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Tag Archives: Kano

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JTF arrests 7 suspected Boko Haram gunmen, rescues four women

May 2, 2013 no comments
Nigeria’s military has said it arrested seven gunmen and rescued four female hostages on the outskirts of the Kano metropolis. Captain Ikedichi Iweha, spokesman of the Joint Task Force, told th...
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Kano: Angry mob sets suspected suicide bomber on fire after mosque exp...

April 18, 2013 no comments
An angry mob took justice into their hands on Wednesday evening when they set ablaze a suspected suicide bomber shortly after a blast went off near the Kano Central Mosque. The mosque was bombed at a...
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Nigerian soldiers kill six insurgents in Kano raid

April 13, 2013 no comments
(Reuters) – Nigerian soldiers killed six suspected Islamist insurgents during a raid on a house in the main northern city of Kano on Friday but lost one soldier in the gunbattle, the military s...
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Kano’s Hisba board disqualifies five pregnant women from mass we...

April 5, 2013 no comments
Kano state’s Hisba board thinks three is a crowd. Five women who were to set to take part in Saturday’s mass wedding in northern Nigeria’s largest state have been disqualified becau...
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Hisba board to marry off a thousand more women in Kano

April 5, 2013 no comments
NAN – As part of pre-marriage rites organised for the wives –to-be, the board charged prospective couples to maintain their new marital status by striving to stay in the marriage. The Deputy Co...
Red Cross officials carry victim of a bomb attack in Nigeria's northern city of Kano - Reuters Photo

Gov. Kwankwaso, Emir hold special prayer for peace in Kano

April 4, 2013 no comments
Eminent persons, including the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero and Gov. Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Thursday attended a special prayer for sustainable peace and stability in Kano State and Nigeria. The News ...
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Six killed as JTF raid Boko Haram hideouts in Kano

April 3, 2013 no comments
Nigeria’s military on Wednesday raided suspected Boko Haram hideouts in Yankaba and Unguwar Dabai area of Kano, resulting in the deaths of six alleged terrorists. This Day newspaper reported th...
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14 suspected insurgents killed in Easter raid in Kano

April 1, 2013 no comments
The Joint Task Force has said 14 insurgents were killed in an early morning raid on Easter Sunday in Kano, Reuters reported. Spokesman for the JTF, Capt. Ikedichi Iweha, told journalists that soldier...
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Military arrests five suspected insurgents in Kano

March 29, 2013 no comments
Nigeria’s military has confirmed the arrest of five suspected insurgents in the northern city of Kano after a Thursday morning raid on one of the sect’s armories. The hideout was located ...
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Police seize assault rifles, explosives in restive Kano

March 28, 2013 no comments
Kano state police has said they seized arms, ammunition and explosives from suspected insurgents in the troubled state. Police Commissioner Musa Daura, said on Thursday, that the weapons were recover...
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