•Hajj pilgrims The Kebbi State Government yesterday evening flagged off the 2025 Hajj exercise with the successful airlift of the first batch of 420 intending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia. The pilgrims departed the Sir Ahmadu Bello International Airport, Birnin Kebbi, aboard a Flynas aircraft, which took off at approximately 5:50 PM Nigerian time,...
•Meningitis The Gombe State Government said it has recorded three deaths from cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM) as of March 27, 2025. Speaking at a media briefing at the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre, Gombe State Commissioner for Health, Dr Habu Dahiru, disclosed that 70 suspected cases had been recorded across nine local government a...
•School children Rancourous debates have trailed Ramadan ‘holidays’ imposed on public and private schools in some northern states, technically shutting out over 11.5 million pupils from the national school calendar yesterday. Findings by our correspondents show that the unusual call by executive governors took a toll on Bauchi, Katsina, Kano a...
The Kaduna Electric management has restored electricity to Kaduna and all its franchise States, including Zamfara, Sokoto, and Kebbi after five days of power outage. This follows a truce between the management of Kaduna Electric and the two in-house labour unions, with the company agreeing to review its past actions, reports Saturday Tribune. ...
•Terrorists One person has been reportedly killed while six others are hospitalised following Lakurawa terrorists attack at Gulma community in Argungu Local Government Area of Kebbi State. While speaking to our correspondent, Chairman of Argungu local government, Aliyu Sani Gulma, said the terrorists attacked the village around 11.00pm yesterd...
•Bukarti Human rights activist, Audu Bulama Bukarti, says members of the newly identified terror group, Lakurawa, have taken over the duties of traditional rulers in some communities in Kebbi State, serving as mediators among locals. Bukarti stated this during an interview on Channels TV last night. He said the group had been in Nigeria for [&...
•The dead hippopotamus No fewer than 40 fishermen have jointly killed a mother hippopotamus that killed Malam Usman Maigadi, a guard at Orchard Farm owned by the Emir of Yauri, Dr Muhammad Zayyanu-Abdullahi on Sept. 22. It was gathered that the fishermen armed with bows and arrows have killed the hippopotamus in Yauri River, Yauri […]
•Flood The Kebbi State Government is appealing for support over the flood in the state, saying 329,000 houses have been destroyed by the disaster while 858,000 hectares of farmlands have been washed away. The farmlands, it said, contain crops such as rice, millet, guinea- corn, sorghum, beans, and other varieties, reports Channels TV. The Kebb...
•A submerged area in Jigawa Floods have wreaked havoc in several communities in Jigawa, Yobe, Bauchi and Kebbi states, submerging many houses and farmlands. The incidents have also left many people displaced, even as major highways have been damaged, making mobility extremely difficult in some of the affected areas, reports Daily Trust. More s...
As the deadline for payment of fares for the 2024 hajj elapsed by 12am today, respite has come the way of some intending pilgrims as both the federal and some state governments like Kano, Kebbi, Kogi, and Ogun have provided subsidies to offset the balance of funds for the exercise. However, some intending pilgrims have […]
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