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4 days ago · Jigawa is one of the states with the highest number of out-of-school children in Nigeria. By Sadiq Ilyasu ... and development of a 33KV ITC Line across local government areas such as Gwaram, Kafin ...
4 days ago · Boko Haram is an Islamic sectarian movement founded in 2002 in northeastern Nigeria. Since 2009 the group has carried out large-scale acts of violence. In 2015 it began calling itself Islamic State in West Africa; later, after a split, one faction kept that name while the other reverted back to the original name.
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5 days ago · Nigeria - Boko Haram, Insurgency, Terrorism: Among the most-pressing concerns in Jonathan’s first full term as president was the ongoing threat presented by Boko Haram, an Islamic sectarian movement founded in 2002 in northeastern Nigeria; the group claimed to want to end the corruption and injustice in the country and impose Sharīʿah, or Islamic law. Boko Haram did not gain widespread ...
3 days ago · The Igbo people were unaffected by the Islamic jihad waged in Nigeria in the 19th century, but a small minority converted to Islam in the 20th century. [ 179 ] There is also a small population of Igbo Jews, [ 180 ] some of whom merely identifying as Jews, while others having converted to Judaism.
2 days ago · The 2019 Jigawa State gubernatorial election occurred on March 9, 2019. Incumbent APC Governor Mohammed Badaru Abubakar won re-election for a second term, defeating Aminu Ibrahim Ringim of the PDP and several minor party candidates.
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2 days ago · Colonial Nigeria. Colonial Nigeria was ruled by the British Empire from the mid-nineteenth century until 1 October 1960 when Nigeria achieved independence. [ 8 ] Britain annexed Lagos in 1861 and established the Oil River Protectorate in 1884. British influence in the Niger area increased gradually over the 19th century, but Britain did not ...
5 days ago · Nigeria is a multi-ethnic and culturally diverse federation of 36 autonomous states and the Federal Capital Territory. The political landscape is partly dominated by the ruling All Progressives Congress party (APC) which controls the executive arm of government and holds majority seats at both the Senate and House of Representatives in parliament, and majority of the States.
