Tag Archives: Sabon Gari

Nigeria: Kano Bus Park Blast Scene to be Converted to Islamic School-as Igbo community cries foul

May 6, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

 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 »

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Nigeria: Kano Massacre; where is Police IG Abubakar?

March 19, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

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 »

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Nigerian newspapers put death toll from yesterday bus park bombing at 60

March 19, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

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 »

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20 Nigerians killed at bus station blasts in Kano

March 18, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

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 »

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Nigeria: Boko Haram – Salute to Kano Igbos!

November 20, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

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 »

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Bomb explosion hits Kano, Nigeria

April 15, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

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 »

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