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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 ...
A. Sani Abacha; Seriki Williams Abass; Tajudeen Abbas; Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah; Adekoya Adesegun Abdel-Majid; Abdulhamid Isa Dutse; Eedris Abdulkareem; Sheikh Ahmed Abdullah
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;
Christianity and Islam are the two main religions practiced in Nigeria. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The country is home to some of the world's largest Christian and Muslim populations, simultaneously. [ 4 ] Reliable recent statistics do not exist; however, Nigeria is divided roughly in half between Muslims, who live mostly in the northern region, and ...
Jaba is a Local Government Area in southern Kaduna State, Nigeria. It covers an area of 531 km 2. [2] It is located close to the Jos Plateau region and Abuja in the central part of Nigeria in West Africa. The local government capital is in the town of Kwoi. The postal code of the area is 801. [3]
Islam is the largest religion in Nigeria with the country also having the largest Muslim population in Africa. [1] In 2018, the CIA World Factbook estimated that 53.5% of Nigeria's population is Muslim. [2] Islam is predominantly concentrated in the northern half of the country, with a significant Muslim minority existing in the southern region ...
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.
The Gbagyi people are typically adherents of the Christian faith, however a growing subset practice Islam and their own traditional religion. In their traditional religion, some Gbagyi believe in a God called Shekwoyi (one who was there before their ancestors) [16] but they also devote themselves to appeasing deities such as Maigiro. [17]