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Headlines, Kano, State News
Friday, May 4th, 2012
Kano State Government has approved the implementation of the pilot scheme of the “Zawarawa marriage scheme”, which will see 100 of 1,000 widows and divorcees earmarked for the pilot scheme getting married. The state government said the project is in fulfillment of its commitment to widows and divorcees, adding that it has earmarked N15 million […]
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Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Headlines, Kano, State News
Monday, April 30th, 2012
HE Christian Association of Nigerian (CAN) in the North has warned that it would no longer fold its arm and watch Christians being massacred, calling on all Nigerians to rise up against terrorism. Speaking in an interview, the national publicity secretary of the body, Sunday Oibe, said they were feeling serious pains and disappointment on […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Kano, State News
Monday, April 30th, 2012
Stories by Desmond Mgboh, Kano Tuesday, May 01 , 2012 The late BUK victim, Prof. Andrew Leo & The late BUK student, Samson Okoro Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section The son of the late Dr. (Mrs) Cordelia Ololobo yesterday gave insight into the last moment of the Chief Lecturer of the […]
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Headlines, Kano, State News
Sunday, April 29th, 2012
By AbdulSalam Mohammad Two professors were killed in the Sunday morning multiple blasts that rocked St Stephen Catholic Chaplain, Bayero University, Kano. Vanguard gathered that the dons, Prof Ayodele of the Chemistry Department and Prof Andrew Leo of the Library Department, were among worshippers attacked at Theatre Two near Sport Complex, old Campus of the institution. The university’s […]
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Headlines, Kano, State News
Sunday, April 29th, 2012
KANO (AFP) – Attackers armed with bombs and guns opened fire at church services at a university on Sunday, killing around 20 people as worshippers tried to flee, witnesses and officials said. Explosions and gunfire rocked Bayero University in the northern city of Kano, with witnesses reporting that two church services were targeted as they […]
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Headlines, Kano, Nigerian Police, State News
Thursday, April 26th, 2012
A bomb blast outside a military base on Wednesday in the city of Kano caused panic but no injuries, while police earlier in the day discovered a large cache of explosive materials. The homemade bomb planted in an open sewer across from Bukavu military barracks caused people to flee and businesses to shut, a military […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Headlines, Kano, State News
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012
Members of the Joint Security Task Force (JTF) in Kano State yesterday announced the discovery of a bomb-making facility believed to belong to members of the Boko Haram sect. Spokesman of the JTF, Lieutenant Ikedichi Iweha, disclosed this while conducting reporters round the said facility situated at Haye Hotoro Arewa, a suburb of the state […]
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Headlines, Kano, State News
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
Members of the State Security Service (SSS) in Kano on Tuesday shot dead a middle aged man at a check point close to the headquarters of the service office, for allegedly defying the normal check point protocol. The man identified as Zaharadeen Musa Mohammad was driving a Toyota Corolla car. He carried his brother […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Kano, Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, April 5th, 2012
April 5, 2012 by Mustapha Salihu, Kano Nigerian Army on Wednesday issued a warning of a possible terrorist attack in Kano during the Easter. The warning by the General Officer Commanding 1 Mechanized Division, Kaduna, Maj.-Gen. Garba Wahab, came after the Joint Military Taskforce killed three suspected members of Boko Haram in a gunfight in […]
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Headlines, Kano, State News
Thursday, April 5th, 2012
NO fewer than nine people were said to have been killed at separate locations when gunmen opened fire at the Maiduguri Monday Market at about 2.00 p.m on Wednesday, leaving several injured, eyewitnesses told the Nigerian Tribune in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Nigerian Tribune also gathered that one Tajudeen, a mechanic on the Lagos […]