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Kano

Type: City

Name: Kano

Country: Nigeria

Latitude: 12

Longitude: 8.52

population: 3,626,204

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

More Nigerians laud Tribune at 60

MANY Nigerians have continued to commend the achievements and growth of the African Newspapers of Nigeria (ANN) Plc, publishers of the Tribune titles on its 60th anniversary.Among them are politicians and educationists, all of who commended the founder ... [Nigerian Tribune - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Obafemi Awolowo, Kano, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Balarabe Musa

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Magnesium sulphate cuts infant, maternal mortality in eclampsia, say experts

From Folasade Folarin, AbujaMAGNESIUM Sulphate has been hailed as a 'miracle drug' for being a useful treatment for Eclampsia, a life threatening condition of pregnancy identified as a major cause of infant and maternal deaths in Nigeria.Country Director ... [Nigeria Guardian - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Magnesium, Mortality, Kano

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Thales SA

Port Harcourt Radar Ready, Kano's Nears Completion

Nigeria: .Abuja — As the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) strives to provide adequate surveillance of the nation's airspace, the multi-billion naira new radar project for the country expected to fully come on stream by the end of this year is ... [AllAfrica.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Port Harcourt, Aminu Kano, Thales SA, Airspace Management, Abuja (Nigeria)

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Britain Backs CBN Reforms

Kano British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Bob Dewar, has said that British government is supporting the current reform in the banking sector initiated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), saying the problems revealed in the nation's banking sector ... [AllAfrica.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Nigeria, Kano, United Kingdom, Alhaji Sule Lamido

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

The Mortal Kombat That Should Have Been [Midway]

Ex-Midway artist Vincent Proce went back to the drawing board for a pitched, but ultimately rejected visual reboot of the developer's venerable Mortal Kombat franchise, posting the results of that back-to-basics design plan on his personal blog. Proce, ... [Kotaku - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, Scorpion, Kano

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Sustaining Industrial Revival Efforts

It is obvious that the Industrial sector of the economy of Nigeria has experienced a turbulent period of erratic power supply, faking and dumping, smuggling and high cost of production as well as lack of patronage by Nigerians. These perennial problems ... [AllAfrica.com - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Nigeria, Smuggling, Achike Udenwa

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Child Beggar Trend in Nigeria Cause of Worry to Residents and Authorities

There has been an increase in the numbers of child beggars roaming the streets of Nigeria, especially in the second city Kano, and authorities are having a tough time trying to control this growing menace.The number of child beggars in Kano state has ... [MedIndia - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Nigeria, Kano, Qur'an

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Will Shekarau Anoint Sheikh Khaleel As Successor?

The announcement by the Kano chapter of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) to vest the right of anointing the party's governorship flag-bearer in 2011 causes commotion in the otherwise serene house of the party.Political pundits say the decision was ... [Individual.com - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Ibrahim Khaleel, All Nigeria Peoples Party, Kano

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 Documents

KNSG purchases Zogale seeds for distribution to farmers

By SALISU BASOKANO state government has purchase 20,000 seeds of Moringa Oleitima trees, known as Zogale for distribution to farmers in the state towards boosting their agricultural income in the dry season.The Special Adviser to the state governor on ... [Daily Triumph - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Kano, Muhammad Hassan, Moringa, National Market, Imam

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 Documents

Kano NURTW supports ban on roadside petrol sales

By SALISU BASONATIONAL Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Kano state, has welcome the idea of the state government's banning the sales of roadside petrol in the state.The chairman of the union, Alhaji Bako Umar disclosed this to AT&T correspondent ... [Daily Triumph - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Kano, Petrol, Kwari, Ado Bayero

First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 Documents

Shekarau's Presidential Bid Rends Atmosphere in Kano [analysis]

Ahead of the 2011 general election, both political parties as well as second term governors have commenced intense political manoeuverings. In Kano State for instance, the trend is the same. The state is one of the few others in the country where the ... [Individual.com - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Ibrahim Shekarau, Kano, Atmosphere

First Reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 Documents

'I Didn't Pay to Win Best LG Chair' [interview]

Alhaji Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) emerged the best local government chairman in the country recently. Since the presentation of the award by the House of Representatives Committee on States and Local Governments, there ... [Individual.com - 10 hours ago]

Entities: All Nigeria Peoples Party, Kano, emergency

Quotes

"The presence of these children is a social time bomb which if not defused will certainly consume everyone when it explodes, because these children know nothing about parental care, love and affection and therefore see everybody as an enemy and responsible for their deprivation" said Kano resident Abdullahi Yusuf

Child Beggar Trend in Nigeria Cause of Worry to Residents and Authorities [MedIndia - 11/20/2009]

...said during the inspection of the sites in Port Harcourt and Kano that he was impressed by the quality of job done so far by the engineers, saying "if this tempo can continue, we will meet up with the deadline for both sites."

Port Harcourt Radar Ready, Kano's Nears Completion [AllAfrica.com - 11/19/2009]

"Within the period, Nigeria 's key motoring journalists had test driven the car over a 400 kilometre return trip between Kaduna and Tiga Dam in Kano State. The result was a wave of rave reviews for the car adjudged to be a front-runner in the M1 segment."

Peugeot Nigeria gets new 307 production line, targets 7,000 cars per annum [Nigeria Guardian - 11/19/2009]

Karlyn added that maternal mortality has been reduced by 40 per cent across the ten sites in Kano and that "the contribution of eclampsia to maternal mortality has been reduced by 68 per cent. Toxicity has been found to be minimal, less than two per cent, with no attributable deaths found" adding that it was time to for government to include this method for treatment in its interventions to reduce the country's high infant and maternal...

Magnesium sulphate cuts infant, maternal mortality in eclampsia, say experts [Nigeria Guardian - 11/19/2009]

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'I Didn't Pay to Win Best LG Chair' [interview] [Individual.com - 10 hours ago]
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Maternal mortality: Turai woos stakeholders, NGOs [Daily Triumph - 23 hours ago]
Kano NURTW supports ban on roadside petrol sales [Daily Triumph - 23 hours ago]
KNSG purchases Zogale seeds for distribution to... [Daily Triumph - 23 hours ago]
Will Shekarau Anoint Sheikh Khaleel As Successor? [Individual.com - 11/20/2009]
Child Beggar Trend in Nigeria Cause of Worry to... [MedIndia - 11/20/2009]
Have you tried out Google Chrome? [BBC - 11/20/2009]
Sustaining Industrial Revival Efforts [AllAfrica.com - 11/20/2009]
Nobel prize for Obasanjo? Not after Odi and Zak... [Daily Sun - 11/20/2009]
WTM - Country Set to Be Leading African Tourist... [RBC Dain Rauscher - 11/20/2009]
Britain Backs CBN Reforms [AllAfrica.com - 11/19/2009]
Dangote Unveils Noodles At Lagos Fair [AllAfrica.com - 11/19/2009]
Port Harcourt Radar Ready, Kano's Nears Completion [AllAfrica.com - 11/19/2009]
Peugeot Nigeria gets new 307 production line, t... [Nigeria Guardian - 11/19/2009]
Magnesium sulphate cuts infant, maternal mortal... [Nigeria Guardian - 11/19/2009]
More Nigerians laud Tribune at 60 [Nigerian Tribune - 11/19/2009]
Deregulation: A dividend of democracy? [Daily Triumph - 11/18/2009]
The Nation's's Poor Record Keeping Culture [ana... [Individual.com - 11/18/2009]
Nigeria struggles to curb rise in child beggars [France24 - 11/18/2009]
Nigeria struggles to curb rise in child beggars [France24 - Africa - 11/18/2009]
Nigeria struggles to curb rise in child beggars [France24 - Science - 11/18/2009]
Nigeria struggles to curb rise in child beggars [France24 - Business - 11/18/2009]
Legislator Advises Govt On Deregulation [AllAfrica.com - 11/18/2009]
Nigeria: Britain Backs Sanusi On Banking Reform [AllAfrica.com - 11/18/2009]
Gas Flaring to End in 2012 - Lawmaker [AllAfrica.com - 11/18/2009]
Nigeria: British Government Supports Country's ... [AllAfrica.com - 11/18/2009]
Nigeria: Jonathan to Launch Peugeot 307 Sedan [AllAfrica.com - 11/18/2009]
Armed Robbers Attack Thisday Editor, Three Others [AllAfrica.com - 11/18/2009]

Blogs

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The Mortal Kombat That Should Have Been [Midway] [Kotaku - 11/20/2009] Ex-Midway artist Vincent Proce went back to the drawing board for a pitched, but ultimately rejected visual reboot of the developer's venerable Mortal Kombat franchise, ...
Cheap treat keeps Japan sweet [Raw Japan - 11/11/2009] What is sticky, shaped like a fish and helps Japanese people shrug off the lingering effects of the country’s worst recession since World War Two? The economy is ...
"Boku Haraam," first wave of Nigerian... [Counterterrorism Blog - 08/04/2009] al Qaeda Graffiti in Kano, northenr Nigeria The renewal of violence in the northern provinces of Nigeria brings this oil producing country to the brink of "Talibanization," ...
"Boku Haraam," first wave of Nigerian... [Counterterrorism Blog - 08/04/2009] al Qaeda Graffiti in Kano, northenr Nigeria The renewal of violence in the northern provinces of Nigeria brings this oil producing country to the brink of "Talibanization," ...
For Up to $75 Million, Pfizer Puts Nigeria Laws... [WSJ.com: Health Blog - 07/30/2009] Pfizer is finally closing the door on a long-running legal battle in the Nigerian state of Kano. The case goes back to a 1996 study of Pfizer’s drug Trovan, conducted ...

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