List of mosques in Nigeria

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This is a list of mosques in Nigeria.

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NameImageLocationYear (CE)GroupNotes
Gobarau Mosque
(only minaret remains)		 Gobarau Minaret Katsina.JPG Katsina 15th centuryThe mosque was demolished in the 19th century. 15-metre-tall (50 ft) minaret remains. [1] [2]
Great Mosque of Kano Kano Mosque in 1960.jpg Kano 15th centurySuRebuilt in the mid-19th century; destroyed in the 1950s; subsequently rebuilt. [3] [4]
Gurin Central Mosque Gurin Central Mosque.webp Gurin, Fufore, Adamawa State 1806 [5]
Shitta-Bey Mosque
Shitta-Bey Mosque.jpg
Lagos Island, Lagos 1892 National Monument of Nigeria [6]
Juma'a mosque of Zaria Zaria 19th century
Maiduguri Central Mosque Central Mosque Maiduguri. jpg.jpg Maiduguri, Borno State 1918Su [7] [8]
Ikorodu Central Mosque Ikorodu 1930s
Sultan Bello Mosque Sultan bello mosque 03.jpg Kaduna 1962Su [9] [10]
Abuja National Mosque AbujaNationalMosque.jpg Abuja 1984Su National mosque [11]
Lagos Central Mosque Lagos Central Mosque, the home of Chief Imam.jpg Lagos 1988Serves as the home of the Chief Imam of Lagos; current structured replaced an earlier mosque building between 1908 and 1913. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Shema, Abdulsalam (n.d.). "ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE AND CONSERVATION SITE, KATSINA GOBARAU MINARET". Girne American University – via Academia.edu.
  2. ↑ "Gobarau: Story of the 664-year old Minaret". Trust Radio: Nigeria. November 11, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Great Mosque of Kano". ArchNet. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. n.d. Archived from the original on May 14, 2005. Retrieved July 13, 2007.
  4. ↑ Walker, Bethany J.; Insoll, Timothy; Fenwick, Corisande (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Archaeology. Oxford University Press. p. 498.
  5. ↑ Abubakar, Uthman (2016). "Mythical Modibbo Adama Mosque". Daily Trust. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Shitta Bey Mosque: Visiting a historic masterpiece". Daily Trust. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
  7. ↑ "The Nigerian Mosque: Maiduguri Central Mosque". The Muslim Voice, Nigeria. November 2, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
  8. ↑ Sawab, Ibrahim (February 9, 2019). "Maiduguri Central Mosque commissioned after 33 years". Daily Trust.
  9. ↑ "Sultan Bello Mosque Expansion". ArchNet. n.d.
  10. ↑ "El-Rufai ya sasanta rikicin masallacin Sultan Bello". BBS Hausa. November 2, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Abuja National Mosque". ArchNet. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on March 26, 2005. Retrieved August 8, 2007.
  12. ↑ Abbas, Femi (May 27, 1988). "Lagos Central Mosque Opens Tomorrow". National Concord.
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