Hisbah, a religious police in Kebbi State, has detained a 16-year-old Habibu Umar for allegedly raping two minors aged 5 and 6. According to a statement posted on Hisbah’s Facebook page, the suspect was nabbed in the Badariya district of Birnin Kebbi, the state capital. The religious police explained that Umar admitted to the crime, … Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kebbi state chapter, has lost some of its chieftains to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The members of the main opposition party in the Zuru Emirate of Kebbi State, who led the decampees were Alhaji Shehu Ribah from Danko/Wasagu, Alhaji Nuhu Goma from Zuru, Alhaji Adamu Jalalo from Fakai … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the Killing of some vigilante members in Kebbi State by terrorists who ambushed them in the Sakaba/Wassagu Local Government Area. The president, in a statement by his media aide, Garba Shehu said: this egregious level of criminality is shocking and I want to assure Nigerians that I will do … Read more
The Kebbi State Police command has disclosed 16 persons, not 50, were killed by bandits in Dankade village on Friday. Bandits attacked the community in Danko/Wsaagu Local Government Area of the state. DSP Nafi’u Abubakar, Public Relations Officer, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) the incident happened around 3.00pm as bandits coming from Zamfara invaded … Read more
A 16-year-old female student of the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, in Kebbi State, has delivered a boy child in kidnapper’s den. It was gathered that the teenage girl( names withheld) was among the 100 students abducted during the terrorists’ invasion on 17 June 2021. Reports gathered that at least eight teachers and a police … Read more
Hon. Zayyanu Muhammad Bello, the Executive Chairman of Maiyama Local Government Area in Kebbi State, is dead. Daily Report Nigeria reports that Bello’s death was announced by the Kebbi State Government on Thursday. He is said to have died at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH) in Sokoto, following a prolonged illness. READ ALSO: … Read more
A 24-year-old Kebbi Poly Student has been confirmed dead, after being electrocuted while cooking in his hostel room. The deceased, identified as Khalid Kabir Argungu, was said a HND 1 Laboratory Science and Technology Student of the Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi. It was gathered that the incident happened on Tuesday evening, August 31, … Read more
Governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu on Saturday vowed to lead the rescue operation of teachers and students abducted from the Federal Government College (FGC), Birnin Yauri, in Ngaski Local Government Area of the State. Bagudu made this vow when local hunters visited him. Recall that armed men suspected to be bandits had abducted students … Read more
The Kebbi state police command has said the vehicle used to kidnap students from Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi, was hijacked from a high court judge in the state. Kebbi police spokesman, Nafi’u Abubakar, said the van was hijacked by bandits on Birnin Yauri road. Abubakar said the police are yet to determine the … Read more
Tragedy has befallen the people of Kebbi after a wooden boat Capsized and killed a lot of people. The majority of the people in the boat are believed to be traders who were trying to cross to the other side to sell their wares. Over 150 people have been declared missing, about 8 dead and … Read more
The Chairman, House Committee on Internally Displaced Persons, Migrants and Refugees Umar Jega, (APC Aliero/Gwandu/Jega) has denied dumping the ruling party for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Discord had erupted among top members of the APC in Kebbi state after the recent party congresses and primary elections in Kebbi, leading to some members leaving the … Read more
House of Representatives member, Bello Yakubu (PDP-Kebbi State) has dumped his party for the All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmaker made this known when he briefed newsmen at Sir Ahmadu Bello International Airport in Birnin Kebbi on Monday. According to him: “APC has been my party, and I came to realise that politics in our … Read more
At least 11 passengers have died in a motor accident on Friday in Kebbi State. DAILY REPORT gathered that in the accident which occurred along Koko-Yauri road at about 6 a.m, 10 others sustained various degrees of injuries and were rushed to Shanga General Hospital for medical attention. The accident occurred when the driver of … Read more
Kebbi Assembly impeaches Speaker, Deputy The Kebbi House of Assembly on Tuesday impeached its Speaker, Abdulmumeen Kamba, and the Deputy Speaker, Alhaji Muhammad Buhari-Aleiro. Alhaji Muhammad Tukur, Chairman House Committee on Information and Culture, announced their impeachment shortly after a closed-door plenary. Read Also:Â EFCC Breaks Into Dorathy’s House According to Tukur, the speaker was replaced … Read more
30 FGC Yauri students and one teacher from the Federal Government College Birnin Yauri in Kebbi State have been released after being held captive for seven months. This comes approximately four months after another 30 students were released. When bandits stormed the school on June 19, 2021, they abducted at least 102 students and eight … Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) women leader for Kebbi Central, Hajiya Yar-Sokoto Jega, has dumped her party for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Jega, who made this known while speaking at a ceremony in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday, explained that she left the PDP because of injustice and a lack of purposeful leadership. She … Read more