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3 unusual facts about Kano State


Falgore Game Reserve

Falgore Game Reserve is protected ecosystem designated mainly for games protection in southern Kano State of northern Nigeria.

Mohammed Mustapha Namadi

Mohammed Mustapha Namadi is the Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources in Kano State, Nigeria.

Muhammad Rumfa

Muhammad Rumfa was Emir of the Hausa city-state Kano, located in modern-day Kano State, northern Nigeria.


Aloma Mariam Mukhtar

In her career, Mukhtar has been many firsts: she is the first female lawyer from Northern Nigeria, first female judge of the High Court in Kano State judiciary, the first female justice of the Court of Appeal of Nigeria, the first female justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and the first female Chief Justice of Nigeria.

Bashir Tofa

A Hausa Muslim who hails from Kano State, Tofa was the National Republican Convention (NRC) candidate in the annulled Nigeria's June 12, 1993 presidential election, which was organised by the military government of General Ibrahim Babangida.

Mohammed Ndatsu Umaru

Wing Commander Mohammed Ndatsu Umaru was a Military Governor of Kwara State, Nigeria from August 1985 to December 1987, and then of Kano State from December 1987 to July 1988 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.


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