Kano State · Crisis deep dive

First Republic & Civil War (1960–1970)

May 1966 anti-Igbo pogrom (Kano was a principal site); September–October 1966 second wave of pogroms — estimates 8,000–30,000 Igbo killed across the North, with Kano City and Sabon Gari among the worst-affected sites. See 1966 anti-Igbo pogroms.Unprosecuted Massacre Cycle
1967–70 Biafra War — Kano provides the 1st Division (HQ Kaduna, recruiting in Kano) under Brig. Mohammed Shuwa.

Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.