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    Politics Kebbi: Governor Bagudu Swears in 2 New Commissioners

    Two new commissioners on Wednesday took their oath of office as members of Kebbi State Executive Council. They are Mukhtar Bala and Tsahara Bawa, who are yet to be assigned portfolios. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Justice Samaila Rashid administered the oaths on behalf of the Acting...
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    Politics Court Sentences Kebbi Accountant-General, Dakingari, To 70 Years Imprisonment For Fraud

    Kebbi State Accountant-General, Mohammed Dakingari, has been sentenced to 70 years imprisonment for fraud. The Court of Appeal sitting in Kebbi on Friday found Dakingari guilty of N1.6bn fraud and overruled an earlier judgment of the state High Court which discharged and acquitted him on 20...
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    Politics Kebbi LG Poll: APC Sweeps Away PDP, Wins All 21 Councils

    The All Progressive Congress(APC) defeated other 20 political parties by polling 958,881 votes and declared winner of all the 21 Local Government Chairmanship election held on Saturday in Kebbi State Chairman of Kebbi State Independent Electoral Commission, (KESIEC), Alhaji Aliu Mera said PDP...
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    Politics Kebbi Assembly Orders Arrest of Former Governor, Dakingari

    Kebbi State House of Assembly on Tuesday ordered the police to arrest former governor Usman Saidu Dakingari for his failure to appear before a House committee over alleged contract fraud. The House last week gave the former governor up to yesterday to appear before it but when he failed to do...
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    Metro How I Was Gang Raped For Refusing Marriage Proposal – 19-year-old Girl

    A 19-year-old girl, simply identified, as Hassana, has narrated her ordeal to journalists who had gathered at Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kebbi State command headquarters, as five suspected rapists who raped her were paraded. According to her, the suspects allegedly...
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    Business Governor Bagudu To Establish International Onion Market In Kebbi

    The Kebbi State Government on Monday said it would construct an international onion market at Aliero Local Government area of the state. Alhaji Abubakar Dakingari, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Atiku Bagudu, quoted the governor as making the promise during a visit to Aliero on Monday...
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    Politics Atiku's Presidential Campaign Posters Litter Kebbi

    2019 is still 2 years from now, but the drums are already in support of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in Kebbi state, as his campaign posters are already in circulation across the state. Atiku, who visited the state at the weekend during the Abdullahi Fodio 1805 book launch at the Emir...
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    Business CBN Begins Campaign Against Naira Abuse in Kebbi

    The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has kicked off its campaign against abuse of all denominations of the nation’s currency with a warning that stiff penalties including a fine of N50,000 or six months in imprisonment or both could be imposed on those found guilty of the offence in line with...
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    Politics Kebbi: Governor Bagudu Earmarks N3.6bn for Schools Rehabilitation

    Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State has earmarked N3.6 billion for the rehabilitation and construction of primary and junior secondary schools. Alhaji Magawata Aliero, the state Commissioner for Education, said this in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday. He said that government had also earmarked N80.5...
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    Politics EFCC Arrests Former Kebbi Governor, Dakingari

    Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC has arrested former Governor of Kebbi State, Saidu Dakingari n Kano. This was disclosed in a statement by the agency’s Head of Media, Mr Medard Ehimika in Kano State. According to the Ehimika, Dakingari was arrested on Friday by the anti-graft...
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    Politics Kebbi: Governor Bagudu Swear-in 7 New Commissioners

    Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi, on Wednesday urged commissioners in the state to ensure discipline, prudence and accountability in the discharge of their duties. The governor said in Birnin Kebbi, after the swearing-in of seven new members of the state executive council, that they must also...
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    Business Nigeria Begins Exporting Rice From Kebbi State

    The federal government has said that Nigerian farmers would begin exporting rice in months. The statement was made on behalf of the president by the Acting Director, Corporate Communication of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Isaac Okoroafor. According to Okoroafor, “Out of 6.1 million tons of...
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    Metro How My Husband Slaughtered Our 3 Children - Wife

    One Idris Samaila has slaughtered his three children - Shamsudeen (7), Fatihu (4) and Sherifat, (5 months) in their sleep minutes after his wife left their hut to ease herself in Goru village in Kebbi state. When Daily Trust visited Samaila’s wife Nafisat, who is still in shock, she narrated...
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    Metro Habib Jega, Ex-Kebbi Speaker Dies In Auto Crash

    A former Speaker of the Kebbi State House of Assembly, Habib Jega, has died in an auto crash. Close family sources told Premium Times that the accident occurred along Birnin Kebbi-Kangiwa road on Friday. The former speaker is also the Special Adviser on Local Government to the current Governor...
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