Shaihu Usman dan Fodio, born Usuman ɓii Foduye, was a religious teacher, writer and Islamic promoter, and the founder of the Sokoto Caliphate. Dan Fodio was one of a class of urbanized ethnic Fulani living in the Hausa States since the early 1400s in what is now northern Nigeria. He was a leader who followed the Sunni Maliki school of Jurisprudence and the Qadiri branch of Sufism.
The Sokoto Caliphate was an independent Islamic Sunni Caliphate, in West Africa. Founded during the jihad of the Fulani War in 1804 by Usman dan Fodio, it was abolished when the British defeated the caliphate in 1903 and put the area under the Northern Nigeria Protectorate.
Northern Nigeria was an autonomous division within Nigeria, distinctly different from the southern part of the country, with independent customs, foreign relations and security structures. In 1962 it acquired the territory of the British Northern Cameroons, which voted to become a province within Northern Nigeria.
Alhaji Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa was governor of Sokoto State in Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007.
Badamasi Maccido was elected federal Senator for the Sokoto North constituency of Sokoto State, Nigeria in April 2003 on the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) platform. He died in a plane crash in October 2006.
The Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Sokoto comprises three Senators representing Sokoto North, Sokoto East, and Sokoto West, and eleven Representatives representing Sokoto North/Sokoto South, Binji/Silame, Wurno/Rabah, Isa-Sabon-Birni, Gwadaba/Illiza, Kware/Wamakko, Gudu/Tangaza, Kebbe/Tambuwal, Gorondo/Gada, Bodinga/Dange-Shuni/Tureta, and Shagari/Yabo.
Abubakar Umar Gada is a Nigerian senator who represents the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto State. He became a member of the Nigerian Senate in 2007.
Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko was elected governor of Sokoto State, Nigeria in April 2007, representing the People's Democratic Party (PDP).
Navy Captain Rasheed Adisa Raji was Military Administrator of Bauchi State in Nigeria from 14 September 1994 to 22 August 1996 and then of Sokoto State from 22 August 1996 to August 1998 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.
Churches of Christ is a grouping of the Christian denomination Christian Church in Nigeria. It dates from 1947. The Fellowship of Churches of Christ in Nigeria is something different.
Abdallah Muhammad Wali was elected Senator for the Sokoto South constituency of Sokoto State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999.
Aliyu Mai Sango Abubakar III was elected Senator for the Sokoto North constituency of Sokoto State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the All People's Party (APP) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999. After taking his seat in the Senate in June 1999, he was appointed to committees on Ethics, Security & Intelligence, Judiciary, Police Affairs and Drug & Narcotics,.
Dr Ibrahim Abdullahi Gobir is a Nigerian politician who was elected Senator for Sokoto East, in Sokoto State, in the 9 April 2011 national elections.
Christianity is a minority religion in the Nigerian State of sokoto, where Sharia is constitutionally enforced. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto has some 44,000 Catholics. Sokoto State is an area of Nigerian sectarian violence and persecution of Christians. The Redeemed Christian Church of God is active in Sokoto. An Anglican Diocese of Sokoto of the Church of Nigeria has been created in about 1990. An ECWA Samuel Matankari Memorial College of the Evangelical Church of West Africa exists in Sokoto. Zion World Prayer and Missions has its headquarters in Sokoto. The anti-Christian riots of 1966 resulted in the displacement of many Christians.
Aminu Waziri Tambuwal is currently the governor of Sokoto State. He initially became the governor of Sokoto state after his election during the 2015 General Elections into the office and was re-elected after the 2019 General Elections. Aminu Tambuwal is a member of the People's Democratic Party and served as the 10th Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, also representing the Tambuwal/Kebbe Federal Constituency of Sokoto State as an honorable.
Sokoto State University (SSU) is located in Sokoto, Sokoto State in Nigeria. It was established in 2009.
The six geopolitical zones of Nigeria is a major division in modern Nigeria, created during the regime of president General Sani Abacha. Nigerian economic, political and educational resources are often shared across the zones.
