Cross Kauwa (sometimes referred to simply as Kauwa) is a town in the northeastern

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 G ...

n state of Borno, east of the town of

Kukawa Kukawa (previously Kuka) is a town and Local Government Area in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno, close to Lake Chad. The town was founded in 1814 as capital of the Kanem-Bornu Empire by the Muslim scholar and warlord Muhammad al-Amin ...

. It is located within the Kukawa Local Government Area. The town is located along a road that runs from Baga to the east (formerly at the shore of

Lake Chad Lake Chad (french: Lac Tchad) is a historically large, shallow, endorheic lake in Central Africa, which has varied in size over the centuries. According to the ''Global Resource Information Database'' of the United Nations Environment Programme ...

) and to Kukawa to the west. Another road leads south to Monguno. According to a 2007 report in ''

The Sun (Nigeria) ''The Daily Sun'' is a Nigerian daily print newspaper founded and published in KiriKiri Industrial Layout, Lagos, Nigeria. As of 2011 ''The Sun'' had a daily print run of 130,000 copies, and 135,000 for weekend titles, with an average of 80% sales ...

'', it is about an hour's drive from Monguno to Cross Kauwa.Archibong, Mauric
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Maina Maaji Lawan Maina Maaji Lawan (born 12 July 1954) a former governor and former senator for Borno State and a businessman-farmer, the CEO of Dansarki Farms. Background Maina Ma’aji Lawan, CON, was born 12 July 1954 at Kauwa in Kukawa Local Government Are ...

, a former governor of Borno State, and later a National Senator, was born in the town.Africa Who's who
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References

Populated places in Borno State {{BornoNG-geo-stub