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Jigawa’s silent crisis: Farmers’ battle against hunger in the wake of devastating floods

BY Muhammad Abubakar TAHIR In the aftermath of the 2022 floods in Jigawa state, the profound struggles faced by farming...

How sand mining negatively Impacts Students’ education in Kano Communities

By Lukman ABDULMALIK FOR the past 15 years, residents of Tassa village in Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area, LGA and...
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Energy poverty: How Kano’s Gainawa community spent 20 years without electricity

By Hafsat Bello BAHARA TWO decades ago, Gainawa emerged as a refuge for those displaced by floods, with families arriving...

Why BESDA education scheme in Kano worked in some places, didn’t in others

 By A'isha Ahmad Yahaya Ibrahim and Muhammad Bilyaminu, both 16-year-old teenagers, are learning the alphabet and numbers both in Hausa...
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Forgery, illegal taxes, extortion, corruption, realities of taxing Keke riders in Kano (2)

By Zulaiha DANJUMA This is the second and concluding part of a two-part series on corruption that has riddled transport...

Forgery, illegal taxes, extortion, corruption, realities of taxing Keke riders in Kano (1)

By Zulaiha  DANJUMA Despite the several allegations and controversies surrounding the operations of the Baffa Babba - led Kano Road...
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