Crises tensed in the northern part of the Federal Republic of Nigeria between 2008 and 2015. From 2016 to 2018 the government asserted different approaches to stricken out the menace. Nigerians, especially those from outside the crises theatre and the international communities are nursing different interpretations against the Northerners of Nigeria. They raised tensions, psychic trauma, insecurity and loss of hope about the sustenance of Nigerian unity. Only a few individuals care to delve into the past relations of the northerners and other Nigerians to provide a manipulative strategy against the crises. However, this study examines the economic relations of the Kanawa (the people of Kano) and a few linguistic groups of Nigeria, as a panacea to adjust the feelings of people who are losing interest in the unity of Nigeria as a nation-state. The study adopted historical methodology, by making use of primary and secondary sources of information. The work covers the pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial periods of relations among the ethnic groups in Kano. The paper concludes that the adjustment of the mental attitude of individuals toward change and sustenance of the country is germane to the historical assessment of issues and events.