Kebbi State

Kebbi state is located in northwest Nigeria. It originated in the southwest of the state of Sokoto in 1991. Kebbi shares boundaries with the Nigerian states of Sokoto and Zamfara to the north and east, Niger to the south, and the nations of Niger to the west and Benin to the southwest. The region of Kebbi is made up of short-grass savanna that is drained southwest by the Sokoto (Kebbi) River, a tributary of the Niger River.