Seun James Taiwo

The state slogan for Kebbi State is Land of Equity. As corps members, we often made jokes about how 'equity' must mean equality between man and animal. The reason for this is that besides the fact that there's a lot of pastoral farming activity within the state, there also seems to be some sort of unspoken rule about respect for animals, all across...

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The Baobab Series The Baobab (Adansonia digitata). One of the very first things that struck me when I first got to Kebbi was the landscape and this was one of the two elements that particularly stood out, the other being the huts. (I had never been before now opportuned to see so many huts built out of clay) It was so much beauty...

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#Kebbitales, I got posted on the NYSC exactly a year ago (camp opened May 4th, I reported 6th). And as it was with many other of us who got posted to Kebbi state, I had to go get a map to know where Kebbi was in northern Nigeria. Prior to this, I only recited Kebbi back at primary school 'states and capitals'..'Kebbi -...

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