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- 21 Feb 2020
Procter & Gamble Partners Kebbi State Program on Infant Mortality Reduction
Procter & Gamble, is supporting the Kebbi State Government with over 1 million Pampers® diapers to reduce infant mortality and increase immunization rate in Kebbi state. This initiative will also…
- 17 Mar 2022
Kebbi Ministry Trains SME Associations on Leveraging ICT
The Kebbi State Ministry of Information and Communication Technology has trained the members of the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), on leveraging the use of ICT. While declaring open the one-day…
- 25 Mar 2022
WACOT Rice Limited Boosts Nigeria’s Food Security, Distributes Agri-Inputs to Farmers in Kebbi
WACOT Rice Limited has concluded the distribution of agri-inputs to smallholder rice farmers in Argungu, Augie, Suru and Dandi Local Government Areas of Kebbi State. This is in demonstration of its…
- 15 Jun 2020
GBfoods Completes N20 Billion Tomato Processing Factory in Kebbi
GBfoods, a global leader in culinary product manufacturing, in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kebbi State Government and the Emirate of Yauri recently built a N20 billion tomato…
- 17 Sept 2015
Plane Crash Averted in Kebbi
What would have resulted in a terrible plane accident, involving no fewer than 500 intending pilgrims from Kebbi State to Mecca, was averted yesterday. It was gathered that the aircraft with…
- 11 Oct 2017
Kebbi Earmarks N900m for Digitization of State TV, Radio
The Kebbi Government has earmarked N900 million for the digitization of the state radio and television stations, a government statement said on Wednesday. The statement signed by Abubakar Dakingari,…
- 12 Aug 2025
Zinox Chairman Leo Stan Ekeh Donates State-of-the-Art Tech Experience Centre to Federal University Birnin Kebbi
Federal University Birnin Kebbi (FUB) received a significant boost in its quest to produce globally competitive graduates, following the donation of a multimillion-naira Tech Experience Centre by the…
- 30 Dec 2020
USAID Partners WACOT Rice on N5b Deal to Boost Rice Production in Kebbi State
WACOT Rice Limited’s (WRL) strategy to become West Africa’s leading rice producer got a massive boost from the USAID-funded West Africa Trade and Investment Hub (WATIH). The Nigerian based subsidiary…
- 12 Jan 2025
Suspected Lakurawa Terrorists Kill 3 Telcoms Workers in Kebbi
Terrorists belonging to Lakurawa group have reportedly killed three staff of a leading telecommunication firm. The insurgents were said to have invaded a construction site at Gumki village in Arewa…
- 21 Aug 2017
Bacardi, TCF Rehabilitate 50 Hand Pumps, Provide Safe Drinking Water In Kebbi
As part of the Bacardi ‘Spirit for Life, Caring Together’ annual Corporate Responsibility Month community service volunteer program, Bacardi partnered with Tulsi Chanrai Foundation (TCF) in Nigeria…
- 23 Jan 2020
Armed Robbers Invade MTN Office
Kebbi Police Command has confirmed the invasion of MTN office in Tudun Wada area of Birnin Kebbi by three armed robbers on Wednesday. DSP Nafi’u Abubakar, Command Public Relations Officer, confirmed…
- 30 Jan 2022
WACOT Rice to Complete Expansion of 120,000-ton Mill in 15 months
WACOT Rice Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of Tropical General Investments (TGI) Group, has disclosed that the ongoing expansion of its 120,000-ton rice mill in Argungu, Kebbi State, would be completed…
- 30 Jan 2022
WACOT to Complete 120,000-ton Rice Mill Expansion Project in 15 Months
WACOT Rice Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of Tropical General Investments (TGI) Group, has disclosed that the ongoing expansion of its 120,000-ton rice mill in Argungu, Kebbi State, would be completed…
- 16 Sept 2019
2019 Argungu Polo Tournament Wraps Up, As Fayrouz Supports The Cultural Fete
As part of the events leading up to the 2020 edition of the Argungu Fishing Festival, a special polo tournament was organized by the Kebbi State Government in partnership with Fayrouz. The premium…
- 25 May 2021
WACOT Rice to Create 60,000 Jobs through Argungu Project
WACOT Rice Limited, a subsidiary of TGI Group which is based in Argungu, Kebbi State, will create 60,000 jobs across Nigeria and West Africa through its partnership with the USAID on the rice…
- 18 Apr 2021
NigComSat Trains 600 on VSAT Installation
Nigerian Communications Satellite Ltd (NIGCOMSAT) has completed the 6-day training of the 600 persons in Gombe, Abia, Kano, Ekiti, Kebbi, Lagos and Bauchi states. Dr Isa Pantami, minister of…
- 28 Sept 2022
Union Bank, Firm Partner on Financial Inclusion Drive
Union Bank in its commitment to driving financial inclusion in Nigeria, has partnered with WACOT Rice Limited, a rice processing company, to financially include 6,000 local small-scale farmers in…
- 3 Feb 2021
Telcos Fail NCC’s Quality Tests in 20 States
9mobile and Globacom have failed to meet key performance indicators stipulated by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the latest report by the industry regulator has shown. According to the…
- 25 Apr 2016
Forex Scarcity Good for Nigeria- CBN
The current scarcity of foreign exchange confronting the country has been described as a good riddance for the Nigerian economy because local production of various essential goods are now being given…
- 6 Oct 2013
512 Muslim Pilgrims Escape Death as Air Tragedy is Averted
A major air disaster was averted yesterday in Sokoto as a Boeing 747 belonging to Kabo Air Limited lost two of its tyres while landing at the Sir Abubakar III International Airport, Sokoto. This is…
- 10 Aug 2015
Bulk Post Venture at Customers' Forum Bids Mori Baba Farewell
‎The Bulk Post Venture, an arm of the Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST) on Monday ditched it's tradition of hosting Customers' Forum at the end of the year in other to bid farewell to the…
- 12 Mar 2024
Gwandu, Ex-NCC Boss Loses Mother
Dr. Bashir Gwandu, former executive vice chairman (EVC) of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and who until a few months ago was also EVC of the National Agency for Science and Engineering…
- 1 Aug 2023
NASENI Plans To Seek National Policy To Ban Export Of Strategic Minerals
National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) plans to seek a national policy that will stop the export of strategic Solid Minerals overseas thereby domesticating the production…
- 10 Sept 2020
FG Stops Forex for Importation of Food, Fertiliser
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been directed not to make foreign exchange (forex) available to importers of food items and fertilisers into the country. This directive was given to the apex bank…
- 20 Dec 2020
Panic as CBN Revokes Licenses of 42 Microfinance Banks
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)has revoked the licenses of 42 microfinance banks in the country and has subsequently closed them with many depositors apprehensive. Mr. Godwin Emefiele, CBN governor The…
- 8 Oct 2023
SERAP Drags Akpabio, 9 Other Ex-Govs to Court Over Collection of Salaries, Pensions
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and nine other former governors in the 10th Senate over their collection of…
- 12 May 2019
Report Says 17 Nigerian States Bankrupt
Economic Confidential on Sunday released its Annual States Viability Index (ASVI) report. It showed that 17 States are insolvent as their Internally Generated Revenues (IGR) in 2018 were far…
- 29 Nov 2018
NCC Swoops on Illegal SIM Registration Agents, to Shut Down 88 Spots
Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) said it will shut down 88 illegal Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card registration spots uncovered across the country, in a bid to stop the menace of…
- 26 May 2016
Shittu Commiserates Ayuba’s Family, Eulogises Former Minister
Barrister Adebayo Shittu, minister of Communications, has commiserated with the family of late Gen. Tanko Ayuba over the death of the former Minister of Communications who passed on Wednesday,…
- 15 Aug 2013
MTN Foundation Dialysis Centres Supported 738 Patients in 2 Years
MTN Foundation through its Medical Support Project contributed to ameliorating the plight of Nigerians diagnosed with kidney diseases as 738 patients benefitted from the haemodialysis facilities…