Beautiful one day, perfect for investment the next Sep 18, 2009
The Japan domestic market is not going to expand or even stay the same [so] Japanese companies have to go overseas to [survive],'' the president of the Brisbane branch of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Hiroyuki Kano, said ... Mr Kano predicts investment in Australian energy resources will continue to grow. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Nigerian Senator Denies Report Of Humiliation In Ghana Sep 14, 2009
A one-time senator from Kano State, Colonel Isa Kachako (rtd), has refuted a media report that says he was held in a Ghanian hotel following a misunderstanding between him and the management of the hotel. Senator Kachako was reacting to a story published in Sunday Independent of September 6, 2009 with the caption, "Senator Held In Ghana, Passport Seized". (Ghana Web, Ghana)
African view: Devoured by greed? Aug 31, 2009
May God be our strength & refuge Daniel Oguche, Kano state, Nigeria. the genesis is from the very churches who are supposed to set high moral standards, the pastors are demigods and flaunt riches, some encourage their followers to steal and pay tithes, when the institutions that are suppose to ensure morality teach immorality and encourage falsehood, chaos sets in, these pastors have imprison the peoples conscience through deceit. (BBC News -- Africa)
Sharia upheld, girl told to stay away from Hindu lover Aug 14, 2009
Shabana got married to Altaf Hussain Saiyed, a resident of Vallabhipur in June, but left him for Jitendra alias Kano Bariaya after two months. Altaf filed a complaint of kidnapping but Shabana came to Vallabhipur police station within days, along with Jitendra, and promptly secured a divorce. (India Times, India)
Nigerian Islamist fighters 'flee' Jul 30, 2009
Four states in northern Nigeria have been affected by Boko Haram unrest - Borno, Bauchi, Kano and Yobe. A total of 103 deaths were officially reported in Maiduguri and reports say more than 50 people died in Bauchi and Yobe, but the true number of casualties may be much greater. (BBC News)
150 killed as Nigeria Taliban go on rampage Jul 28, 2009
KANO: Radical Islamists torched a police headquarters, a church and a customs office, residents said on Monday, as the death toll in weekend religious clashes climbed to 150. A BBC reporter counted 100 bodies, mostly of the Taliban-styled militants, near the police headq 00004000 uarters in Maiduguri, Borno state. (India Times, India)
Comoros crash spotlights 3rd-world travel risks Jul 4, 2009
In Nigeria, the pilot for one of those outfits found a novel way to handle an oversold flight from Lagos to northern Kano city that I was on in May 1992. As I pressed against the glass door of the departure lounge with other irate passengers our sheer weight threatening to crash through it the pilot instructed us to run around the plane once and then board. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Two wives? Try aphrodisiacs Jun 16, 2009
"Demand for sex stimulants has been unprecedented in the last four years," herbalist Sule Adamu told AFP in his dingy office on the outskirts of Kano ... "Women also go for aphrodisiacs to make them appealing to their husbands. Mothers provide sex stimulants to their newly-wed daughters to aid them satisfy their grooms' sexual desires, said Hafsat Musa Baba of Kano-based Sustainable Development Centre (SUDIC), a reproductive health NGO. Talatu Jatau (53) has been selling aphrodisiacs for women,... (iAfrica.com)
NAMA goes for satellite-based navigation tools May 11, 2009
He also said the Lagos and Abuja ends of the radar project would be commissioned this year, leaving the Kano and Port Harcourt ends to be completed next year. Globally, countries are moving from the terrestrial navigational system to satellite-based systems because of inaccurate signals the ground-based navigation system gives in most cases. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Senate panel queries aviation sector spending Feb 11, 2009
"That as at February, 2008, one and a half years after the loan was obtained, the cost of the N6.5 billion in commercial bank Loan servicing to the Federal Government stood at N1,438,788,496.06 (One billion, four hundred and thirty eight million, seven hundred and eighty eight thousand, four hundred and ninety six hundred and six kobo); The Senate committee also listed 20 companies which had a combined share capital of less than N21million but were given combined contracts worth about N10... (Guardian News, Nigeria)
