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Just in, Explosion rocks Sabon Gari of Kano State, it's not clear what exactly cause the explosion.  Some said it's a Gas Cylinder and from different sources it was said it's a bomb. Many people and pupils were affected by the blast.

If you want to study the resilience of the Tijjaniyya Sufi order in Nigeria, you, perhaps, don’t need to expand your search beyond the fraternity’s ability to churn out outstanding scholars, year in and year out. From the generation of Sheikh Wali Suleiman to Malam Tijjani Usman Zangon Barebari and until the baton was bequeathed to the likes of Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi, Tijjaniyya was never short of intellectual giants. These are the leaders who inspired their followers and defended the creed through dialectics and, on occasion, polemics. And, at the time when the colossuses like Sheikh Bauchi and Sheikh Ibrahim Salih had paid their dues, Prof Ibrahim Makari and so many others entered the scene. The Tijjaniyya seems to have them on the conveyor belt. These intellectuals do not only distinguish themselves with their learnedness but also their fearlessness in telling the truth to the powers that be — factors that endear them to the grassroots. Thomas Hodgkin draws some parallels between earl...