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Tag Archives: Sabon Gari
Nigeria: Kano Bus Park Blast Scene to be Converted to Islamic School-as Igbo community cries foul
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
Tagged bokoharam, Bus, Igbo people, IndepthAfrica, Kano, Kano State, Nigeria, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Sabon Gari
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Nigeria: Kano Massacre; where is Police IG Abubakar?
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
Tagged Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan, Igbo people, IndepthAfrica, Kano, Kano State, Monday, Nigeria, Sabon Gari
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Nigerian newspapers put death toll from yesterday bus park bombing at 60
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
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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20 Nigerians killed at bus station blasts in Kano
At least 20 people have been killed in a series of explosions at a bus station in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, witnesses say. Several buses were destroyed in the Sabon Gari area of the city, home to a … read more
Posted in Ghana, Nigeria, West Africa
Tagged bbc, bokoharam, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Kano, kano blast, Kano Emirate, Muslim, Nigeria, nigeria blast, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Sabon Gari
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Nigeria: Boko Haram – Salute to Kano Igbos!
by Kabiru Tsakuwa That Igbos form part and parcel of Kano community is never in doubt. And that their unquantifiable contributions in various spheres of the economy of Kano which made it what it is today, simply restates the obvious. … read more
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
Tagged bokoharam, Igbo, Igbo people, IndepthAfrica, Kano, Kano-Igbos, Nigeria, Northern Nigeria, Sabon Gari
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Bomb explosion hits Kano, Nigeria
KANO – A bomb explosion at a predominantly Christian quarters of Sabon Gari area of Kano municipality Sunday evening triggered pandemonium among residents and unsettled nightlife. An eyewitness said the incident occurred at New Road axis of the city at … read more
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, Nigeria, Spotlight, West Africa
Tagged Africa news, African news, Area, Boko Haram, improvised explosive device, IndepthAfrica, Kano, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Sabon Gari
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