Kano, a city steeped in history and tradition, has witnessed a turbulent past marked by the frequent depositions and removals of its traditional rulers, the Emirs. On Thursday, the Kano State House of ...

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Professor Tijjani Naniya, a former Commissioner for Information in Kano State, is now a university don. In this interview, Naniya, a professor of history, dismisses the creation of four new emirates ...

The Emirate, which predates the Nigerian state, is not a product of statute and cannot therefore be disbanded by statute, as the Ganduje government did. The government can remove Emirs with just cause ...

The Commonwealth Heritage Forum (CHF) recently concluded a groundbreaking heritage skills training programme at Gidan Makama, one of Kano's most iconic historic sites. The two-week programme at the ...

Abuja — Gidan Dan Hausa has a long history associated with Hausa socio-cultural development. It was also the first zoological garden in the entire Northern Nigeria, as Sunday Trust's Hassan A. Karofi ...

With a population of 9 million people, Nigeria’s second largest city, Kano, located in the Northwest, remains one of Africa’s most ancient cities. Following a week-long visit, Adewale Adeoye, in this ...

LONGTONG YAKUBU writes on the defection of a former governor of Kano State, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, to the All Progressives ...

A High Court sitting in Kano yesterday issued an order against the appointment of four new emirs in the ancient city. The ruling, however, coincided with Governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s appointment of ...

Change presents humanity with a confounding paradox. Whereas change is constant and inevitable it forebodes a vague sense of unease. Fear of the unknown taunts the nerves of even the valorous of men.