The Kano riot of 1953 refers to the riot, which broke out in the ancient city of Kano,[1] located in Northern Nigeria, in May 1953. The nature of the riot was clashes between Northerners who were opposed to Nigeria's Independence and Southerners, made up of mainly the Yorubas and the Igbos who supported immediate independence for Nigeria. The riot that lasted for four days claimed many lives of the Southerners and Northerners and many others were wounded.
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Kanoriot of 1953 refers to the riot, which broke out in the ancient city of Kano, located in Northern Nigeria, in May 1953. The nature of the riot was...
Kano GCON (9 August 1920 — 17 April 1983) was a Nigerian radical opposition political leader, teacher, poet, playwright, and trade unionist from Kano...
from 1953 to 1963. Following his dethronement in 1963, Muhammadu Inuwa ascended the throne for three months. Bayero started his education in Kano studying...
Jazeera Center for Studies. Nwanze, Cheta (31 January 2018). "Echoes of 1953Kanoriot". The Guardian Nigeria. GUARDIAN Newspapers. Retrieved 1 June 2022....
cinema opens. Population: 130,173. 1953 - 1 May: Kanoriot of 1953. 1967 - City becomes capital of the newly established Kano State. 1970 - Murtala Muhammad...
Reinhard Bonnke was accused of attempting to start a crusade in Kano, causing a religious riot leading to the deaths of more than a dozen people. Since the...
ship of the Nigeria Navy was acquired during his time. The Kano 1980 riot was a riot in Kano, Nigeria, led by Maitatsine, a heretical preacher, and his...
Japanese-American painter and photographer, of cancer Rioting began in Kano, Nigeria. The riot would last until May 18 and result in at least 36 deaths...
Kano with scores of Christians dead and their properties destroyed. During the 1980s, religious riots occurred in and around the five cities of Kano in...
killed and 51 are injured in a plane crash near Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano, Nigeria. 2007 – Greensburg, Kansas is almost completely destroyed...
feminist movement) of 1929 in Aba. 1953 November Anti Igbo riots (killing over 50 Igbos in Kano) of 1953 in Kano 1960 October 1 Nigeria gains independence...
and Tibesti, and further exacts tribute from some Hausa states, including Kano.: 77 1500 – The nominally Muslim Hausa Kingdoms were established in Northern...
gunmen killed at least nine polio vaccinators in Kano. On 18 March, a suicide car bomber rammed a bus in Kano, killing over 20 people. On 16 and 17 April,...
Japanese merchants, which led to Chinese favour in Korean trade. Anti-Chinese riots broke out in 1888 and 1889 and Chinese shops were torched. Japan remained...
Three hundred Igbo people were murdered in the Jos riots. In 1953 a similar riot occurred in Kano. A decade later in 1964 and during the Western political...
conditions within the camps and from the active murder/execution of prisoners. Riots and incidents where at least 100 people died are listed here. This section...
imprisonment. Death in the states of Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Niger, Sokoto, Yobe, and Zamfara. (not enforced) Statutory...
teams' bids to make it to the Kōshien tournament. The 2014 hit Taiwanese film Kano is based on the true story of a high school baseball team from the Kagi Nōrin...
assault – and the Kanoriots. If 1953 was to become one of the Biafran points of no return because of the slaughter of Ibos in Kano, it had never been...
The main candidate for this was northern Nigeria and during the Kanoriots of May 1953 secession was a distinct possibility. Many Hausa and Fulani favoured...
fire in Hoquiam, Washington, killed 21. May 13 – al-Duniya Theater fire in Kano, present day of Nigeria, killed 100. May 19 – Ohara Movie Theater fire in...
failed, forcing him to flee. Obasanjo did not attend Murtala's funeral in Kano, but declared that the government would finance construction of a mosque...
1952. He enrolled for a Fresher's course in Kano to last between 1952 and 1953, but due to the KanoRiot of 1953, could not finish the 6-month course as he...
from Yemen intervene due to 1965 Ethnic riots 1966 City Hall built. Photography museum [fr] founded.[2] Riots erupted in October in front of Government...
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people in the Middle Ages. A line of matriarchal monarchs is recorded in the Kano Chronicle that ends with the reign of Daurama in the 9th century. These queens...
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