Kano
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Sep 18, 2026
Olutokunbo OyesolaGUEST
I said, what kind of friends? My dad said, I said, okay.
Olutokunbo OyesolaGUEST
I posted to Kano and I served in the Nigerian army.
Olutokunbo OyesolaGUEST
What happened
Toheeb AzeezHOST
in Nigeria? I
Emmanuel OkeHOST
Oye, Nigeria's economy in severe strain despite $10.37 billion capital inflow.
Emmanuel OkeHOST
Emiya Sanusi urges Kano residents to take ownership stake in Dangote Refinery.
Emmanuel OkeHOST
Tinubu hails ICC verdicts as tribunal throws out Sunrise's $2.35 billion Mambila claim.
Emmanuel OkeHOST
Vanguard this morning.
Emmanuel OkeHOST
Police dismiss two inspectors, two surgeons in Lagos.
Emmanuel OkeHOST
33 suspected illegal minors die in NACDC custody in Niger.
Emmanuel OkeHOST
babcock university celebrates 67 years or jawole promises to strengthen legacy or your police rescue four more children recover 21 from suspected trafficking ring 2027 pdp replaces kano guber candidate with abacha's son federal government states local governments share 2.338 trillion august revenue AFCC probes man over alleged $212,200 counterfeit currency in Kano.
Emmanuel OkeHOST
The Platform Times this morning you find more stories as well.
Alex RitsonHOST
Richard Hamilton looks back on his life.
Richard HamiltonCORRESPONDENT
Olu Jacobs was born in southwestern Nigeria, but spent his formative years in the northern city of Kano.
Richard HamiltonCORRESPONDENT
There, he was inspired to take up acting after seeing a performance by the Nigerian actor Hubert Ogunde at the city's Colonial Hotel.
Richard HamiltonCORRESPONDENT
He travelled to London and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, or RADA.
Cassady WaltersGUEST
One, I was working on a project on looking at tomato value chains, actually, in Nigeria.
Cassady WaltersGUEST
And Dangote at the time had invested in a tomato factory in Kano.
Cassady WaltersGUEST
And we went to the tomato factory and it wasn't running.
Cassady WaltersGUEST
And all these farmers were coming with their tomato product to sell to the factory.
Richard J. PowellGUEST
I mean, you could tell this is 1974.
Richard J. PowellGUEST
We hitchhiked to Kano.
Tope FolarinMODERATOR
Oh.
Tope FolarinMODERATOR
[laughs]
Kalu AjaHOST
We are waiting for power.
Kalu AjaHOST
There are-- if you drive through Trans Amadi, drive through Maitama, drive through, um, the, the, um, uh, the industrial estate in Kano and Kaduna, you see lots of factories.
Kalu AjaHOST
It's either they are churches or they've closed down.
Kalu AjaHOST
And why did they close down? There's no power.
45 MINS LATER
CleoAUDIENCE
He-- I think it was him or there's o- there's one other guy too that was tweeting very-- one very interesting thing.
CleoAUDIENCE
They were asking a...
CleoAUDIENCE
I think it should be Dangote Refinery or the, or the competitor, the other Kano man.
CleoAUDIENCE
The, his, his company.
Teresa SheridanNARRATOR
THE END
Clint BarlowVOICE_ACTOR
Leaving Carlos with the Atlantean expedition to keep an eye on things, Speed and Clint fly on to Rigan to fill up the enormous gasoline tanks in their plane and give it a final check over before their long flight to Kano.
OctopusVOICE_ACTOR
Meantime, the octopus, with forged credentials, lands in Kano, introduces himself as a member of the secret police, and asks for an audience with the emir,
Clint BarlowVOICE_ACTOR
powerful ruler of the city.
Clint BarlowVOICE_ACTOR
We find the two together now.
OctopusVOICE_ACTOR
I am honored to entertain a member of your so wonderful secret police, sir.
OctopusVOICE_ACTOR
Even here, in Kano, we know of your good work.
OctopusVOICE_ACTOR
Thank you.
JJC SkillzGUEST
So the thing about me is very weird.
JJC SkillzGUEST
I grew up in Kano, right? My parents are Yoruba and Orobo.
Tobe OnyebuchiHOST
I grew up in Kano in the north.
JJC SkillzGUEST
Okay.
JJC SkillzGUEST
Now, funny enough for me, I actually loved Nigeria.
Tobe OnyebuchiHOST
So you are telling your stories, bruv.
Tobe OnyebuchiHOST
Okay.
JJC SkillzGUEST
You grew up in Kano.
Yushe WaliuGUEST
If that is concluded, that shows that an individual is now part of the ownership of that company.
Yushe WaliuGUEST
And that will give a lot of prospect for nationhood Because if Angkote has origin from Kano, but has the industrial location in Lagos, then that cannot stop Ukachuku from Abia to be an investor.
Yushe WaliuGUEST
That cannot stop Mr. Eckert from Aquibon to be an investor.
Yushe WaliuGUEST
That cannot stop Mr. Guam from Plateau to be part of the investment.
22 MINS LATER
Kasim Garba-KurfiGUEST
And the only institute that provide you with the CSCS account is a broker dealer.
Kasim Garba-KurfiGUEST
Unfortunately, we have about 188 licensed trading holders, but most of them concentrate on Lagos.
Kasim Garba-KurfiGUEST
except the very few of us decided to extend our branch like Kasina, Sokoto, Kano, Gwambi, Joss, Kaduna, and so on.
Kasim Garba-KurfiGUEST
But most of them, they are illegal.
speaker_11NARRATOR
Eventually, the entire state of Zazao was renamed Zaria, which is now a province in present-day Nigeria.
speaker_12NARRATOR
The Hausa kingdoms included Kano, Katsina, Zazao, Gobir, Rano, Daura, and Biram, and were founded in 1000 AD.
speaker_12NARRATOR
The kingdom of Zazao was located in the north in modern-day Kaduna state in north-central Nigeria.
speaker_12NARRATOR
The founder of the kingdom was King Turunku and Queen Bakwa Turunku who were the 22nd King and Queen to rule the area of Zazao.
speaker_14NARRATOR
She's believed to have trained her own cavalry and she built walled forts around each area that she conquered, which she named Ganuwar Amina, meaning Amina's Walls.
speaker_14NARRATOR
The city of Zarya itself was encompassed by over 10 miles of walls.
speaker_14NARRATOR
A well-regarded and detailed history of the city of Kano, composed in the late 19th century, called the Kano Chronicle, says the following about Queen Amina.
speaker_14NARRATOR
Every state paid her tribute.
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