A man identified as Rabe Mai Shayi on Saturday night died after operatives of the state police command along with other security personnel rescued six kidnapped victims in Jibia Local Government Area of the state.
The Director, Army Public Relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu in a statement released said that the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, is currently on a medical leave abroad where he is receiving treatment for a health related issue but denied that top military officers are jostling for his position.
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) in a statement issued on Saturday afternoon stated that the National Grid collapse on Saturday morning that threw Nigerians across the country into another blackout, was caused by an explosion of a current transformer at the Jebba transmission station.
The Kebbi State Government, has Commenced the payment of compensation to persons whose farmlands were affected for the construction of the Tsamiya Inland Dry Port in Shauna in Bagudo Local Government Area and those whose structures would be removed for the dualization of the Argungu Old Bye-Pass Road in Argungu local government area of the state.
