The Biu Emirate is a traditional state based in Biu in Borno State, Nigeria. Prior to 1920 it was referred to as the Biu Kingdom History The rulers of Biu are numbered from Abdullahi, later known as Yamta-ra-Wala or Yamta the Great, who established his rule about 1535. Around 1670, in the reign of Mari Watila Tampta, it became known as a kingdom. The main […]
Fikayel Bayo is a Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town Fikayel. It has an area of 956 km2 and a population of 78,978 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 603. It is one of the four LGAs that constitute the Biu Emirate, a […]
Bama is a Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Bama. It has an area of 4,997 km2 and a population of 269,986 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 610. It is located “about 60 kilometres (37 miles) from Maiduguri, the capital of […]
Askira/Uba is a Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Askira. It has an area of 2,362 km2 and a population of 138,091 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 601. One of the villages of Askira/Uba, Lassa, was the origin of a new […]
Abadam is a Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria, on the western coast of Lake Chad. Its headquarters are in the town of Malumfatori. It has an area of 3,973 km2 and a population of 100,180 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 602. It is one of the sixteen […]
Vandeikya is a local government area in Nigeria. Vandeikya Local Government Council is located between latitude 7°5′ and 7°15′ north of the Equator and Longitude 9° and 9°6′ east of Greenwich. It has a landmass of 183,939 square metres (0.7 sq miles) with a population of well over 80,288. Vandeikya is in the South Eastern […]
Ushongo is a Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is Lessel town, Ushongo Local government Area of Benue State. It has an area of 1,228 km2 (474 sq mi) and a population of 188,341 at the 2006 census. Ushongo Local Government postal code is 982