Hausa people looked upon the nature of the land and exclaimed to another “Wannan Wajen Kamar Zaure!” (The translation of the Hausa phrase is “This place is like an inner room”). This expression “Kamar Zaure” was transformed over the centuries to Kazaure thus becoming the name of the settlement the Habe hunters founded at the…

Kazaure is an Emirate and a Local Government Area of Jigawa State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the ancient city of Kazaure. It is a land of 1780 Square kilometers, and a population of about five hundred thousand people.(approx.) The emirate consists of four Local government areas, namely; Kazaure, Roni, Gwiwa and Yankwashi. The ancient…

Ringim is a Local Government Area (LGA) of Jigawa State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Ringim, The LGA has an area of 1,057 km². Ringim LGA came into being in November, 1991 as a result of the creation of Jigawa state from Kano state on 27 August 1991 by the then president…

Hadejia is a town in Jigawa State, Nigeria. The name also refers to the wider area around the town. Prior to the rise of the emirate Council in Hadejia, the territory now known as Hadejia or Kasar Hadejia, was made up of seven separate and distinct kingdoms namely: Garun Gabas, Auyo, Dawa, Fagi, Kazura, Gatarwa…

How the Jigawa town of Hadejia got its name and what it refers to Hadejia town and the kingdom, and later emirate, got its name when Hade and his wife Jiya settled in the area, and the people in the surrounding settlements started to migrate to, or identify the area with, them. It is said…

Ringim is a Local Government Area (LGA) of Jigawa State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Ringim, The LGA has an area of 1,057 km². Ringim LGA came into being in November, 1991 as a result of the creation of Jigawa state from Kano state on 27 August 1991 by the then president…

BADARU Became Governor of Jigawa State, Nigeria in May 2015 Born on September 19, 1962 in Babura town, Muhammadu Badaru went to the Babura Central Primary School, in 1970 and proceeded to the famous Rumfa College, Kano from where he went for his A levels at the School of Basic Studies at the Ahmadu Bello…

COL OLAYINKA SULE 28 Aug. 1991 to Dec. 1991 Brigadier General (retired) Olayinka Sule was the Administrator of Jigawa State, Nigeria from August 1991 to January 1992 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida. In 1983 Lt. Colonel Sule was military attache to the permanent mission of Nigeria to the United Nations. Promoted to…

Jigawa markets and days by LGA (Local Government Area) AUYOAuyo BABURAKanyaBaburaManga B/KUDIJSundaminaTukudaB/KuduDumus BIRNIWAKupsaBirniwaDiginsa BUJIGantsaBujiSunday DUTSEYalwa/LarabaDutseHammayaySakwaya GAGARAWAMedi GARKIKargoGarki GUMELGumel GURIKadiraGuri GWARAMSara MaruDingaya GWIWAGwiwaKorayal HADEJIAHadeji JAHUNHarboBulaiAujura & Jah K/HAUSAK/HausaBalanguJaboRiba KAUGAMADakayyawaKaugama KAZAUREKazaureGadaDandi KIRIKASAMMAMarmaMadachiBaturiya KIYAWAShuwarinKiyawa & Ga MAIGATARIKukayashiMaigatariGaladi MADORIM/MadoriGarun Gabas MIGADangyatun RINGIMBeguwa RONIRoniAmaryawD/Sure & Go SULE TANKARKARSule TankarkarDangwanki TAURATauraKiriMaye & KwalGujunguu YANKWASHIKarkarma & YanFarjin Gaba

Markets in Jigawa by LGA (Local Government Area) and the market days AUYOAuyo – Friday BABURAKanya – TuesdayBabura – FridayManga – Saturday B/KUDIJSundamina – WednesdayTukuda – ThursdayB/Kudu – FridayDumus – Saturday BIRNIWAKupsa – MondayBirniwa – TuesdayDiginsa – Friday BUJIGantsa – FridayBuji – Sunday DUTSEYalwa/Laraba – WednesdayDutse – ThursdayHammayay – FridaySakwaya – Saturday GAGARAWAMedi – Friday…