Religion in Katsina State of Nigeria is mainly Islam. The Sharia is valid in the entire state. Amina Lawal was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery in 2002, but was freed in 2004. [1]
The Anglican Diocese of Katsina has its seat in the city of Katsina; the current bishop is Jonathan Bamaiyi. No Roman Catholic diocese has its seat in the state (Katsina State is included in the Diocese of Sokoto).
ReligioninKatsinaState of Nigeria is mainly Islam. The Sharia is valid in the entire state. Amina Lawal was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery...
for 117 km (73 miles) and Niger for 38 km (24 miles), to the east by KatsinaState, and to the west by the states of Sokoto and Kebbi. It has a population...
was born in Gwaram Local Governmernt of Jigawa State and bred in Kano, Jos, Plateau and KatsinaState. He started his early Islamic education under his...
Benue Statein the centre of the country plus the presence of bridges on two large rivers, the Benue River and Katsina-Ala River, make the state a major...
rulers of Kano and Katsina. In terms of culture, there are major differences between Muslim Hausas and the Maguzawa in terms of religion and social organization...
Kano State was still the largest state by population in Nigeria. Created in 1967 out of the former Northern Region, Kano State borders on KatsinaState to...
was born into the family Malam Suleiman Ibrahim in Kakuma Kankara local government of KatsinaState, Nigeria. Suleiman's father passed away when he was...
Jibia (or Jibiya) is a town and Local Government Area (LGA) inKatsinaState, northern Nigeria. The population of the LGA was approximately 125,000 as...
The 2007 KatsinaState gubernatorial election occurred on 14 April 2007. PDP candidate Ibrahim Shema won the election, defeating ANPP Abu Ibrahim and...
Moreover, the Katsinawa, who in fact see themselves as immigrants from the old state of Katsina, which had made political in road Zuru region, especially...
modern KatsinaState, Kaduna State achieved its current borders in 1987. Kaduna State is the fourth largest and third most populous statein the country...
Borders Kano State for 355 km (221 miles) and KatsinaState for 164 km (102 miles) to the west, Bauchi State to the east and Yobe State for 193 km (120...
Christianity in KatsinaState Christianity in Kebbi State Christianity in Kwara State Christianity in Niger State Christianity in Ogun State Christianity in Osun...
of Katsinastate John Mark Inienger, former ECOMOG commander Farida Waziri, former EFCC Chairperson John Kpera, Military governor of Anambra state. General...
in the 15th century inKatsina. It is a 50-foot edifice located in the centre of the city of Katsina, the capital of KatsinaState. The Gobarau minaret...
(/kəˈtʃiːnə/; also katchina, katcina, or katsina; Hopi: katsina [kaˈtsʲina], plural katsinim [kaˈtsʲinim]) is a spirit being in the religious beliefs of the Pueblo...
featured prominently in the Jihad of Usman dan Fodio which founded the Sokoto Caliphate. The ruling dynastic houses of Kano Emirate and Katsina Emirate; as well...
The 2011 KatsinaState gubernatorial election occurred on 26 April 2011. PDP candidate Ibrahim Shema won the election, defeating CPC Aminu Bello Masari...
Ummarun Dallaje (Ummaru of Dallaje) was the 39th Islamic Leader of Katsina, the first Fulani emir, as well as the patriarch of the Dallazawa dynasty....
ruled a state known as Daura, after the town with the same name, today also an emirate inKatsinaState, Nigeria. The original capital of the state was called...
of the Hausa Sahelian city-state of Kano, with other major Hausa cities (or Hausa Bakwai) of Daura, Hadeija, Kano, Katsina, Zazzau, Rano, and Gobir all...
The 1999 KatsinaState gubernatorial election occurred on 9 January 1999. PDP candidate Umaru Musa Yar'Adua won the election, defeating Junaidu Mamuda...
is a Local Government Area inKatsinaState, Nigeria. and has its headquarters is in the town of Kankia on Kano - Katsina road A9 highway at12°32′57″N...
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