The Kebbi State Police Command has reinforced security in the Bui District of Arewa Local Government Area following a deadly armed cattle rustling incident that left 33 people dead. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bashir Usman, said additional personnel and operational assets had been deployed to the affected…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has postponed his scheduled trip to Johannesburg, South Africa and Luanda, Angola, as he awaits further security briefings on the kidnapped Kebbi schoolgirls and the attack on Christ Apostolic Church worshippers in Eruku, Kwara State…. In response to the request by the governor of Kwara State, President Tinubu has ordered the deployment of…
The Federal government has dispatched armored personnel carriers to strengthen security and combat banditry in Kebbi State. The state governor, Nasir Idris made the announcement while inspecting the vehicles at the Government House in Birnin Kebbi. The governor noted that Kebbi has been under constant attacks from bandit’s crossing over from Zamfara and Niger States,…
Troops of the 223 Light Battalion, Zuru, in collaboration with the Nigerian Air Force, have successfully repelled a major bandit attack on Ribah town in Danko Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State. The attempted invasion, which took place on Wednesday, saw more than 400 armed bandits launch a coordinated assault on the community. A…
The Kebbi State Government has restated its commitment to safeguarding lives and property, following the successful rescue of Augustine Madubiya, a 400-level student of the Federal University Birnin Kebbi, who was abducted by unknown assailants on Tuesday.In a statement issued in Birnin Kebbi on Friday, the State Commissioner for Information and Culture, Alhaji Yakubu Ahmed…
Mustapha Mohammed Bunza, the Sarki of Bunza town in Kebbi State, is dead. Bunza died at the age of 84 on Thursday at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto. Born in 1941, Bunza was educated at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He served as the Registrar of the University of Sokoto, now Usmanu Danfodiyo University,…
Farmers and traders passing through Bagudu in Bagudu Local Government Area of Kebbi State expressed their frustration on Sunday over what they describe as constant extortion by security operatives at various checkpoints along the road connecting Nigeria with the Benin Republic. At Tsamiya Market, a grain supplier loading a truck with 600 bags of maize…