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	Kano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kano is the administrative center of the Kano State and the second largest city in Nigeria, with a population of 1,166,554 (2004).
		Kano grew to be a prosperous centre for trans-Saharan trade in gold, leather, ivory, salt and slaves, perhaps reaching the height of its wealth and power in the 14th Century, when Islam gained a growing following.
		Kano was replaced as the centre of government for the Northern Region of Nigeria by Kaduna, and only regained administrative significance with the creation of Kano State following Nigerian independence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kano (477 words)

	Info and facts on 'Kano' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Kano is the administrative center of the Kano State and the largest city (A large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts) in northern Nigeria (A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; gained independence from Britain in 1960; most populous African country), with a population of 1,166,554 (2004).
		The city of Kano was founded around the year 1000 as an independent Hausa (The chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages; widely used as a trading language) city-state.
		Kano was replaced as the centre of government for the Northern Region of Nigeria by Kaduna (additional info and facts about Kaduna), and only regained administrative significance with the creation of Kano State following Nigerian Independence.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ka/kano.htm (343 words)

	Kano State - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Created on May 27, 1967 from part of the Northern Region, Kano state borders Katsina State to the north-west, Jigawa State to the north-east, and Bauchi and Kaduna states to the south.
		Historically, Kano state has been a commercial and agricultural state, which is known for the production of groundnuts as well as for its solid mineral deposits.
		Because of successful projects to improve social welfare, Kano state is a trend-setter in education and healthcare.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kano_State (279 words)

	States of Nigeria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1967, the regions were replaced by 12 states; only the former Mid-Western Region escaped division, forming a single state under the reorganization.
		From 1967 to 1970 the areas of Mid-Western State and the Eastern Region attempted to secede, as Biafra.
		In 1987 two new states were established, followed by another 10 in 1991, bringing the total to 31.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/States_of_Nigeria (179 words)

	AEGiS-AP: Muslim Kano State in Nigeria Ends Polio Vaccine Ban
		KANO, Nigeria (AP) - A heavily Muslim northern state in Nigeria abandoned its eight-month moratorium on polio vaccinations, declaring that samples of newly imported vaccines were "found safe," a state spokesman said Thursday.
		Lambo said Kano's decision to drop the boycott would be followed by a massive nationwide immunization effort aimed at halting the disease's spread by the end of the year.
		Kano's decision to return to the immunization campaign is "one of the most significant developments" in the polio eradication effort, said Bruce Aylward, Geneva-based coordinator of the U.N. World Health Organization's anti-polo initiative.
	www.aegis.com /news/ap/2004/AP040571.html (660 words)

	NigeriaInvestment.com - Investment opportunities in Kano State
		Kano State, like its counterparts, is endowed with mineral resources, which abound at its numerous dams and rocks.
		To ensure regular distribution of fertilizer to farmers, the State administrator inaugurated a fertilizer committee and charged it with the responsibility of ensuring that at least 80 per cent of the States fertilizer allocation is delivered to LGAs for distribution.
		Kanos relatively peaceful conducive business environment is largely responsible for the concentration of foreigners in the state some of whom have established industries.
	www.nigeriainvestment.com /opportunities/states/kano1.html (538 words)

	Nigeria
		State authorities claim that students are permitted not to attend classes taught in a religion other than their own and that students may request a teacher of their own religion to provide alternative instruction.
		State officials also stated that the certification boards were dealing with a large backlog of cases for all applicants regardless of religious faith.
		Most states have not criminalized alcohol consumption by non-Muslims; however, in May, Kano State announced that non-Muslims will be fined approximately $380 (50,000 naira) or up to a year in prison for drinking or selling alcohol in certain public places.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2004/35376.htm (4767 words)

	Food, nutrition and agriculture 22 Participatory development of a household food security and nutrition improvement ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Kano State falls within the area that was found to have the highest prevalence of stunting or chronic malnutrition (51 percent) among children under five years of age (FAO, 1997).
		Kano State had been perceived as the grain basket of the nation, and the high levels of household food insecurity and malnutrition were unexpected.
		The objectives were to strengthen the policy-makers' knowledge and understanding of the magnitude of the problems in Kano State and their socio-economic consequences on development as well as to seek agreement on intervention priorities.
	www.fao.org /docrep/X0051T/X0051t06.htm (5120 words)

	Nigeria
		Nigeria is a federal republic composed of 36 states and a capital territory, with an elected president and a bicameral legislature.
		Both the federal and state governments are involved in religious matters, including the regulation of mandatory religious instruction in public schools, subsidized construction of churches and mosques, state-sponsored participation in the Hajj, and pilgrimages to Jerusalem.
		State authorities claim that students are permitted to decline to attend these classes or to request a teacher of their own religion to provide alternative instruction; however, in practice the dominant religion of the state is taught in the school, and students cannot use these other mechanisms.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/af/8397.htm (18223 words)

	ipedia.com: Kano Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Kano is the administrative center of the Kano state and the largest city in northern Nigeria, with a population of 1,166,554.
		Kano is the administrative center of the Kano state and the largest city in northern Nigeria, with a population of 1,166,554 (2004).
		According to Kano's Archives, the thirtyseventh Sarkin Kano (King of Kano) was Mohammed Sharef (1703-1731).
	www.ipedia.com /kano.html (156 words)

	Critiquing of Kwankwaso and Shekarau Administrations in Kano State
		Kano State is the most politically prominent state in Nigeria because its population guarantees it a higher proportion at the national level.
		Kano has the highest rate of unemployment in Nigeria based on an NDE study this was partly because of the bad policies of previous administrations such as that of Kwankwaso that failed to give emphasis to employment generation policies.
		Kano is now peaceful because of Shekarau's maturity and calmness which some people interpret as weakness Kwankwaso who was very puffed-up on the other hand antagonized everyone hence there more riots during his tenure than that of any other Governor of the State.
	www.gamji.com /article5000/NEWS5004.htm (5169 words)

	BBC News \| AFRICA \| Nigeria's Kano state celebrates Sharia
		Kano is the fourth and largest Nigerian state to adopt Sharia - which includes punishments such as amputation and flogging - and other states are likely to follow.
		Kano Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso said on Wednesday that although Sharia had been adopted, its actual implementation would not begin for several months whilst the necessary structures were put in place.
		The Kano State government said last week it was implementing Sharia law in response to the demands of the people of the state.
	news.bbc.co.uk /low/english/world/africa/newsid_798000/798630.stm (609 words)

	CNN.com - Islamic-ruled Nigerian state rejects polio vaccine - Feb. 22, 2004
		A northern state in Nigeria that is at the heart of a spreading polio outbreak said Sunday that it would not relent on its boycott of a mass vaccination program, which it has called a U.S. plot to spread AIDS and infertility among Muslims.
		Kano is one of 12 of Nigeria's 36 states that practices Shariah law, based on the teachings in the Quran, Islam's holy book.
		Kano state officials say their lab tests carried out late last year found estrogen and other female sex hormones in the polio vaccine -- proof, they say, that the vaccines are contaminated.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/africa/02/22/nigeria.polio.ap/index.html (853 words)

	Kano on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Kano is the major industrial center of N Nigeria; peanut flour and oil, cotton textiles, steel furniture, processed meat, concrete blocks, shoes, and soap are the chief manufactures.
		Kano reached the height of its power in the 17th and 18th cent.
		In Kano are Abdullahi Bayero College (1960; part of Ahmadu Bello Univ., Zaria); Gidan Makama Museum, with examples of local art; and the palace of the emir, the former ruler of the Kano city-state.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/K/KanoN1ig.asp (733 words)

	BBC News \| AFRICA \| Analysis: Sharia takes hold
		But the state - which has a substantial Christian minority - appears to be taking a phased approach to the implementation of Sharia, perhaps to try to minimise the reaction from opponents of the plan.
		State officials said the man was given the opportunity to defend his case, but declined to do so.
		Kano also has a large Christian minority - and Kano city is also the main commercial centre for northern Nigeria, with numerous businesses run by Christians as well as Muslims.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/africa/newsid_800000/800058.stm (608 words)

	Start of polio vaccination in Nigeria's Kano state postponed by 24 hours
		The restart of a campaign to immunise more than four million infants against polio, scheduled for Friday in Nigeria's northern state of Kano, has been postponed by 24 hours due to the absence of the state governor, health officials said.
		The postponement is due to the fact that Kano Governor Ibrahim Shekarau, who is scheduled to formally relaunch the drive, would be arriving in Kano late Thursday from Brazil, after a nine-day visit, said the official.
		Since Kano began resisting the United Nations' global campaign to prevent polio, the state, an important trading centre in Nigeria's arid mainly Muslim north, has seen the world's fastest ever recorded outbreak of the disease.
	www.gymuser.co.uk /news/2004/july/story-20490.htm (487 words)

	Kano won't bow to pressure
		Kano - The hardline government of northern Nigeria's Kano State declared on Friday that external pressure will not force it to pardon 12 young convicted thieves who are due under Islamic law to have a hand chopped off.
		Kano is one of a dozen mainly Muslim Nigerian states to have reintroduced Sharia law since 1999, and is the densely-populated commercial heart of the north, but thus far no amputations have been carried out there.
		State justice commissioner Aliyu Umar told reporters that the 12 convicts were at various stages of the appeal process, but warned: "We will not commit the acts of cowardice that were committed in Katsina and Sokoto."
	www.news24.com /News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1534455,00.html (322 words)

	New Polio Immunization Drive to Start in Nigeria's Kano State (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Kano Governor Ibrahim Shekarau was late in getting back from a trip to Brazil this week, forcing the cancellation of a planned ceremony Thursday, which would have restarted immunization in the state.
		Kano's government agreed to rejoin the drive several months ago, after testing a batch of vaccine to be used in Nigeria.
		With the state government now on their side, United Nations and Nigerian health officials are hoping to vaccinate four million children in Kano.
	www.voanews.com /article.cfm?objectID=87722D3D-4FBC-4E02-B72A306EF0FB6F6D (440 words)

	Sharia Implementation in Kano State
		The State government then wanted a gradual implementation of the law but it was overwhelmed by individuals and Islamic organisations who felt that the matter was being unnecessarily delayed.
		Sharia implementation in the State during this period could be said to be neither a failure nor a success.
		Applications for bail are either opposed by the State counsel or refused by the Magistrates on ground of lack of jurisdiction.
	www.gamji.com /article3000/NEWS3706.htm (4731 words)

	afrol News - Kano state again halts Nigerian polio vaccination
		The Northern Nigerian state of Kano however refuses to take part in the vaccination programme, claming the polio vaccine is a US plot to spread AIDS and infertility among Muslims.
		Kano officials concluded that the mass immunisation was a US plot against Muslims with the aim of spreading AIDS and lowering fertility.
		The federal government of Nigeria last year didn't succeed in convincing Kano officials to participate in the vaccination programme, but agreed to launch a new Nigerian study into the safety of the vaccine.
	www.afrol.com /articles/11339 (759 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Africa \| Nigeria state segregates travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Kano is one of several Muslim majority states that adopted Sharia law in 2000, a move which led to inter-religious riots that left thousands dead.
		The governor of Kano state said a new force of 9,000 uniformed police would enforce the law.
		Kano is one of 12 northern states which have implemented Sharia law since 2000.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/newsFeedXML/moreover/-/1/hi/world/africa/4719835.stm (382 words)

	Channelnewsasia.com
		KANO, Nigeria : The latest global effort to eradicate polio from Nigeria was launched across the country except in two mainly Muslim northern states where opposition has grown in recent months.
		Kano's decision is critical to the success of the vaccination drive because the teeming trading centre has been traced as the source of a polio outbreak which has spread to at least seven formerly safe countries, health officials said.
		"The Kano State government has resolved to continue with the suspension of the polio vaccination exercise until the issue (of the vaccine's safety) is resolved," state spokesman Sule Ya'u Sule told AFP.
	www.channelnewsasia.com /stories/afp_world/view/72390/1/.html (900 words)

	IFEX :: Journalists in Kano State threatened with beatings
		According to information collected by RSF, Kano State media reported as of mid-November 2000 that the regional government planned to pass a law sentencing journalists who publish information which is considered offensive to sharia to sixty lashes with a stick.
		The Kano government has not denied this information and other newspapers affirmed in mid-November that an eleven-member committee had been created to examine the bill prepared by the emir (Muslim chief) of Kano State.
		On 26 November, sharia is to be implemented in Kano State.
	www.ifex.org /es/content/view/full/12016/? (285 words)

	The United States Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria: Remarks By Ambassador John Campbell At Opening Of The American Corner ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The establishment of the American Corner at the Kano State Library Board will further increase the speed of educational exchanges and cultural understanding, both of which slowed down after the closure of the former USIS office in Kano some twenty years ago.
		Kano is also the home of Bayero University, an important institution charged with training Nigeria's future leaders.
		We envision a close collaboration with the Kano State Library Board, and Nigerian culture as well as American culture will be on display.
	nigeria.usembassy.gov /wwwhcampbkano1.html (740 words)

	Articles - Nigeria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Several northern states have instituted parts of traditional Islamic Sharia law including enforcing the strict separation of the sexes and handing out medieval punishment for crimes such as theft and adultery.
		The national vaccination program was suspended in several states in August of 2003, and the disease nearly quintupled in frequency (119 cases in first quarter 2004, vs. 24 in 2003).
		On May 18, the state of Kano agreed to resume vaccination programs using vaccines produced in Indonesia, not the US.
	www.centralairconditioners.net /articles/Nigeria (3543 words)

	Kano Online web site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		At this occasion, we will honor one of our Kano Online members and prizes will be given to the KanoOnline Poetry contest winners, but most of all it is an opportunity of KanoOnline.com members and friends of KanoOnline.com to meet one another.
		emir of Kano Alu, was away to Sokoto when Kano was occupied; he was captured, dethroned and exiled to Lokoja where he died in 1926.
		Today, because of Jigawa State being carved out of Kano State, the population is 5.6 Million (1991 Census), cover an area of 20,760 Sq.
	www.kanoonline.com (603 words)

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