Kano, Nigeria, March 30, 2026 (AFP) - Rare woman coach in Kano keeps Nigerian youth off drugs through football

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2026-03-30

She's Nigerian, but Lebanese by origin and a football star in a conservative country's even more conservative north. Hidaa Ghaddar is unconventional -- but her approach might be just what's needed in a city buckling under the weight of drug abuse and unemployment. Ghaddar's athletic academy aims to keep youth off drugs in football-crazy Kano, the cultural capital of Muslim-majority northern Nigeria. "Drug abuse and playing football don't go toge......

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