Kano State · Crisis deep dive

Military era (1984–1999)

1991 Kano religious riots (Reinhard Bonnke crusade) — 8 days; estimates 500–1,000 killed.
1995 Gideon Akaluka beheading at Kano Central Prison after a blasphemy accusation — the first prominent post-1980s religious mob lynching.

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.