Kebbi

Gunmen attack customs base, kill officer in Kebbi

5 months ago5154 min

Gunmen suspected to be hoodlums have reportedly attacked a Nigeria Customs Service patrol base in Koko, Kebbi State killing one officer and abducting one other in the process. A press statement made available to newsmen on Sunday evening by the Public Relations Officer, Kebbi Area Command, Mohammed Tajuddeen Salisu, said the incident occurred on Thursday. “With deep regret, we announce a distressing incident which occurred at our Koko Besse patrol base on Thursday, July 25,...

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Three bag life jail for raping married woman in Kebbi

5 months ago855 min

Three men, Amiru Sani, Aliyu Umar, and Bashar Dan-Inno of Wararin Zaromawa village, were on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment by the Kebbi State High Court presided by Justice Shamsudeen Jafar for raping an 18-year-old deaf, married woman. PUNCH Metro gathered that the convicts were arraigned for two counts of criminal conspiracy and rape, offences punishable under Sections 259 and 60 of the Kebbi State Penal Code Law, 2021. The court heard that the acts...

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Three bag life jail for raping deaf woman in Kebbi

5 months ago2783 min

Justice Shamsudeen Jafar of the Kebbi High Court, on Tuesday, sentenced to life three men, Amiru Sani, Aliyu Umar, and Bashar Dan-Inno of Wararin Zaromawa village, for raping an 18-year-old deaf woman in the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that the convicts faced two counts of criminal conspiracy and rape, offences punishable under sections 259 and 60 of the Kebbi State Penal Code Law, 2021. The court heard that the acts were perpetrated at Wararin Zaromawa...

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ICPC to probe 13,350 missing diapers at Kebbi hospital

5 months ago2723 min

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has vowed to unravel the alleged missing of 13,350 diapers meant for antenatal care at a Primary Health Centre in Sambawa community, Kebbi. The commission said it would investigate the criminal conduct and bring the culprits to book. The Chairman of ICPC, Dr Musa Adamu, said this during a one-day conference, organised by the ICPC in Abuja, on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that...