the Magajin Garin of Zazzau in his audience room Northern states in Nigeria are composed of a number of Emirates. The Emirs are the rulers of the people. Many of them of Fulani origin while the population is mostly from Hausa origin. In the particular case of Zaria, Fulani warriors conquered the Emirate at the beginning of the 19th century (1805) and since then Emirs are been chosen from the royal family. There is therefore a blood tie between them. Among the famous Emirates is the one of Zaria with Alhaji Shehu Idriss being the Emir of Zazzau, Kano with the Emir Muhamadu Sanusi II who was previously minister of finance in the government of Jonathan Goodluck, under the name of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. He was asked to go upon revealing the existing a hole of several billion dollars in the State coffers. Then there are Sokoto, Katsina, etc... the old town in Zaria Zaria is a town famous for its Usman Danfodio University with several tenth of thousand students, for its old town ma...
people, size, ambitions, visions, all these make plenty of things to tell about Nigeria, the land of plenty