Tag: Kebbi

Kebbi Business mogul signs N100m cheque for Tinubu’s presidential form

Aminu Imam

Barely 24 hours after the National leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) announced the sale of its presidential nominations form for N100million, the Director-General, Tinubu Support Organisation (TSO), Aminu Suleiman, has signed a cheque to purchase the form for former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Suleiman, a Kebbi-born multinational contractor, in a message posted on the support group’s platform, reiterated his belief in the capacity of Tinubu to positively transform Nigeria as president. The message reads: “The Director-General, Tinubu Support Organisation (TSO) Hon. Aminu Suleiman, signs…

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USAID supports Nigeria with $9.98m for WASH projects in N/West

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has supported Nigeria with 9.98 million dollars to improve Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) projects. This is contained in a statement issued by USAID Mission Director, Dr Anne Patterson in Kaduna. Patterson said USAID gave the support through UNICEF to improve WASH services in Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara states for the next three years. She said the funds would provide lifesaving WASH services to more than 300,000 people in need of assistance. According to her, the assistance will help to build community-centered…

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Sports: Kebbi Beach Soccer Association partners Liberty TV/Radio

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

By; Mohammed Idris, Kaduna. Sport is a uniting factor that bond people irrespective of social, religious and political leaning. It is against this backdrop that ATAR communication owners of Liberty TV and Radio sign a Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) With Kebbi State Beach Soccer Association as part of measures aimed at motivating and discovering youth talent in the state. The General Manager Liberty Tv and Radio, Abuja, Shafiu Suleiman signed on behalf the media outfit while Mahmud Hadejia signed on behalf of Kebbi State Beach Soccer Association. After the signing…

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Why I tied up my son in animal stall for two years – Kebbi father

Ishaku Yohanna

The Police Command in Kebbi have arrested Aliyu Umar, father of the 12-year-old boy chained for two years in an animal stall in Badariya area of Birnin Kebbi Local Government. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Nafi’u Abubakar, said in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday that the father told the police that the boy has Down syndrome. Abubakar added that the father had admitted to the Police that he tied up the boy with a rope in view of his inability to sustain his medication. “The father had claimed that he…

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Police in Kebbi arrest man, three wives for chaining 11-year-old son with animals for two years

Ishaku Yohanna

A 12-year-old boy has been rescued after spending two years starving, living off goat feed in an animal shed, while his cruel father and three step-mothers lived in comfort with his 17 siblings in Kebbi state. A tip off to a team of human rights lawyers led them on Sunday to an animal shed, where they found the boy, barely able to stand and starving.  He was tied to a wooden pillar and had been reportedly living among goats and chickens for two years. According to the head of the…

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