Kano
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Features
‘Yan Daba: The Local Gangs Terrorising Kano Neighbourhoods
A blow to the back, a stab in the face, and then … darkness, a total void with deafening silence. …
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News
Centre Trains Students On Reporting Sexual Harassment In Public Institutions As Cases Grow
The Centre for Awareness on Justice and Accountability (CAJA) has trained students of tertiary institutions in Kano State, North West…
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Disinformation
Factcheck: This Video Shows Old Protest In Kano, Unconnected To Demolition Exercise
A video showing a placard-carrying crowd has been claimed to show a protest in Kano, Northwest Nigeria, against the state…
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Development
Political Demolitions Cost Businesses Millions In Nigeria’s Kano
Before Sunusi Hassan could do anything, the looters descended on his shop and storehouses and stripped them bare. His stock…
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Election Security
Nigeria: One In Seven Civilian Deaths In February Due To Election Violence
Nigeria’s presidential and national assembly elections have come and gone – but not without consequences. According to data gathered by…
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Development
Cost Of Preventing Malaria Soaring In Kano With Little Effect
Muhammad, 30, lives in the Dala area of Kano with his seven siblings and two parents. He had always been…
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Election Security
Danger Of Thuggery Hangs Over Kano As Residents Go To Vote
The voice on the phone was quivering. He was calling to tell me violence had broken out in Kano, just…
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Environment & Climate Change
Seeds Of Hope: How Tree Planting Is Making Kano Green
Dahir M. Hashim could vividly remember a time when Kurna, the place of his birth, was a lush and verdant…
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Development
The Cost Of ‘Free’: Pathetic Condition Of Kano Technical College
At around 5:00 p.m., when all of the students had gone home, Muhammad* emerged from a classroom carrying a physics…
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Development
Kano’s Problematic Welfare System For Minors Caught In The Web Of Divorce
Habiba Nasidi was seated in the corner of her humid kitchen, separating weevils from beans, when she heard the rushing…
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