The Divisional Police Officer of Sakaba Division of the Nigeria Police Force in Kebbi State,SP Jimoh Abdullahi and the crime inspector along with seven mopol officers as well as vigilantes and unspecified villagers were killed when dare devil bandits struck in six villages of Dankolo, Sakaba, Makuku, Dokar Kambari and Kurmin Hodo in Sakaba Local
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The Federal Government has taken over the Sir Ahmadu Bello International Airport in Kebbi, Alhaji Abubakar Ladan, the state Commissioner for Works and Transport, has said. Ladan who made the disclosure to newsmen on Thursday in Birnin Kebbi said the airport had not been sold to any private individual, contrary to rumour. “There is no
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The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq has launched the Federal Governments Special Cash Grant for Rural Women at the Fulani settlement of Hutawa in Kebbi State. Under the scheme, about 247 Fulani women under the umbrella of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), will receive N20,000
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The Nigerian Correctional Services has evacuated the Bagudo Prison, in Bagudo Local Government Area (LGA) of Kebbi State, after it became flooded. The floods, which began two weeks ago following heavy rains, has been wreaking havoc in 11 of the state’s 21 Local Government Areas (LGA), claiming lives, destroying property and cutting off several communities
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A family of six has lost their lives after a building collapsed at Yaldu in Kebbi State. According to online reports, a man, his wife, and their four children have been killed in a tragic incident, as the building they reside in, collapsed at Yaldu in Arewa Local Government Area, Kebbi State. The building came
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A canoe has capsized at Tungar-Gegero in Jega Council of Kebbi State, leaving no fewer than eight people, comprising women and children, dead. Confirming the incident to newsmen yesterday in Birnin Kebbi, Chairman of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Alhaji Sani Dododo, said the incident occurred about 10.30 a.m. “A middle-aged man was trying
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In the early hours of Sunday, August 9, 2020, a delegation from the Kebbi State Government took over the care of Jamilu Aliyu, a 10-year-old boy, forced by his parents to live with animals in a stable for two years. The Police Command arrested a father and his three wives for allegedly chaining the man’s
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