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	Katsina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Katsina is an old city of Northern Nigeria 160 miles East of the city of Sokoto, and 84 m.
		Katsina is capital of Katsina State and the centre of an agricultural region producing groundnuts, cotton, hides, millet and guinea corn.
		From the 17th to the 18th century, Katsina was the commercial heart of hausaland and became the largest of the seven Hausa city-states.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Katsina (323 words)

	Kaduna-state (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The global location of the state is between longitudes 06 00m 09 00 11 30, North of the equator, while the state capital lies on the longitude 10.30 North of the equator.
		The state is located on the southern end of the High Plains of northern Nigeria, bounded by parallels 9o03'N and 11o32'N, and extends from the upper River Mariga on 6o05'E to 8o48'E on the foot slopes of the scarp of Jos Plateau (Udo, 1970).
		State and local governments are embarking on improving the vegetation cover in the state by planting fast-growing and drought-resistant trees in large plantations, called Forest Reserves.
	www.kaduna-state.com /kad.html (5244 words)

	Nigeria - SendMail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Historical Development: Katsina was one of the prejihad hausa city states which was conquered and annexed into the Sokoto caliphate by Mallam Urnmarun Dallaji in the early part of the 19th Century.
		Katsina State came into existence on the 23rd of September, 1987 covering the same area of the former Katsina Province of the defunct Northern Region.
		The legislature is headed by the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, his deputy, chief whip, majority and minority leaders; a registrar of the house serves as the Secretary and head of the non legislative officers.
	www.onlinenigeria.com /links/send.asp?blurb=288 (428 words)

	THISDAYonline
		Hassan in a petition he reportedly wrote to the Sharia Court in Katsina state alleging that the governor and his deputy had breached the Sharia legal system to which both men as foremost functionaries of the state gave their consent by signing it into law in Katsina state.
		The Katsina state government had recently come under an international condemnation when a Sharia court in the state condemned a 31 year old woman, Amina Lawal to death by stoning for having a child outside wedlock.
		Before Alhaji Musa Hassan took his case against the Katsina state governor and his deputy to the Sharia courts the trend in the calibre of persons sentenced under these religious law was a motley collection of illiterate rural dwellers who were mostly women purportedly caught in adulterous relationships in which the men were let off.
	www.thisdayonline.com /archive/2002/09/08/20020908ins02.html (1323 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		It is bounded in the north by Niger Republic, in the east by Kano State, in the south by Kaduna State and by Sokoto State in the west.
		Katsina is one of the few states in the country where crops are grown all the year round.
		Katsina city is a tourist attraction because of the wall that surrounds it with its seven different gates.
	www.nigeria.gov.ng /govt_state_katsina.aspx (587 words)

	Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Akwa Ibom State, carved out from the former Cross River State, is one of the two states that was created on the 23rd of Sept.,1987, by the Babangida administration (the other is Katsina State which was carved out of Kaduna State).
		The creation of states or local governments means that the government will certainly be brought closer to the people of that particular area or catchment coupled with the gains that will accrue as a result of such development.
		Discussions bordering on the state of the industries in the state call to mind the original blue print of the founding fathers of the state now struggling for the first position with Katsina in terms of development.
	www.akwaibomstate.com /State_Profile.htm (1313 words)

	Vanguard Online Edition : OPINION: Katsina and the dividends of privatisation
		As it is presently, most of the workers at the Katsina mill are indigenes of the state who have been trained by the initial designers of the plant.
		For a state whose leadership is ranked to be one of the few who has done comparatively well, Katsina state is in for good time.
		For instance, given its scarce resources, Katsina State Government would not have dreamt of building a steel rolling mill today, the state government is in the process of acquiring the only steel mill in the state.
	www.vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/columns/c225112004.html (792 words)

	Katsina, Nigeria, Pictures
		Katsina, city in northern Nigeria, capital of Katsina State, a historic center of trade and learning.
		Katsina was under the control of the Songhai empire from about 1513 until 1554.
		It then became an important intellectual center and caravan hub for the Hausa states until the early 19th century, when Kano grew in importance and new trade routes were established to the Gulf of Guinea.
	www.greatestcities.com /Africa/Nigeria/Katsina_city.html (288 words)

	THISDAYonline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Katsina State government has pledged to provide all moral and professional support to practising journalists in the state so as to ensure and enhance their efficiency and effectiveness.
		The state Commissioner for Information and Culture Alhaji Abdul Haro Mashi said this at the launching of almanac and presentation of merit award and certificates to thirteen distinguished members of the profession in the state on Saturday in Katsina.
		The NUJ chairman in the state Alhaji Salisu Daura commended the state government for its support and understanding on matters concerning journalists in the state and that the union will continue to cooperate with the state government in its effort to move the state forward in its developmental programmes to the people of the state.
	www.thisdayonline.com /archive/2003/10/21/20031021pol07.html (367 words)

	Katsina State - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		NG-KT Katsina State is a state in northern Nigeria.
		The state was formed in 1987 from part of Kaduna State.
		This page was last modified 21:57, 14 July 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Katsina_State (52 words)

	[Islam-Online- Top News]
		Katsina replaced its secular Area Courts with Islamic Sharia courts Tuesday, bringing residents of the northern state under full Islamic law for the first time in decades.
		However, Christians in the state oppose the introduction of Sharia, which according to them is a violation of the 1999 constitution and infringes on their rights.
		The state assembly of Kebbi earlier this month passed a bill, still to be signed by the state governor, introducing Sharia.
	islamonline.net /iol-english/dowalia/news-2000-August-02/topnews9.asp (446 words)

	Igba Vishigh OP: Chapter 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In the survey which we undertook in two states, Kaduna and Katsina, it was discovered that there are many places in which churches have trained their medical personnel for the village corps through this method.
		Kaduna state shares common boundaries with the following states: Katsina to the north, created by Major General Gbadamosi Babangida in 1987, Kano to the northeast, Bauchi and Plateau in the southeastern corner, the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja to the south, Niger State to the southwest, and Zamfara to the northwest.
		Katsina, as sweet-sounding as its female counterpart of Zaria, is said to be derived from a princess of Daura who married Janzama, King of the Durbawa, who rules at Durbia Kusheyi.
	www.diafrica.org /nigeriaop/Vishigh/phd4.htm (12023 words)

	Amana Online
		Instead of Mallam Tukur to remain loyal to the entire Katsina emirate and Bakori District head so that some level of cordiality could be sustained between the Katsina emirate and Bakori ruling house, he preferred to engage in unnecessary utterances and controversies.
		This matter was investigated by the office of the Katsina State Government but in the end it was confirmed that there was nothing other than subjective placement of arguments aimed at discrediting Alhaji Sule Idris.
		Also there were no evidences or a proof that was established by the office of the state security services, commissioner of police, state standing committee and the emir of Katsina and Chairman of Bakori Local Government, whom were sent a copy of the complaints.
	www.amanaonline.com /Articles/art_757.htm (894 words)

	BBC News \| AFRICA \| Nigeria's Katsina state adopts Sharia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Nigerian state of Katsina has become the fifth northern state to formally adopt Islamic law or Sharia this year.
		Another northern state, Jigawa, is expected to introduce the code on Wednesday.
		But he also said that the state authorities did not want to intimidate the Christian minority, who have tended to see the spread of Sharia as an attack on their way of life.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/860660.stm (349 words)

	Amina Lawal: Sentenced to death for adultery - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		According to the registrar of the Sharia Court of Appeal of Katsina State, the hearing was once again not able to take place because not enough serving members of the tribunal were available.
		On 27 August 2003, the verdict of Amina Lawal's hearing of her appeal in Katsina state, northern Nigeria was postponed to 25 September.
		Amina Lawal and her team of lawyers were present at the hearing and the grounds on which this latest adjournment was made is yet to be known.
	web.amnesty.org /pages/nga-010902-background-eng (637 words)

	WLUML: News and Views
		Amina's appeal hearing at the Katsina State Sharia Court of Appeal is to be heard on August 27.
		Amina's appeal hearing at the Katsina State Sharia Court of Appeal had been postponed and is to be heard on August 27.
		They may result in behaviour such as that of the Zamfara State governor over Bariya Magazu, or even more threatening, hostile and violent behaviour by vigilantes (in extra-legal acts by non-state actors like the hordes of young unemployed men who are the bulk of the vigilantes).
	wluml.org /english/newsfulltxt.shtml?cmd[157]=x-157-18546+&... (3215 words)

	www.businessinafrica.net \| news \| west africa Nigeria records new bird flu outbreak
		News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the cases were recorded at the weekend in Bakori and Jargaba Council areas of Katsina State.
		Katsina is one of the 12 states in Nigeria where the highly-pathogenic form of bird flu (H5N1) has been found.
		Others affected States are Kano, Plateau, Yobe, Bauchi, Nasarawa and Benue, in the north, as well as Anambra and Rivers, in the south-east and Ogun and Lagos, in the south-west.
	www.businessinafrica.net /news/west_africa/248479.htm (393 words)

	Zamfara Online web site
		With an area of 38,418 Square kilometres, It is bordered in the North by Niger republic, to the South by Kaduna State.
		In the east it is bordered by Katsina State and to the West by Sokoto and Niger States.
		With the re-introduction of the Shari’a legal system in the State in 1999, the crime rates have reduced drastically and it is one of the most peaceful States in Nigeria.
	www.zamfaraonline.com (678 words)

	Sign the Petition to Prevent the Death by Stoning of Amina Lawal
		AMINA LAWAL, a 30 year-old Muslim woman, was sentenced on Friday 22 March 2002 to stoning to death by a Shari'ah court at Bakori in Katsina State in northern Nigeria.
		Pregnancy outside of marriage constitutes sufficient evidence for a woman to be convicted of adultery according to the new Shari'ah-based penal code for Muslims, introduced in Katsina State.
		The Shari'ah Court of Appeal of Funtua, Katsina State, set 27 May as the date for the hearing of Amina's appeal against her sentence to death by stoning.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/904093/posts (2305 words)

	Daily Trust: The Paper On-Line... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		A Katsina State House of Representatives member, Hon Bashir Nadabo said in Abuja at the weekend that the popularity of Katsina State Governor, Alh Umar Yar’adua is waning because of his alleged support for the failed tenure extension bid.
		A meeting of Katsina State elders and members of the National Assembly from the state was stopped recently by the police who allegedly locked out General Buhari and others from venue of the meeting.
		Commenting on the chances of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alh Ami nu Bello Masari also eyeing the governorship of the state, Nadabo said Masari might not be in the good books of the President in view of his opposition agai-nst unpopular interests of the president.
	www.dailytrust.com /politics5.htm (235 words)

	Moor Journal of Agricultural Research - Vol. 4, No. 2 (2003)
		The development of measures for improved crop-livestock integration requires an assessment of the present state of crop-livestock interaction and the potential for its improvement.
		Data were collected from 120 households in Katsina State of Nigeria during the 1998/99 cropping season.
		The model results demonstrate the rationality of the decision on the part of the households in allocating resources on their farms as the optimal plans did not deviate much from the dominant existing activities in the study area.
	www.ajol.info /viewarticle.php?id=20709 (351 words)

	Rulings by Election Tribunals (2)
		Demand(s): To nullify re-election of Makarfi as Governor of Kaduna State
		Demand(s): Nullification of the re-election of Dariye as Governor of Plateau State
		Demand(s): Nullification of Kalu’s re-election as Governor of Abia State
	www.nigeriafirst.org /printer_927.shtml (958 words)

	afrol News - Amina Lawal's death sentence quashed at last
		Ms Ibrahim, the lawyer, told the press in Katsina that the appeal court's decision had been "a victory" for law, for justice and for dignity and fundamental human rights.
		According to the original ruling, the father of Ms Lawal's child had not committed a criminal act, only she was to face criminal charges.
		Amnesty added that the federal government of Nigeria now should take steps to abolish the death penalty and amend all pieces of legislation which introduce the death penalty as well as cruel, inhuman and degrading punishments at all levels of the Nigerian legislation, including the Shari'a penal legislation.
	www.afrol.com /printable_article/10527 (714 words)

	Daily Independent - A voice of your own
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	www.independentngonline.com /?c=56&a=1117 (522 words)

	Amina Lawal - Women Condemned To Death For Having A Child Outside Marriage
		Under the Katsina regional law, admitting to having a baby amounts to a confession to the crime of adultery.
		The softly spoken and largely unschooled Lawal told AFP that her main worries were the strain the case was putting on her parents and what would happen to her baby daughter Wasila if she is put to death.
		A spokesperson for the Katsina State authorities, Ibrahim Abdullahi, said that the Governor would not intefere in the appeal process, and predicted that if the appeal was turned down, Amina Lawal would be executed.
	ccadp.org /aminalawal.htm (945 words)

	"Political Shari'a"? Human Rights and Islamic Law in Northern Nigeria: V. Human rights violations under Shari’a in ...
		Sources in Katsina reported that members of his family had put pressure on Sani Yakubu Rodi not to appeal, on the basis that a judgment by a Shari’a court was the will of God and should not be challenged.
		A further appeal was then filed with the State Shari’a Court of Appeal. On September 25, 2003, the State Court of Appeal overturned the death sentence on several grounds, including that there had been insufficient evidence to convict Amina Lawal and that she had a right to withdraw her confession.
		In some states, such as Bauchi, it was reported that several people sentenced to amputation had not been detained, but had been waiting for a prolonged period for the governor to make a decision on their cases.
	www.hrw.org /reports/2004/nigeria0904/5.htm (5585 words)

	The Nigerian Embassy - States and Local Governments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		There are 34 local government areas in the state namely: Katsina, Zango, Daura, Mai Aduwa, Mashi, Kaita, Ingawa, Kankiya, Dutsin-Ma, Matazu, Safana, Musawa, Kankara, Malumfashi, Kafur Danja, Funtua, Bakori, Faskari, Sandamu, Danume, Kasuda, Raure, Dan-Musa Dutsi, Chranchi, Sabuwa, Jibiwa, Batsari, Kurafi, Batagarawa, Rimi, Mani and Bindawa.
		In the field of special education, adequate plans are made to provide each Local Government with special schools for the blind.
		Legend has it that in those days, because of its height, it was used for surveillance purposes front where warriors could see enemies advancing on the ancient city.
	www.nigerianembassy-argentina.org /government/states/katsina.shtml (609 words)

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