Kano
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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
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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Development
Satellite Analysis: Uncontrolled Development Increasing Flood Risk In Kano
Kano, Nigeria’s second most populous city with a population of over four million, has many problems, including uncontrolled development. With…
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Emergencies
Flood Erodes Kano Farmlands As Reports Show Bleaker Future Across States
Ubale Tsoho was eager for harvest day. To ensure everything was okay on his farmland on the outskirts of Burji,…
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Armed Violence
Two Shot, One Fatally In Kano Attack
Armed assailants shot two people on Saturday evening along Niger road in the Sabon Gari area of Nigeria’s northwestern state…
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Sexual Violence
Stakeholders Join Forces To Combat Sexual Violence In Northern Nigeria
The Centre for Awareness on Justice and Accountability (CAJA), a non-governmental and not-for-profit organisation based in Kano, Northwest Nigeria, has…
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