Adamawa State State nickname: Land of Beauty
Location
Statistics
Governor (List)	Boni Haruna (PDP)
Date Created	27 August 1991
Capital	Yola
Area	36,917 km² Ranked 8th
Population 1991 Census 2005 estimate	Ranked 21th 2,124,049 3,737,223
ISO 3166-2	NG-AD

Adamawa is a state in northeastern Nigeria, with its capital at Yola, Nigeria. It was formed in 1991 from part of Gongola State. The following table presents a listing of Nigerian state nicknames. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1869x1658, 58 KB)One of the States of Nigeria File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The following table presents a listing of Nigerias state governors. ... This is a list of Adamawa State leaders: Note: Abubakr Salihu was governor of Gongola State from December 1989 to 27 August 1991. ... Boni Haruna (b. ... The Peoples Democratic Party is a centrist political party in Nigeria. ... The following table presents a listing of Nigerias states and the dates of their creation. ... August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The following is a list of Nigerian State capitals. ... Location of Yola in Nigeria Yola is the administrative center of the state of Adamawa, Nigeria. ... -1... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... The following table presents a listing of Nigerias 36 states ranked in order of their surface area. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The following table presents a listing of Nigerias 36 states ranked in order of their total population (based on 2005 population estimates). ... ISO 3166-2 is the second part of the ISO 3166 standard. ... Location of Yola in Nigeria Yola is the administrative center of the state of Adamawa, Nigeria. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gongola State is a former administrative division of Nigeria. ...

Emirate of Adamawa

Before it became a state in Nigeria Adamawa was a local native state which also included land now in Cameroon. The rulers bear the title of Amir (pl. Lamido). The name "Adamawa" came from a local war chief of the Fulani, Modibbo Adama, who joined the jihad of Usman dan Fodio in Sokoto (1804). Categories: Africa-related stubs | Burkina Faso | Cameroon | Ethnic groups of Africa | Fulani Empire | Mali | Nigeria ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Shaihu Usman dan Fodio (also referred to as Shaikh Usman Ibn Fodio; alternative spelling, Shehu), 1754-1817 was a writer and Islamic reformer. ... Sokoto (which is the modern/anglicised version of the local name, Sakkwato; also known as Sakkwato, Birnin Shaihu da Bello or Sokoto, Capital of Shaihu and Bello) is a city located in the Northwestern region of Nigeria, and is the modern day capital of Sokoto State (and its predecessor, the... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Modibbo Adama came from the region of Gurin (now just a small village) and in 1806 received a green flag for leading the jihad in his native country. In the following years Adama conquered many lands and tribes. In 1838 he moved his capital to Ribadu, and in 1839 to Joboliwo. In 1841 he founded Yola were he died in 1848. After the European colonization the rulers remained as amirs and later as costumary paramount chiefs, and the line of succession has continued to the present day. Yola may mean: Yola language, an extinct language in County Wexford, Ireland. ...

Amirs of Yola have included:

• Modibbo Adama ben Hassan 1809-1848
• Lawalu ben Adama 1848-1872 (son of the previous)
• Sanda ben Adama 1872-1890 (brother of the previous)
• Zubayru ben Adama 1890-1901 (brother of the previous)
• Bibbo Ahmadu ben Adama 1901-1909 (brother of the previous)
• Iya ben Sanda 1909-1910 (son of Sanda ben Adama)
• Muhammadu Abba 1910-1924 (son of Bobbo Ahmadu ben Adama)
• Muhammadu Bello ben Ahmadu ben Hamidu ben Adamu 1924-1928
• Mustafa ben Muhammadu Abba 1928-1946 (son of Muhammadu Abba)
• Ahmadu ben Muhammadu Bello 1947

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Abia | Abuja Federal Capital Territory | Adamawa | Akwa Ibom | Anambra | Bauchi | Bayelsa | Benue | Borno | Cross River | Delta | Ebonyi | Edo | Ekiti | Enugu | Gombe | Imo | Jigawa | Kaduna | Kano | Katsina | Kebbi | Kogi | Kwara | Lagos | Nassarawa | Niger | Ogun | Ondo | Osun | Oyo | Plateau | Rivers | Sokoto | Taraba | Yobe | Zamfara

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External links

• adamawastategov.com: official site of the state government

States of Nigeria
Abia | Abuja Federal Capital Territory | Adamawa | Akwa Ibom | Anambra | Bauchi | Bayelsa | Benue | Borno | Cross River | Delta | Ebonyi | Edo | Ekiti | Enugu | Gombe | Imo | Jigawa | Kaduna | Kano | Katsina | Kebbi | Kogi | Kwara | Lagos | Nassarawa | Niger | Ogun | Ondo | Osun | Oyo | Plateau | Rivers | Sokoto | Taraba | Yobe | Zamfara