Here is post about a state that some may call a
backwater—Kebbi State. The only thing many people know about the state is that
its capital city is Birnin Kebbi (learnt in nursery school). Add to that by
going through this post.
Kebbi State (slogan: Land of Equity) was created out
of the then Sokoto State on 27 August 1991 by the government of General Ibrahim
Badamosi Babangida. It lies in North-western Nigeria with its capital in Birnin
Kebbi. It became part of the Songhai Empire in the fifteenth century.