of Kebbi State College Of Health Technology, Jega, Sa’adu Haruna Sauwa, has taken drastic action against examination malpractice and sex-for mark-in the institution. Already, a committee has been set up to check mate such menace in the college. Speaking on his activities in the last two years, Sauwa …
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Twenty-six commissioners and members of the state executive council of Kebbi State were sworn in on Friday. While swearing in the commissioners at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Lodge in Birnin Kebbi, Gov Nasiru Idris charged them to keep to the expectations of the electorate and live up to …
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Kebbi State government through the Ministry of Animals, Husbandry and Fisheries in collaboration with the Federal Department of Veterinary and Pest Control Services (FDVPCS) has concluded arrangement to vaccinate nine million animals and 10 million local chickens against diseases across the 20 local government areas of the state. The exercise …
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Few days after a windstorm destroyed several houses in Zauro town of Birnin Kebbi local government area of Kebbi State, a thunderstorm has killed three people and injured six others. The incident occurred during a heavy downpour in Alle-Kwara in Lailaba district under Argungu local government area of the state. …
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