Nasarawa, Nasarawa State


Nasarawa is a Local Government Area in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Nasarawa.
It has an area of 5,704 km² and a population of 189,835 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 962.

Education

Nasarawa town is home to tertiary institutions such as:
The area's economic activity centers on the tin and columbite mining industry and farming.

Agriculture

Nasarawa is a market center for the melon, yams, sorghum, millet, soybeans, shea nuts, and cotton grown in the surrounding area. The town is served by a secondary school and a hospital. It is located at the intersection of local roads that lead to Keffi and the Benue River ports of Loko and Umaisha. Pop. local government area, 189,835

Kingdom

Nasarawa, also spelled Nassarawa, town, Nasarawa State, central Nigeria. The town lies just north of a fork in the Okwa River, which is a tributary of the Benue River. Nasarawa was founded in 1835 in the Afo tribal territory by Umaru, a dissident official from the nearby town of Keffi, who hailed from Ruma in Katsina State, as the seat of the new emirate of Nassarawa. Umaru expanded his domain by conquering neighboring territory and made Nassarawa a vassal state to Zaria. One of his successors, Muhammadu Sani, enlarged the emirate by various conquests and, in 1900, was one of the first emirs to pledge allegiance to Great Britain. In 1976 Nasarawa became part of Plateau State; in 1996, it became part of Nasarawa state

Fulani Rulers

Chronology of Fulani Rulers of Nasarawa Since 1835 - Date
S/NRULERPERIODDURATION
1Umaru Usman 1835 - 185823 Years
2Ahmadu Umaru1858 - 187820 Years
3Muhammadu Sani 187840 Days
4Muhammadu Umaru Dan Waji 1878 - 192345 Years
5Ahmadu Dan Ahoda1923 - 19241 year
6Muhammadu Dan Ashaba1924 - 19262 Years
7Usman Ahmadu1926 - 194216 Years
8Alh. Umaru Muhammadu 1942 - 196018 Years
9Alh. Jibrin Idrisu Mairiga MFR1960 - 199232 years
10Alh. Dr. Ibrahim Ramalan Abubakar CON1992 - 200412 Years
11Alh. Dr. Hassan Ahmed II MFR, mni2004 - 201814 Years
12Mallam Ibrahim Usman Jibril2018 -