Borno State State nickname: Home of Peace
Location
Statistics
Governor (List)	Ali Modu Sheriff (ANPP)
Date Created	3 February 1976
Capital	Maiduguri
Area	70,898 km² Ranked 2nd
Population 1991 Census 2005 estimate	Ranked 12th 2,596,589 4,588,668
ISO 3166-2	NG-BO

Borno State is a state in north-eastern Nigeria. Its capital is Maiduguri. The state was formed in 1976 from the split of the North-Eastern State. Until 1991 it contained what is now Yobe 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 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... The following table presents a listing of Nigerias state governors. ... This is a list of Borno State leaders: See also Nigeria States of Nigeria List of Nigerian state governors Category: ... Ali Modu Sheriff has been governor of Borno State in Nigeria since 29 May 2003. ... The All Nigeria Peoples Party is a conservative political party in Nigeria. ... The following table presents a listing of Nigerias states and the dates of their creation. ... is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The following is a list of Nigerian State capitals. ... Maiduguri is the capital of Borno State in Nigeria. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... 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. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Map of Nigerian states by population density Map of Nigerian states by total population 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. ... Maiduguri is the capital of Borno State in Nigeria. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... North-Eastern State is a former administrative division of Nigeria. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Yobe State, a mainly agricultural state, is located in Northern Nigeria. ...

Role of the emirs

The state is dominated by the Kanuri ethnic group, [1] and is an example of the endurance of traditional political institutions in some areas of Africa. There, the emirs of the former Kanem-Bornu Empire have played a part in the politics of this area for nearly 1000 years. The current dynasty gained control in the early nineteenth century and was supported by the British, who prevented a military defeat for the group and established a new capital for the dynasty at Maiduguri or Yerwa (as referred to by the natives) in 1905, which remains the capital to this day. After Nigerian independence in 1960, Borno remained fairly autonomous until the expansion of the number of states in Nigeria to 12 in 1967. Local government reform in 1976 further reduced the amount of power the emirs of the former dynasty had, and, by the time of Nigeria's return to civilian rule in 1979, the emir's jurisdiction has been restricted solely to cultural and traditional affairs. Today, the emirs still exist, and serve as advisers to the local government. The Kanuri are an African ethnic group living in northeastern Nigeria in the state of Bornu. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... The Kanem-Bornu Empire existed in modern Chad and Nigeria. ... Maiduguri is the capital of Borno State in Nigeria. ... Early history Migration & settlements History before 1500 First states (1500-1800) Igbo and Savannah states Colonization (1800-1960) 1960-1979 Independence, military rule, and civil war Civil War (1967-1970) 1979-1999 Second republic, more military rule History of Nigeria (1999-present) Return of democracy      // A constituent assembly was elected...

Local Government Areas

Borno State is divided into 27 Local Government Areas: Nigeria has 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs). ...

Kukawa (previously Kuka) is a town in northeastern Nigeria, close to Lake Chad. ... Maiduguri is the capital of Borno State in Nigeria. ...

References

• Aborisade, Oladimeji; Robert J. Mundt (2002). Politics in Nigeria. New York: Longman. 

External links

• Borno State Government Homepage

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