1. The richest person in Africa and also the richest black person in the world is an indigene of kano state, northern Nigeria


2. The Northern knot, Arewa insignia has christian origins, investigation by Ibrahim A Waziri revealed. It is adapted from the church celtic knot


3. Nigeria's North (719,000 Sq. km), occupies 80% of Nigeria's land mass. In size it is four times the south


4. The north is more literate part of Nigeria. According to lord Luggard, there were 25,000 Qur'anic Arabic schools with about 250,000 pupils in the north


5. Kaduna Nzeogwu killed Sardauna in Nigeria's first military coup


6. Idris Aloma (1571-1603) King of Kanem Bornu went on pilgrimage and came across firearms. He brought some guns back, along with Turks to train his army on how to use them

7. A dollar was 90 kobo at the beginning of Babangida's term in 1985


8. Kano history has it that a great warrior Princess Magajiya Maimuna led her cavalry from Zaria to conquer Kumbwada.

9. Women are banned from ruling in Northern Nigeria except in kumbwada where an ancient curse keeps men off the throne. Kumbwada in kano today is ruled by Queen Hajiya Hadizatu Ahmad


10. Usman Dan Fodio (1754-1817) was trained in classical Islamic Science, Philosophy and Theology and he wrote over 100 books on society, Culture, Religion, governance and politics.


11. The Borno Empire rejected Dan Fodio's colonization jihad. Al-Hajj Muhammad Al-Amin ibn Muhammad Al-Kanemi not only militarily defended his Empire, but also did so by Religious theological, legal and political debates, challenging why a Muslim Empire should colonize another


12. the British conquered Nigeria's South in the 1880s, the North was conquered by 1903


13. Benue, Nasarawa and Plateue in the north have higher population of Christians


14. Kano: In 1851, This city, one of the largest in Africa, made 10 million sandal pairs and 5 million hides for export every year

15. Lord Lugard estimated in 1904 that there were 170 walled towns still in existence in the whole of just Kano province. He described kano "Commercial emporium of the western sudan". of its wall, he said "i have never seen nor even imagined anything like it in Africa.


16. Discovered in 1928 Nigeria's North and North central region host west Africa's oldest civilization. The Nok, which flourished between 1000BC and 300BC


17. In 1246 AD the Kanemi of Borno created a sensation in Tunisia when he sent a gift of a giraffe to Al-Mustapha king of Tunis

18. Under the Presidential system, Nigerians had 7yrs total Nothern rule and 11+ years southern rule


19. Total civilian rule, parliametary and presidential, Nigeria had 12yrs Northern and 11+ years southern rule.

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4. The north is more literate part of Nigeria. According to lord Luggard, there were 25,000 Qur'anic Arabic schools with about 250,000 pupils in the north

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This part of your post should be in the Jokes section.

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