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From : Ayodele Ajoge, Birnin-Kebbi. Authorities in Kebbi State Ministry for Women Affairs has expressed that no fewer than 150,000 women in the state are expected to benefit from training, empowerment and community investment grants under the World Bank-supported Nigeria for Women Project (NFWP). The state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Child Development, Hajiya Halima Hassan-Kamba, made this known in Birnin Kebbi on Monday during an inter-ministerial briefing organised by the state Ministry of Information and Culture. She said the project followed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the state government and the NFWP, adding that five Local Government Areas (LGAs) had so far been enrolled into the programme. According to her, each of the benefiting LGAs is expected to mobilise 120 Women Affinity Groups (WAGs), while female facilitators engaged under the programme are being paid monthly allowances. The commissioner said the ministry’s mandate remained the form...

Governor Nasiru Idris of Kebbi State during the screening exercise for Governorship in Abuja.  From Ayodele Ajoge, Birnin-Kebbi  Kebbi State Governor, Dr Nasir Idris has successfully scaled through gubernatorial screening exercise conducted by the national body of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In Abuja. In a press statement made available to newsmen in Birnin-Kebbi by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Ahmed Idris, stated that the screening exercise, was conducted on Friday by the screening committee headed by the APC National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda at the Plateu State Liaison Office, Abuja.  In his remarks,  Prof. the National Chairman congratulates Governor Idris on the successful screening which has invariably paves the way for his second term bid. "Having met the requirement of the party and the provisions of the law, you have been successfully screened and qualified to contest for second term in office." He stated. He explained th...

From : Ayodele Ajoge, Birnin-Kebbi  A heavy windstorms in Kebbi State has destroyed houses,foodstuffs across 10 communities in the State. The incident which occured in the early hours of Friday Destroyed Houses and Food Storages ,but no live was lost during the incident. It was gathered that the Communities affected by the heavy windstorm included Sambera, Jero, Becinga, Nassarawa, Tunga Soja, Tauken Mage, Tunga Muminu Oro and Ciwan Wanzam in the state.  The windstorm was further reported to have destroyed several homes, food storage facilities and other valuables. The affected residents who confirmed the incident to our reporter ,maintained that ,there was no lost of lives. Meanwhile, as at the time of filling in this report there was no response from the government. 

A public commentator in Kano, Sufyan Lawal Kabo, has raised questions over Amnesty International’s recent condemnation of the Kano State Government following the alleged killing of five persons during events surrounding the swearing-in of the state’s new Deputy Governor. In a statement titled Amnesty International Report and my questions to them, Kabo said while no responsible citizen condones violence or loss of life, the international rights group may have acted prematurely by issuing a strong public accusation without what he described as a balanced and verified investigation. Kabo argued that it is inconsistent for a government actively working to curb political thuggery and street violence to be accused of sponsoring the same.  He pointed to the state’s Safe Corridor Kano Model, which he said has profiled thousands of repentant youths and committed over ₦600 million to their rehabilitation, empowerment, and reintegration. “Would a government that established the Safe Corridor ...

From : Ayodele Ajoge, Birnin-Kebbi  The Kebbi State government has assured the Federal government, cooperation towards accurate validation of data across all the Local Government Areas in the State. The assurance was disclosed at the heels of a state tour by delegation from Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) on data verification exercise to the State. Governor Nasiru Idris represented by the Deputy Governor Senator Abubakar Umar Tafida stated that the present administration in the state was ready to provide all necessary data and logistics for the successful exercise. He added that members of the State Executive Council and heads of ministries, departments and agencies were present to understand the exercise’s requirements and offer full cooperation. The deputy governor pointed out that  data was central to development of planing and governance, pointing out further that Data is critical to our quest for sustainable development and improved livelihoo...

From Ahmed Attahir  A Magistrate Court I sitting in Gusau Zamfara State capital has on Wednesday ordered Commissioner of Police to investigate alleged criminal case filed before the court by a former member House of Assembly, Yusuf Alhasan Kanoma, against Mustafa Jafaru kaura ,media aide to Zamfara Governor. The Presiding Judge Murtala Abdullahi refered the case to the Commissioner of Police for thorough investigation. Earlier, when the case came up ,the state Attorney General and Commissioner for justice Abdulaziz Sani,SAN represented by Director litigation ,prayed to the court for transfer of the case to ministry of justice as empowered by provision 211 of the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria. Counsel to the plaintiff, barrister Surajo Garba Gusau, requested that the court should not consider the Attorney General's demand for taking over the case. "What was expected of the Attorney General, was to give judiciary adequate protection as the defendant had alleg...