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1 week ago | 
allafrica.com | Ismail Adebayo
Three traders have been confirmed dead while one is still missing as the canoe they were travelling in to Hikiya in Rohiya Local Government Area of Niger State hit a huge stone in River Niger and immediately capsized. One of the traders, it was gathered, was still missing while others were said to have been rescued from the water. Reports from the Red Cross Society of Nigeria said the incident happened at 11:14 am on Tuesday.
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1 week ago | 
allafrica.com | Ismail Adebayo
Gunmen suspected to be bandits were said to have attacked Tadurga community in Zuru Local Government Area of Kebbi State, killing an unspecified number of people, abducting many and rustling their cows. Local reports said the bandits, numbering over 50, invaded the community on Monday night when people had retired to their various houses. "We just heard gunshots from every direction and then people started to run out of their houses to escape from the invading bandits.
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3 weeks ago | 
allafrica.com | Ismail Adebayo
The federal government through the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has said it was developing a conceptualised plan that will reduce the high rate of maternal mortality in Kebbi State and the country in general.
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1 month ago | 
allafrica.com | Ismail Adebayo
The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested three of its officers over the death of a suspect, Abubakar Auwal, in detention. A release by the command's Public Relations Officer, SP Nafiu Abubakar, said Auwal was arrested over a reported case of stolen trailer rims at the Jega Divisional Police Headquarters but collapsed and died while in detention. It said, "Auwal reportedly collapsed around 6:00am on April 16.
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Feb 5, 2025 | 
allafrica.com | Ismail Adebayo
The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested 165 illegal immigrants from Burkina Faso, Mali, Ivory Coast, Benin Republic, and Niger Republic, all residing in a three-bedroom flat in the Kuwait area of Birnin Kebbi.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
allafrica.com | Ismail Adebayo
Governor Nasir Idris has launched the construction of the N64 billion Koko-Mahuta-Dabai-Zuru road project, cautioning contractors to ensure strict adherence to quality standards. Speaking at the event on Wednesday, the governor noted that the road originally belonged to the federal government, which had awarded the contract years ago.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
allafrica.com | Ismail Adebayo
The Kebbi State Police Command, on Tuesday, announced the arrest of three members of the Lakurawa terrorists group who allegedly offered N1.6 million bribe to its lead investigator. A statement by the command's public relations officer, SP Nafiu Abubakar, said the three suspects, one Umaru Garba, Alhaji Abubakar Mamman and Usman Muhammadu, had conspired to offer detectives bribe to compromise investigation and prosecution of a banditry case involving Lakurawa terrorists.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Ojoma Akor |Ismail Adebayo
Abuja — The federal government will commence malaria vaccination in Kebbi and Bayelsa states, today. The exercise marks the introduction of the malaria vaccine in the country. The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said the first phase of the malaria vaccine rollout in Nigeria will commence in Kebbi and Bayelsa states.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Ismail Adebayo
The hippopotamus that fatally attacked a guard of the Emir of Yauri in the Gungun Sarki River, located in Kebbi State, has been killed. The animal and its calf were killed following a directive by the authorities. The late guard, Usman Mai Gadi, was fishing in the river when the hippo attacked and killed him. In response to this incident and the injury of another fisherman, the authorities instructed the local community to track down the hippo.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Ismail Adebayo
Kebbi elders under the Kauran Gwandu Achievements Forum have lauded Governor Nasir Idris' initiatives on road construction, agriculture and education within one year of his administration. The Chairman of the forum, Alhaji Armiya'u Usman, during a press briefing at the forum's office, Rafin Atiku, in Birnin Kebbi, said the governor had made the people of Kebbi State proud with the projects he initiated and completed within a few months in office.
