The economy of the Katsina State is basically agrarian with a cultivable 2.4 million hectares of  land out of which 1.6million is under cultivation, leaving land area of 800,000 hectares, equivalent to one third of the total cultivable land available for investment in the crop production sector. Katsina also has over 61 water bodies suitable…

Traditional form of circumcision is still in existence particularly in the rural areas. The circumcision is carried out at the height of cold season when harmful bacteria likely to affect the wound is believed to be scarce. Female circumcision is very rare. On the appointed day, the Barber arrives early in the morning and the…

Child naming ceremony takes place on the 7th day of delivery. On the eve of the day, the father of the child invites neighbours, friends and relatives to the ceremony. He buys kolanuts and a ram. Early in the morning the next day, the people gather in front of the father’s house. Kolanuts are distributed…

Katsina is a state in Nigeria. It’s an area where two ancient kingdoms of Katsina and Daura existed. The area is located in the Sahel Savannah region of northern Nigeria between latitudes 11007’49N – 13022’57 North and longtitude 6052’03E9002’40 East. Katsina neighbours are Zamfara and Sokoto States to the west, Jigawa and Kano to the…

The marriage customs involves various stages. When a young man sees a girl and falls in love with her, he makes known his feeling by either speaking to her directly, or if he is shy to do it, he may ask his friends to do it on his behalf. If the response is favourable, he…

Katsina State is a geographical and political expression of an area that comprises two ancient kingdoms of Katsina and Daura. These kingdoms were among the oldest Hausa States. Others are Kano, Gobir, Zazzau, Rano, and Biram (Garun Gabas) which formed the origin of Hausaland, the habitat of the negroid stock of Berber-Amharic-Afro-asiatic group of people…

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Katsina State has a lot of tourist attractions whose origin can be traced back to hundreds of years. From its interesting history, Katsina State has many monuments and traditional architectures that depict the dynamism Of the people. These include Gobarau Minaret, Ganuwar Amina. the seven city gates (KOFA) the tomb of saint Dan-rnarna, the Emir’s…

Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic, KatsinaFederal College of Education, KatsinaUsman Danfodio Institute, KatsinaBala Usman College of Legal and General Studies, Daura.Isa Kaita College ofEdu&ition, DutsinmaSchool of Basic and remedial Studies, FuntuaAl-Qalam University, KatsinaUmaru Musa Yar’adua University, KatsinaFederal University, Dutsinma.Katsina State Institute of Technology and Management Federal University, Dutsinma

Katsina College was the first college to be established in the Northern Nigeria. The state government embarked on massive recruitment of primary and secondary teachers in order to match this phenomenal increase in the enrolment of school pupils. The number of classrooms was also increased by erecting storey buildings in many primary and In addition,…