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The Ham people (exonyms: Tyap: A̱daa) are an ethnic group found in the southern part of Kaduna State in the northwestern region of Nigeria, [1] predominantly in Jaba, Kachia and Kagarko Local Government Areas of southern Kaduna State, Nigeria. They speak the Hyam language and refer to themselves as Ham. They are known as the 'Jaba' in Hausa ...
This is a list of notable Islamic religious leaders in Nigeria. Sunni. Salafis. Ahmad Abubakar Gumi; Sheikh Adelabu; Ja'afar Mahmud Adam; Isa Ali Pantami;
The Afizere previously settled in the Chawai region of southern Kaduna State.Over time, some Afizere groups moved southwards. [4] The first group from Southern Kaduna settled at the foot of the hills called Gwash close to the current location of the Jos Museum [citation needed] and others settled at the foot of Shere Hills in the Jos Plateau. [4]
A. Sani Abacha; Seriki Williams Abass; Tajudeen Abbas; Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah; Adekoya Adesegun Abdel-Majid; Abdulhamid Isa Dutse; Eedris Abdulkareem; Sheikh Ahmed Abdullah
Islam in Nigeria has witnessed a rise in the numbers of Islamic extremism notably among them, the Boko Haram, Maitatsine, Darul Islam [60] [61] among others. These sects have sometimes resorted to the use of violence in a bid to realizing their ambitions on the wider Islamic and Nigerian populations as a whole.
Islam was introduced to Nigeria during the 11th century through two geographical routes: North Africa and the Senegalese Basin. [7] The origins of Islam in the country is linked with the development of Islam in the wider West Africa. [7] Trade was the major connecting link that brought Islam into Nigeria. [7]
Ahmadiyya is an Islamic branch in Nigeria under the caliph in London. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Members of the organization are predominantly from Western Nigeria. As part of its social service scheme, the movement has built up to ten schools and two hospitals in located in Apapa and Ojokoro, Lagos.
Ninzo people (also Gbhu and Ninzam), are an ethnic group in the Middle Belt who speak the Ninzo language, a western Plateau language of Nigeria. [1] The speakers of the Sambe language , a now presumed extinct language spoken in a village with same name have now incorporated with the Ninzo.