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  Nigeria: 30 killed, several injured as passenger truck crashes in Kano

  World | February 09, 2026 6:37 IST

  According to the Kano State government, the truck was transporting both passengers and goods from Kano towards Gujungu town. Many of those on board were thrown from the vehicle when it overturned.

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  Nigeria mosque blast: Several killed after man attacked Muslim site with a locally made explosive 

  World | May 16, 2024 19:40 IST

  A 38-year-old local resident confessed that he attacked the mosque in Kano's remote Gadan village “purely in hostility following prolonged family disagreement".

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  Police: Blasts at mosque in Nigeria kill 120 people

  World | November 29, 2014 9:38 IST

  Kano: Multiple explosions tore through the central mosque in Nigeria's second-largest city on Friday, killing 120 people, police said.   One hundred and fifty others sustained various degrees of injuries in the blasts in the city

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  No Let Up In Nigeria Violence, Toll 185

  World | January 24, 2012 20:24 IST

  Abuja, Jan 24: There was no let up in violence in Nigeria today as the toll from the last week's multiple bombings and gun attacks by radical Islamists in the northern city of Kano touched

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  Explosions Rock Nigeria's Populous Northern City

  World | January 21, 2012 7:22 IST

  Abuja, Jan 21: Several explosions followed by gun fires rocked police headquarters in Nigeria's biggest northern city of Kano on Friday forcing people to escape for safety.  No casualty has been given at present, but