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Yobe State

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Yobe is a state located in Northeast Nigeria. [1]

74 relations: Abubakar Shekau, Adamawa State, Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan, All Progressives Congress, Bade language, Bade, Nigeria, Baggara, BBC News, Bean, Boko Haram, Bole language, Borno State, Bukar Ibrahim, Bursari, Cattle, Cotton, Damaturu, Diffa Region, Fika, Nigeria, Fula people, Fune, Geidam, Gombe State, Goodluck Jonathan, Gujba, Gulani, Gum arabic, Gypsum, Hausa people, House of Representatives (Nigeria), Ibrahim Babangida, Ibrahim Geidam, ISO 3166-2:NG, Jakusko, Jigawa State, Kanuri people, Kaolinite, Karasuwa, Karekare language, Kilba people, List of capitals of states of Nigeria, List of Governors of Yobe State, List of Nigerian states by area, List of Nigerian states by date of statehood, List of Nigerian states by GDP, List of Nigerian states by population, List of Nigerian states' nicknames, List of sovereign states, List of state governors of Nigeria, Local government areas of Nigeria, ..., Machina, Nigeria, Margi, Marketplace, Muslim, Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr, Nangere, Ngizim people, Nguru, Nigeria, Niger, Nigeria, Potiskum, President of Nigeria, Quartz, Savanna, Senate of Nigeria, Sharia, States of Nigeria, Tarmuwa, Vigna subterranea, West Africa, West Africa Time, Yunusari, Yusufari, Zinder Region. Expand index (24 more) »

Abubakar Shekau

Abubakar Shekau, also known by the alias Darul Akeem wa Zamunda Tawheed, or Darul Tawheed ("the abode of monotheism") (دار التوحيد), thought to be born between 1965 and 1975 is a Kanuri man known as the leader of Boko Haram, a Nigerian militant group that has declared loyalty to the Islamist militant group Islamic State of Iraq Syria (ISIS).

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Adamawa State

Adamawa is a state in northeastern Nigeria, with its capital at Yola.

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Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan

Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan is a Nigerian senator who represents the All Progressive Congress in the Yobe North constituency of Yobe State.

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All Progressives Congress

The All Progressives Congress (APC) is a political party in Nigeria, formed on 6 February 2013 in anticipation of the 2015 elections.

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Bade language

Bade (also spelled Bede, Bedde, or Bode) is a West Chadic language spoken by the Bade people in Yobe State and Jigawa State, Nigeria.

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Bade, Nigeria

Bade (or Barde or Bedde) is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria.

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Baggara

The Baggāra are a grouping of Arab ethnic groups inhabiting the portion of Africa's Sahel mainly between Lake Chad and southern Kordofan, numbering over one million.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

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Bean

A bean is a seed of one of several genera of the flowering plant family Fabaceae, which are used for human or animal food.

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Boko Haram

The Islamic State in West Africa (abbreviated as ISWA or ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād (جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, "Group of the People of Sunnah for Preaching and Jihad") and commonly known as Boko Haram until March 2015, is a jihadist militant organization based in northeastern Nigeria, also active in Chad, Niger and northern Cameroon.

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Bole language

Bole (also known as Bolanchi, Ampika, Borpika, Bolewa, Bolawa) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria.

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Borno State

Borno, also known as Borno State, is a state in north-eastern Nigeria.

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Bukar Ibrahim

Alhaji Bukar Abba Ibrahim (born October 1950) was governor of Yobe State in Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007.

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Bursari

Bursari is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria.

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Cattle

Cattle—colloquially cows—are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates.

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Cotton

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae.

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Damaturu

Damaturu is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria.

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Diffa Region

Diffa is an administrative region in the southeast of Niger.

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Fika, Nigeria

Fika is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria.

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Fula people

The Fula people or Fulani or Fulany or Fulɓe (Fulɓe; Peul; Fulani or Hilani; Fula; Pël; Fulaw), numbering between 40 and 50 million people in total, are one of the largest ethnic groups in the Sahel and West Africa, widely dispersed across the region.

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Fune

Fune is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria.

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Geidam

Geidam is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria.

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Gombe State

Gombe, usually referred to as Gombe State to distinguish it from the city of Gombe, is located in the northeastern part of Nigeria, is one of the country's 36 states; its capital is Gombe.

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Goodluck Jonathan

Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan (born 20 November 1957)Lawson Heyford,, The Source (Lagos), 11 December 2006.

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Gujba

Gujba is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria.

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Gulani

Gulani is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria.

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Gum arabic

Gum arabic, also known as acacia gum, arabic gum, gum acacia, acacia, Senegal gum and Indian gum, and by other names, is a natural gum consisting of the hardened sap of various species of the acacia tree.

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Gypsum

Gypsum is a soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula CaSO4·2H2O.

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Hausa people

The Hausa (autonyms for singular: Bahaushe (m), Bahaushiya (f); plural: Hausawa and general: Hausa; exonyms: Ausa) are one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa.

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House of Representatives (Nigeria)

The House of Representatives is the lower house of Nigeria's bicameral National Assembly.

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Ibrahim Babangida

Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (born 17 August 1941), is a retired Nigerian Army General who was President of Nigeria from 27 August 1985 to 26 August 1993.

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Ibrahim Geidam

Ibrahim Geidam was sworn in as Executive Governor of Yobe State, Nigeria on January 27, 2009.

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ISO 3166-2:NG

ISO 3166-2:NG is the entry for Nigeria in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.

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Jakusko

Jakusko is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria.

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Jigawa State

Jigawa is a state in central northern Nigeria.

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Kanuri people

The Kanuri people (Kanouri, Kanowri, also Yerwa, Bare Bari and several subgroup names) are an African ethnic group living largely in the lands of the former Kanem and Bornu Empires in Niger, Nigeria and Cameroon.

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Kaolinite

Kaolinite is a clay mineral, part of the group of industrial minerals, with the chemical composition Al2Si2O5(OH)4.

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Karasuwa

Karasuwa is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria.

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Karekare language

Karekare (also known as Karaikarai, Karai Karai, Kerekere, Kerrikerri) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Bauchi State and Yobe State with settlements in Kukar-Gadu, Dagare, Maje, Postiskum, Fika, Nangere, Dambam, Dambe and Japan Nigeria.

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Kilba people

The Kilba are an ethnic group in the Hong local government area of Adamawa State (formerly Gongola State) in Nigeria.

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List of capitals of states of Nigeria

The following is a list of Nigerian State capitals.

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List of Governors of Yobe State

This is a list of administrators and Governors of Yobe State, Nigeria.

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List of Nigerian states by area

The following table presents a listing of Nigeria's 36 states ranked in order of their surface area.

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List of Nigerian states by date of statehood

The following table presents a listing of Nigeria's states and the dates of their creation.

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List of Nigerian states by GDP

The following table presents a listing of Nigeria's 36 states ranked in order of their total GDP in 2010.

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List of Nigerian states by population

The following table presents a listing of Nigeria's 36 states ranked in order of their total population based on preliminary 2006 Census figures.

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List of Nigerian states' nicknames

The following table presents a listing of Nigerian states' nicknames.

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List of sovereign states

This list of sovereign states provides an overview of sovereign states around the world, with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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List of state governors of Nigeria

The following table presents a list of Nigeria's state governors.

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Local government areas of Nigeria

Nigeria has 774 local government areas (LGAs).

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Machina, Nigeria

Machina (or Matsena) is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria.

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Margi

Margi (Μαργί) is a village located in the Nicosia District of Cyprus.

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Marketplace

A market, or marketplace, is a location where people regularly gather for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other goods.

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Muslim

A Muslim (مُسلِم) is someone who follows or practices Islam, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion.

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Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr

Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr (born February 22, 1986) is a Sudanese athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres.

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Nangere

Nangere is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria.

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Ngizim people

The Ngizim people (Ngizmawa, Ngezzim) live in Yobe State, northeastern Nigeria.

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Nguru, Nigeria

Nguru (or N'Gourou) is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria.

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Niger

Niger, also called the Niger officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa named after the Niger River.

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Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north.

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Potiskum

Potiskum is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria on the A3 highway at.

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President of Nigeria

The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is the head of state and head of the national executive of Nigeria.

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Quartz

Quartz is a mineral composed of silicon and oxygen atoms in a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon–oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall chemical formula of SiO2.

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Savanna

A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland grassland ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.

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Senate of Nigeria

The Senate is the upper house of the Nigeria's bicameral legislature, the National Assembly of Nigeria.

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Sharia

Sharia, Sharia law, or Islamic law (شريعة) is the religious law forming part of the Islamic tradition.

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States of Nigeria

A Nigerian State is a federated political entity, which shares sovereignty with the Federal Government of Nigeria, There are 36 States in Nigeria, which are bound together by a federal agreement.

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Tarmuwa

Tarmuwa is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria.

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Vigna subterranea

Vigna subterranea (also known by its common names: Bambara nut, Bambara-bean, Congo goober, earth pea, ground-bean, or hog-peanut) is a member of the family Fabaceae.

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West Africa

West Africa, also called Western Africa and the West of Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa.

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West Africa Time

West Africa Time, or WAT, is a time zone used in west-central Africa; with countries west of Benin instead using Greenwich Mean Time (GMT; equivalent to UTC with no offset).

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Yunusari

Yunusari is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria.

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Yusufari

Yusufari is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria.

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Zinder Region

Zinder Region is an administrative Region in Niger, the capital of the Region is the Commune of Zinder.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yobe_State

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