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Faggo
Faggo is a town in Bauchi State, Nigeria. Geography Faggo is located at , and has a population of 12,821.. Retrieved 18 February 2007. It is located 35 km southwest of Azare and 7 km northeast of Foggo. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azare
Azare is a town in Bauchi State, Nigeria. It was founded by Mallam Zaki who was put into office by Shehu Usman Danfodio during early 1814. Azare is the headquarter of Katagum division in Bauchi State, Azare town is bounded to the east by Damban LGA and Potiskum Yobe State and to the south by Misau Local Government, in the west by Jama'are Local Government, and to the north by Itas/Gadau Local Government Area of Bauchi State. History of the creation of Azare Azare was founded in 1803 according to the family of Mallam Lawan, father of the first and second emirs of Azare. Mallam Bonni was Mallam Zaki's older brother. Mallam Ibrahim Zaki was the first settler in Azare town, He was the son of Mallam Lawan who died at Yayu village near Chinade. Mallam Lawan first settled at Nafada in the Gombe, Gombe State, Gombe emirate and later move down to Yayu where he had a son called Zaki. After the death of Mallam Lawan, Mallam Zaki went to Sheikh Usman Danfodio in Sokoto to take charge in Mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foggo
Foggo is a town in Bauchi State, northern Nigeria some 150 km south-east of Kano, and about 40 km southwest of Azare. Geography Foggo sits on the east bank of the Bunga River and is located 7 km southwest of Faggo Faggo is a town in Bauchi State, Nigeria. Geography Faggo is located at , and has a population of 12,821.. Retrieved 18 February 2007. It is located 35 km southwest of Azare and 7 km northeast of Foggo. References Popul .... Foggo has an estimated population of 18,799. References Populated places in Bauchi State {{Bauchi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Nigeria
Work toward freedom led to the formation of a national planning committee, which in 1958 named for a competition to choose a national flag. Thousands of designs were submitted, but the flag of equivalent green-white-green flat stripes, green stood for farming and white for unity and peace was chosen. The flag of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was designed in 1959 and first officially hoisted on 1 October 1960. The flag has three vertical bands of green, white, green. The two green stripes represent natural wealth, and the white represents peace and unity. Design The flag is an adaptation of the winning entry from Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi in a competition held in 1959. Akinkunmi was a 23-year-old student at the time he designed the flag. He was studying at Norwood Technical College in London, England, when he saw an advertisement in a newspaper that submissions were being accepted for the design of a new national flag of Nigeria. He submitted a triband design consisting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea to the south in the Atlantic Ocean. It covers an area of , and with a population of over 225 million, it is the List of African countries by population, most populous country in Africa, and the List of countries and dependencies by population, world's sixth-most populous country. Nigeria borders Niger in Niger–Nigeria border, the north, Chad in Chad–Nigeria border, the northeast, Cameroon in Cameroon–Nigeria border, the east, and Benin in Benin–Nigeria border, the west. Nigeria is a Federation, federal republic comprising of States of Nigeria, 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria, Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja, is located. The List of Nigerian cities by population, largest city in Nigeria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
States Of Nigeria
Nigeria is a federation of 36 states and 1 federal capital territory. Each of the 36 states is a semi-autonomous political unit that shares powers with the federal government as enumerated under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), is the capital territory of Nigeria, and it is in this territory that the capital city of Abuja is located. The FCT is not a state but is administered by elected officials who are supervised by the federal government. Each state is subdivided into local government areas (LGAs). There are 774 local governments in Nigeria. Under the constitution, the 36 states are co-equal but not supreme because sovereignty resides with the federal government. The constitution can be amended by the National Assembly, but each amendment must be ratified by two-thirds of the 36 states of the federation. Current states and the Federal Capital Territory Evolution of Nigerian states Government States of Nigeri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bauchi State
Bauchi State (Fula: ''Leydi Bauchi'' 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤦𞤢𞤵𞤷𞥅𞤭) is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Kano and Jigawa to the north, Taraba and Plateau to the south, Gombe and Yobe to the east, and Kaduna to the west. It takes its name from the historic town of Bauchi, which also serves as its capital city. The state was formed in 1976 when the former North-Eastern State was broken up. It originally included the area that is now Gombe State, which became a distinct state in 1996. Of the 36 states, Bauchi is the fifth largest in area and seventh most populous with an estimated population of over 6,530,000 as of 2016. Geographically, the state is divided between the West Sudanian savanna in the south and the drier, semi-desert Sahelian savanna in the north with a small part of the montane Jos Plateau in the southwest. A key defining characteristic of the state’s landscape is Yankari National Park, a large wildlif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
