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Salihu Tanko Yakasai
Alhaji Salihu Abubakar Tanko Yakasai (born 5 December 1926) is a Nigerian politician. A self-described Marxist-Leninist and a founding member of the Northern Elements Progressive Union, he was a prominent figure in Nigeria's radical political circles in the 1950s and 1960s. He later held various public offices, including State Commissioner in Kano State, Kano under Military Governor Audu Bako and Special Assistant on National Assembly (Nigeria), National Assembly Liaison to President Shehu Shagari during the Second Nigerian Republic, Second Republic. He is a founding member of Arewa Consultative Forum. Early life and education Salihu Abubakar Tanko Yakasai was born on 5 December 1926 in the Kofar Mata quarters of Kano (city), Kano City, then part of Colonial Nigeria. His father, Abubakar Barau, was of Chamba people, Chamba origin from Adamawa State, Adamawa. Hauwa Abubakar, his mother, was a Fula people, Fulani from Lau, Nigeria, Lau, in what is now Taraba State. They met and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kano (city)
Kano (Ajami script, Ajami: كَنُواْ) is a city in northern Nigeria and the capital of Kano State. It is the List of Nigerian cities by population, second largest city in Nigeria after Lagos, with over four million citizens living within . Located in the savanna, south of the Sahel, Kano is a major route of the trans-Saharan trade, having been a trade and human settlement for millennia. It is the Traditional states of Nigeria, traditional state of the Ibrahim Dabo, Dabo dynasty who have ruled as emirs over the city-state since the 19th century. Kano Emirate Council is the current traditional institution inside the city boundaries of Kano, and under the Authority bias, authority of the Kano State Government, Government of Kano State. The city is one of the seven medieval Hausa kingdoms. The principal inhabitants of the city are the Hausa people , Hausa and Fula people , Fulani people. Centuries before British colonization, Kano was strongly cosmopolitan with settled popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
