The expansion work continued northward from Dukawuya Gate under the supervision of Wambai Giwa, together with a big crowd of singers and dancers praising the son of the Emir for his commitment to the expansion work which impressed the people of Kano. One day the Emir stopped a little distance and ordered the construction of another gate which came to be known as 'Kabuga Gate'. The gate was named by Sarkin Kano Mohammadu Rumfa in 1469 AD to honour one of the prominent Islamic scholars Mallam Attahiru, who lost his wife. As a result of the serious shock, Mallam Attahiru followed the corpse to the grave site and requested to be buried with his wife. So people nicknamed him as 'kabi gawa' meaning he who followed his dead wife to the grave. Since then people shortened 'KABI GAWA' to 'KABUGA'. Kabuga Gate is situated along Gwarzo Road.
Kofar Kabuga