Kano
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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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Analyses
Thuggery Hurting Political Activities Ahead Of Nigeria’s General Elections
On May 26, Sha’aban Ibrahim Sharada, a gubernatorial aspirant and outspoken critic of Kano state governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, went…
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Features
Reporter’s Diary: Understanding The Different Faces Of Drug Addiction
During the last 10 days of Ramadan in the year of Covid, my baby brother was in the habit of…
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Extremism
How Suspected ISWAP Operative Found Home In Kano
An operative of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) recently arrested in Kano, Northwest Nigeria, cultivated a relationship with…
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