Tag Archives: Kano State
by Obinna Akukwe The Kano State Government is bent on converting the scene of the bus station bomb blast into an Islamic school. Governor Rabiu Kwakwanso had earlier told the Igbo traders and transporters who built and developed the park … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Nigeria, Obinna Akukwe, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged bokoharam, Bus, Igbo people, IndepthAfrica, Kano, Kano State, Nigeria, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Sabon Gari
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Leadership Months after the embattled former chairman of the House Committee on Education and chairman of the ad-hoc committee on fuel subsidy, Farouk Lawan, was suspended as chairman of both committees for alleged involvement in bribery, Speaker of the House … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, Chairman, Farouk Lawan, Femi Otedola, house of representatives, IndepthAfrica, Kano State, Kebbi State, Lawan, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers
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By Eze Eluche With the continuing systemic and targeted killings of Christians and Igbos in the northern region of Nigeria under the pretext of the Boko Haram terrorist group; With the continuing efforts of Nigerian government authorities to prevent international … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan, Igbo people, IndepthAfrica, Kano, Kano State, Monday, Nigeria, Sabon Gari
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Lagos, Nigeria – With no official casualty figure from the authorities yet, Nigerian newspapers on Tuesday put the death toll from Monday evening’s suicide bomb attack at a popular bus park in the northern city of Kano at around 60. … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan, Kano, Kano State, Lagos, Nigeria, Nigeria Bombing, nigeria bus attack, Nigeria newspapers, Sabon Gari, Yushau Shuaib
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By General Muhammadu Buhari As a result of the virtual absence of the rule of law, elections in Nigeria since 2003 have not been free and fair. As a participant, I can relate to this audience my experiences during the … read more »
Posted in Letters & Interviews, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Independent National Electoral Commission, IndepthAfrica, INEC, Kano State, Lagos State, London, Muhammadu Buhari, newspapers nigeria, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, United States
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By Zainab Sandah Ethnicity and religion are not predetermined; we are not born, do not possess an innate sense of ethnic or religious affiliation, we become Yoruba, Christian, Hausa or Kataf largely as a factor of geographical, ancestral, and societal … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged bokoharam, Hausa, IndepthAfrica, Kaduna, Kano, Kano State, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian news, Northern Nigeria, Sharia
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“There was an unfortunate incident today. The Emir’s convoy was attacked by unknown gunmen as he was returning from Koranic graduation ceremony in Kano city. Three people in his convoy were killed but the Emir is unhurt,” Musa Rabiu Kwankwaso … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Ado Bayero, Agence France-Presse, Emir, Kano, Kano Emirate, Kano State, Muslim, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria newspapers, Nigerian news
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A mispronunciation taken to be blasphemous in Nigeria’s north sparked a riot by Muslim youths Thursday, leaving four people dead as well as a church and shops burnt, police and residents said. “What happened in (the town of) Bichi was … read more »
IT is almost 52 years now after Nigeria’s independence in 1960, but the country is still contending with various problems ranging from political, social to economic problems. Public analysts have written so much on some of the problems, with many … read more »
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SHOOTINGS and explosions reportedly rocked the medium security prisons at Oko, a suburb of Benin City, the Edo State capital, in the early hours of Sunday, in what appeared to be a jail-break operation. The attack was said to have … read more »
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ABUJA — Nigeria’s first-ever female Supreme Court chief justice was sworn in on Monday by President Goodluck Jonathan, who described the event as “historic”. Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, 68, was nominated to the post on July 4. “Today we are witness … read more »
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Abuja – Nigeria’s president Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday nominated Aloma Mariam Mukhtar as the next Supreme Court chief justice, the first time a woman has been named to the post. Jonathan submitted her nomination to the senate, requesting an “expeditious” … read more »
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Nigeria’s police said on Saturday they captured a senior commander of the militant Islamist sect Boko Haram in Kano, the largest city in the north and scene of attacks this year that have killed hundreds of people. Security sources also … read more »
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Kano – Nigerian police have arrested a man who allegedly acted as an explosives supplier to Islamist group Boko Haram, authorities announced Wednesday, after a fresh upsurge in attacks. Ayuba Usman was arrested on Tuesday at his shop in a … read more »
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By Sule Ya’u Sule Our attention has been drawn to a front page publication in the Vanguard Newspaper of January 24, 2012 with the above caption in which an unnamed high ranking official of the Boko Haram group was said … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Boko Haram group, Ibrahim Shekarau, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kano, Kano State, Nigeria, Shura Council, Vanguard Newspaper
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Kano – Gunmen attacked a police station in Nigeria’s flashpoint city of Kano on Sunday sparking a shootout with police, just hours after Islamists vowed to keep up their campaign of violence. The attack followed the January 20 assault by … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Kano, Kano State, Nigeria, Police station
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Islamist sect Boko Haram, whose attacks have killed hundreds in Nigeria, will continue its campaign until the country is ruled by sharia law, a senior member was quoted as saying by a British newspaper on Saturday. “We will consider negotiation … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Barack Obama, Boko Haram, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Kano, Kano State, Nigeria, Sharia
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Kano – Fresh explosions and gunfire early on Tuesday rocked an area near a police station in the Nigerian city of Kano, where co-ordinated attacks claimed by Islamists and shootouts left at least 185 dead last week. About 15 blasts … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Friday, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Kano, Kano State, Nigeria, Wole Soyinka
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Lagos, Nigeria – The death toll in Friday evening’s coordinated bomb and gun attacks on many targets in Nigeria’s northern city of Kano has risen to 215, according to the private Leadership newspaper. The paper, which is one of the … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Friday, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Kano, Kano State, Lagos, Nigeria, State Security Service
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On January 1 2012, Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil producer, ended oil subsidies that had kept gasoline prices artificially low. The cost of a liter of gasoline shot up from 65 naira (40 cents) to at least 141 naira (86 cents) … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kano State, Kwara State, Nigeria, Nigerian, Reuben Abati
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September 17, 2011 by benim
Four suspected members of a radical Islamist sect have been charged with orchestrating a suicide bombing on United Nations headquarters in the Nigerian capital last month that killed at least 23 people. They face the death penalty if found guilty. … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa
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KANO, Nigeria – Nigeria’s fire service says at least six people have died after torrential rains flooded a highly populated area in northern Nigeria. Kano state fire service chief Kassim Musa said Wednesday that the wet season’s early rains flooded … read more »
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February 20, 2011 by benim
KANO, Nigeria — A mob angered by the death of a man who had been in police custody rioted Sunday in a Nigerian town, leaving one person dead after authorities opened fire and three buildings burnt, police said. The riots … read more »
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, breaking news, Dambatta, Embassies and Consulates, Goodluck Jonathan, Government, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Kano State, News local news, Nigeria, Police station, President of Nigeria, World news
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January 18, 2011 by benim
ONE, two, three, four, five…..17! That was the number of forged documents submitted by Rasheed Adekola at the Canadian Embassy in Lagos in order to obtain a student visa. That was not his first time. Adekola started applying for the … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Acadia University, Africa maps, Africa news, African news, breaking news, Canadian Embassy, Embassies and Consulates, fake documents, Human geography, human migration, Ilaro, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kano State, Lagos, Lagos State University, Law Crime, lifestyle-news, News local news, newspapers, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian Lagos, Oando PLC, Rasheed Adekola, VISAS, West African Examinations Council, World news
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December 28, 2010 by benim
The image of President Goodluck Jonathan kneeling, as if in complete surrender, before the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, marks an epochal moment in the process of the pentecostalisation of our national life. We should be … read more »
Posted in Analysis, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African news, breaking news, Goodluck Jonathan, Ibrahim Shekarau, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, James Ibori, Kano State, News local news, newspapers, Nigeria, Nigeria news Papers, Oceanic Bank, Redeemed Christian Church Of God, World news
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October 31, 2010 by benim
BENIN—THERE seems to be a major crack in the Governors’ Forum, as Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State and his Kano State counterpart, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, weekend, described as unacceptable, the purported election of Governor Gbenga Daniel of Ogun State … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged Adams Oshiomhole, Africa news, Benue State, Bukola Saraki, Gabriel Suswam, Indepth Africa, Kano State, Kwara State, Ogun State, Peoples Democratic Party
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