THE GREAT PROVINCE

This Book realates the brief histories of Katsina and Daura Emirates, the defunct KATSINA PROVINCE and today’s Katsina State. It also touches the 1804 Jihad, the Colonial Indirect Rule, the First, Second, Third and Fourth Republics and all Military Regimes as they relate to Katsina and Daura Emirates. Katsina Province led Northern Nigeria in several developmental areas. The first ancient Islamic University in Hausaland was built in Katsina in 1493. The over 1,000 years’ oldest Palace in Nigeria was built in Daura, The First College which produced the first set of leaders in Northern Nigeria was established in Katsina in 1921. The first Modern Islamic University in Nigeria was built in Katsina in 1999. The first Pharmacy School, the first Treasury and the first Sports Club in Northern Nigeria were all established in Katsina Province.

Katsina Province also produced the first Northerner to hold Military Political Office, the first Hausa to become an Army General, the first Northerner to broadcast on an international radio station, the first Northern Civil Engineer, the first two Northern Chartered Accountants, the first female Hausa Doctor, the first Northern Veterinary Doctor, the first Northern Permanent Secretary in the Civil Service, the first Emir to officially visit England, the first modern day Emir to perform the Holy Pilgrimage, the first Nigerian to travel for the Hajj in a motor vehicle in 1928, the first two Northerners to become Lawyers, the first Northerner to become Chief Justice of Nigeria, the best Polo player in Nigeria and in Africa, the best Polo team in Nigeria, the first Minister to move to Abuja from Lagos, the best Horse racing Jockey in Nigeria, the most famous sports gallery in Nigeria, etc, etc.

Despite sharing a common boarder for over 1,000 years of organized settlement, Katsina and Daura have not been reported to have fought any inter-communal wars between them. These and many more on Katsina and Daura are in this Book