Kano, Nigeria - Some 150 people have been arraigned in courts in connection with last weekend's riots that claimed dozens of lives in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, police said on Wednesday.

LAGOS, Nigeria, Oct. 14 -- At least 200 people died in Kano, northern Nigeria's largest city, during two days of anti-American riots led by Muslims protesting the U.S.-led bombing of Afghanistan ...

Seven days after the eruption of violence following a peaceful demonstration to protest American-led air strike on Afghanistan in the commercial city of Kano, residents are still skeptical of each ...

Kano, Nigeria - Troops and riot police have been sent to strengthen security in Nigeria's northern Kano state before the controversial introduction of Muslim sharia law, said government officials ...

The issues which caused the Kano Riots of 1953 still exist in Nigeria today. While there were complications along the way, such as the Western Parliament elections which effectively split the ...

LAGOS, Nigeria — Bands of Muslims and Christians rioted Saturday in the streets of the northern city of Kano, burning places of worship and looting stores and businesses. At least 13 people were ...

Kano is one of northern Nigeria's ancient city-states Kano, now the scene of anti-Christian riots, was once one of northern Nigeria's most powerful city-states. It was converted to Islam in the 15th ...

The riots broke out after protests on October 12 ... one of the organizers and leader of an Islamic group in Kano, said. According to news reports, following the demonstrations youths began ...

The Public Relations Officer, NCoS Kano State Command ... the command has set up a committee to unravel the cause of the riot as well as examine the influx of illicit substances into the facility.