Kano
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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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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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Gender & SGBV
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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Armed Violence
An Encounter With Kano’s Gang Of Phone Snatchers
On Aug. 24, a lorry heading towards Dawanau foodstuff market in Kano, Northwest Nigeria, blocked the ever-busy Kofar Ruwa underpass,…
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Development
A Skills, Literacy Initiative Is Giving Almajirai A Lifeline In Northern Nigeria
Khalifa Dankadai’s office is tucked into an alcove of a multicoloured school building he administers, directly across the busy intersection…
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Analyses
What Power Cut By Terrorists Could Mean For Businesses In Northwest Nigeria
Terrorists operating in various parts of Northwest Nigeria have been threatening to cut power lines that supply electricity to various…
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