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Kano, State News
Monday, April 2nd, 2012
KANO – Unknown gunmen shot and killed a classroom teacher in Kano , Monday morning. The incident occurred at Hotoro Arewa area in Kano Municipality. The gunmen were said to have arrived the residence of Aliyu on a motorcycle and pumped hot lead into his head. It was not clear while the late classroom teacher […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Kano, State News
Saturday, March 24th, 2012
KANO-(AFP) – Suspected members of Boko Haram Islamist sect set off a suicide car bomb Saturday during a military raid on their hideout in the northern city of Kano, police said. The army chief of Kano state Brigadier-General Iliyasu Isa Abba said the explosion was a desperate act aimed at avoiding capture. “It was a […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Kano, State News
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
The Joint Military Task Force in the early hours of Wednesday killed nine and arrested two suspected Boko Haram members who attacked Tudun Wada Local Government, Kano State. The gunmen were said to be making attempts to escape after they used explosives to attack a police headquarters, the Divisional Police Officer and set fire to […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Kano, State News
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
No fewer than three persons were killed in Kano yesterday night as gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect, resumed their hostility, opening fire on the social spot along Sharada Phase 1 in the state capital. The particular spot that came under attack is a commercial area well populated with different petty traders […]
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Kano, State News
Monday, March 19th, 2012
Churches in Kano closed services abruptly yesterday, following threats by the fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram, to launch attacks.. In Jos, the Plateau State capital, the police barred worshippers from parking their cars inside church premises. Some Kano churches were said to have received a letter believed to have been written by the sect, threatening […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Kano, Latest Politics, Plateau
Monday, March 5th, 2012
VIOLENCE continued to reign in some states of the north at the weekend as members of the Boko Haram sect killed five people, including a 10-year-old child. The sad incident persisted as three of the four victims of the February 26 bombing at the Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN) Headquarters in Jos were buried […]
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Biafra, Headlines, Kano, State News
Monday, February 27th, 2012
Monday February 27, 2012 Ojukwu Photo: The Sun Publishing More Stories on This Section The challenging security situation in Kano State notwithstanding, Igbo residents modestly came out at the weekend to bid their leader, Dim Chukwuemeka-Odumegwu Ojukwu, a deserving farewell. While Ohaneze Ndigbo, Kano State chapter, marked their mourning rites with traditional search of the […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, Kano, Niger, State News
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
A primary school situated at Abaganaram ward of Maiduguri metropolis was set ablaze on Wednesday night by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect, residents of the area alleged. When Nigerian Tribune went to the area at about 4.00 p.m., it was discovered that the fire started at about 12.00 p.m until the morning on […]
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Headlines, Kano, State News
Thursday, February 16th, 2012
THE Kano State government has disbursed over N200 million to the families of the 185 people who lost their lives during the January 20 bomb blast that rocked the city of Kano. Each family got N1 million. But the families of the five deceased senior police officers got N1.5 million each. This was contained in […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Kano, State News
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
From Desmond Mgboh, Kano The joint security team, which battled with the members of the Boko Haram sect in Mariri in Kano State on Monday night, may have deployed a rocket propeller to finally end the confrontation, a security source said in Kano yesterday. Throwing insight into the operation, which lasted several hours until the […]