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Kano State is a highly populated northwestern state mainly inhabited by ethnic Hausas and Fulanis but with significant non-indigenous populations of Igbo, Yoruba, and other ethnicities. The state has a growing economy but is facing an underdeveloped agricultural sector, overcrowded urban areas, desertification , and relatively low education rates.
The Triumph is a Nigerian English-language newspaper, published by the Triumph Publishing Company Limited and based in Kano, Kano State.It presently publishes a weekly edition with arrangements to return to publishing the daily, weekend and Sunday editions as well as the publishing of its sister vernacular newspapers of Albishir [1] and Alfijir.
Kano (Ajami: كَنُواْ) is a city in northern Nigeria and the capital of Kano State. [3] It is the second largest city in Nigeria after Lagos , with over four million citizens living within 449 km 2 (173 sq mi). [ 4 ]
After a British occupation of the region, culminating in the Battle of Kano in February 1903, the region became a part of the Northern Nigeria Protectorate. [32] Kano later became a part of the Northern Region of Nigeria. [5] Kano state was created on 27 May 1967. [5] In 1991, part of Kano State was separated to form Jigawa State.
Mal Aminu Ado Bayero (Listen ⓘ), CFR (born 21 August 1961) is the Former Emir of Kano having served as the 15th Fulani Emir of Kano from the Fulani Sullubawa clan. [1] He ascended the throne on 9 March 2020, following the deposition of his nephew Muhammad Sanusi II by Governor Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. [2]
Kano State Government is the government of Kano State, concerned with the administration of the state ministries. The government consists of the executive, legislative and Judiciary. The government is headed by the Governor who is the policy-maker and often assisted by the Commissioners and other civil servants of the state.
Hanifa Abubakar (born April 5, 2016) was a Nigerian girl who was kidnapped and murdered by Abdumalik Tanko, the proprietor of her school Noble Kids Academy in Nassarawa, Kano State, Nigeria. [1] The case received national attention due to the young age of the victim and the manner of her death.
The 2021 Kano local elections were held on January 16, 2021, to elect 44 local government chairmen and 484 local government councillors in all 44 local government areas. As in the 2018 elections , the Kano All Progressives Congress won all 44 chairmanship and 484 councillorship seats.