Kano News

Motorcyclists in Nigeria have been wearing dried pumpkin shells on their heads to dodge new laws forcing them to wear helmets, authorities have said. Officials in the northern city of Kano said they had stopped several people with "improvised helmets",...

Pillars Go On Training Tour Sign 8 More Players Jaafar Jaafar 5 January 2009 Kano Pillars Football Club has signed eight additional players from Ghana, Cameroun, Egypt, Lobi Stars of Makurdi and Kaduna United, just as the players are expected...

Inside a contraceptives education class in India. (Photo: Global Campaign for Microbicides)      1) New US Administration Offers Hope for Women and Girls     The election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States provides an opportunity to...

Filmmaker, Iyantama Sentenced to 15-Month Imprisonment Abdulaziz Ahmad Abdulaziz 31 December 2008 Kano — In a bizarre manner that left most of the people in the courtroom in sheer disbelief, a mobile court in Kano yesterday sentenced a famous film...

A Private Experience Two women caught up in a violent street riot take shelter in an abandoned shop. A short story by the Orange Prize-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Chika climbs in through the store window first and then holds...

He is a student of one of Nigeria's network of Islamic boarding schools, known as almajiri. He told the BBC World Service that he had lived there for 10 years, and is sent out to beg every day by his...

Kano to Treat 1,350 Hernia Patients Jaafar Jaafar 20 December 2008 As part of its plans to improve the health and general well being of the people, Kano State government has concluded arrangements to flag off mass hernia outreach campaign...

In Nigeria’s predominantly Muslim north a community-run project to create ‘girl-friendly’ primary schools is helping to correct long-time gender inequalities in education, analysts say. I am sure in a few years there will be as many girls as boys.� While...

Britain to Revive Kano's Industries Isa Sa'idu 19 December 2008 The British government is to join hands with the Kano State government in the revival of the state's collapsing industries and the exploration of the state's untapped mineral resources.