Kano State
State of Nigeria
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| 2023 | Bayero University Kano was ranked 1016th in the world universities ranking, highlighting its global academic standing. |
| 2023 | Labaran Abdul Madari from APC was appointed as the Minority Leader of the Assembly. |
| 2023 | The 10th Kano State House of Assembly was inaugurated, consisting of 40 members from two main political parties: NNPP (New Nigeria Peoples Party) and APC (All Progressives Congress). |
| 2023 | Muhammad Bello Butu-butu from NNPP was appointed as the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly. |
| 2023 | Lawal Husain from NNPP was appointed as the Majority Leader of the Assembly. |
| 2023 | Rt. Hon Jibril Ismail Falgore from NNPP was elected as the Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly for the 2023-2027 term. |
| June 13 2023 | The 10th National Assembly was inaugurated, marking the beginning of a new legislative term for Nigerian representatives from Kano state. |
| 2021 | Abdulrazak Gurnah, a faculty member of Bayero University Kano, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. |
| August 17 2020 | Muhammad Yahuza Bello's term ends, and Sagir Adamu Abbas becomes Vice Chancellor of Bayero University Kano. |
| 2019 | Completion of the 8th Kano State House of Assembly's term, which ran from 2015 to 2019. |
| 2019 | Rt. Hon Hamisu Chidari from the APC was elected as the Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, representing the Makoda Constituency. |
| June 11 2019 | The 9th National Assembly was inaugurated, with senators and representatives from Kano state taking their positions. All Kano representatives were from the APC (All Progressives Congress) party, including Ibrahim Shekarau (Kano Central), Jibrin I Barau (Kano North), and Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya (Kano South) in the Senate, and Alhassan Ado Doguwa, Wudil Muhammad Ali, Shamsudeen Bello Dambazau, and Sha'aban Ibrahim Sharada in the House of Representatives. |
| June 7 2019 | Inauguration of the ninth and current Kano State House of Assembly, which is under the leadership of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP). |
| 2015 | Formation of the 8th Kano State House of Assembly, which includes 40 members from different constituencies, primarily representing the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a few from the People's Democratic Party (PDP). |
| 2015 | Rt. Hon. Kabiru Alhassan Rurum from APC elected as Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, representing Rano Constituency. |
| 2015 | Hon. Hamisu Chidari from APC elected as Deputy Speaker, representing Makoda Constituency. |
| August 17 2015 | Abubakar Adamu Rasheed's tenure ends, and Muhammad Yahuza Bello becomes the new Vice Chancellor. |
| June 9 2015 | The 8th National Assembly was inaugurated, with the All Progressives Congress (APC) winning all seats in the House of Representatives for Kano, marking a historic moment in Kano politics where no other party secured a seat. |
| June 2010 | Abubakar Adamu Rasheed assumes the role of Vice Chancellor. |
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