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Kano

كانو

A city in northern Nigeria, among the oldest centres of Islam in the Hausa lands.

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West Africa & Sahel
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Kano is a city in northern Nigeria, and one of the oldest centres of Islam in the land of the Hausa. 1

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Birthplace of
Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa· Murtala Muhammed· Sani Abacha· Sanusi Lamido Sanusi
Place of death of
Ja'afar Mahmud Adam

People and things also explored

Abdulsalami Abubakar· Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa· Ja'afar Mahmud Adam· Murtala Muhammed· Sani Abacha· Sanusi Lamido Sanusi

Sources

  1. GeoNames gazetteer
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islam.museum contributors. “Kano”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/kano/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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Abdulsalami Abubakar

Nigerian general (born 1942) from Minna who was Chief of Defence Staff (1997–1998) and became Nigeria's head of state on 9 June 1998 after the death of Sani Abacha. He ran a swift transition — a new constitution and multiparty elections — and handed power to the elected president Olusegun Obasanjo on 29 May 1999. He later chairs his country's National Peace Committee.