Citadel of history

Mansā Mūsā went on a pilgrimage to Makkah in 1324 and took 60,000 men and 12,000 servants with him who each carried four pounds of gold bars. During his trip he stopped in Cairo, where he reportedly injected so much gold into the local economy that the metal's value dropped throughout Egypt, earning him his reputation as the richest man ever. It is said that he gave away most of his gold to whom he met, due to his kindness.

He was responsible for vast building projects including Mosques and Madrasas. The Islamic scholarly was boosted by this trip, as the amount of Madrasas and libraries grew together with the Islamic knowledge. At the same time, Muslim leaders and kingdoms increased the exchange of commerce, scholars, poets etc.

HISTORY OF KISI/KISHI
Exploration of dual origin of a people
As back as the 12th Century precisely, 1301 A.D., the town (Kisi/Kishi) was already in existence. It began as different settlements, adventurer camps and hamlets. The area that began as old Kishi, since came into being; there has been no relocation or resettlement of the people in the ancient kingdom. The town also had an impregnable defence network against external aggression and never conquered throughout its existence. It also blessed with alot of historical sites.
Kishi is located on latitude 9005’N-907”N and longitude 30 50” E-30 52”E. The exact spot (90N05’50” & E51’59”) where the town is situated was founded by the legendary Prince Kilishi Yeruma, who was said to have come from the Benin Republic. The area is covered by landscape of hills and mountains mixed with following streams and perennial rivers of Tege, Ajangba, Tesi, Gbandara, among others. It is a natural attraction of people and vegetation. The vegetation comprises of rain forest and savannah green land. Kishi is about 30km of old Oyo. All these combined to make the entire landmass a fascinating and good for settlement, hunting and farming respectively.
Kishi is founded as a unity town from scores of settlements by Prince Kilishi Yeruma fron Nikki kingdom of Benin Republic, who became her first king. The Kilishi Yeruma, from history was a grandson of Nikki’s great priest, Kisra (A short history of Nigeria by C.R.Niven 1937; pg 61), who was the spiritual leader of the Borgu tribe. Priest Kisra was said to have migrated from the Arabia peninsular enroute famous Borno Kinngdom. King Kilishi Yeruma was also the first son of Sabi (It is a royal custom for the first son born on throne to be named Kilishi), one of the three warlord sons of the Priest Kisra. Sabi was the Prime king of Nikki, Borgu province of Benin Republic he founded. The remaining two, Woru and Bio, successfully founded ILLO (Sokoto State) and BUSSA (Borgu part in Niger State, Nigeria) respectively.
However, the dual lineage of Kishi/Kisi was established with the marriage of king of Kilishi Yeruma to a regent from Oyo empire; Adasobo. History reported that the Premier Iba of kishi/kisi reigned when Alaafin Oranmiyan founded Old Oyo (1390/1400 AD).
Due to the historical motherly role of Yeye Adasobo throughout the Kishi/Kisi countryside, sons and daughter in town and in environs were given Yoruba names; likewise, the Yoruba language was also embraced.
The name kishi/kisi, was ellipsed from KILISHI/KILISI, the first name of the founder king Kilishi Yeruma of the ancient town (the royal name for first son on throne).The record analysed that, the accomodating nature of the town favoured the inflush of different immigrants of Old Oyo Kingdom during her trial times. Thus, the popularity of going to the town of Kilishi aided the historical elipsation to KISHI perfectly. As Kilishi Kingdom of the time has a formidable defence network against external aggression,especially from Ilorin and Nupe emirates.Not only that,the town serves as trans genuine savanah caravan route terminus from southwest (Ibadan/Iseyin) to seat of Sokoto caliphate (Babs Fafunwa;History of Education in Nigeria Pg 68).
The dualism of Kisi and Kishi is a natural circumstance. This with respect to historical lineage of the town from two different sources of Ibaruba and Yoruba (can you spot any similarities of last four alphabetical letters and pronunciation in the two).
The Kisi derivation perfectly suited the Yoruba adventurers and immigrants of the time. Take note that letter S in Kisi is a Yoruba alphabetically consonant (i.e. phonetic for SIT), whereas, our brothers from Borgu countryside (in both Nigeria and Benin Republic i.e. batonous and bokobarus in Nigeria, and those of Nikki, borgu province of Benin republic) can only pronounce the name Kishi conveniently. Their pronunciation tallied with Arabic phonemic symbol (ﺵ) with English example Shi, as rightly written and pronounced as in YASHIKIRA (town in baruten LG), Kilishi Yeruma (royal name given to first son on the throne), and many other respectivelly.

Therefore, the name Kishi, favours Ibaruba lineage, as Kisi goes with the Yoruba side. Thus, an earlier documentation of The Borgu Kingdom Official website Data recognised KISHI, as kisi thus serving as corrupted version of KISHI both in documented and flowing correspondences of local and western worlds.
This has made the name Kishi to be on official records in the National Data bank on town and villages. That is reason why the name KISHI always reflected on Federal Government establishments correspondences. For instance in the Highway codes of the Federal Ministry of works, KISHI is official one. The National Vehicle identification by the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) also recognized KSH for vehicular plate numbers of IREPO LGA, etc.
Not only that, the documented page of the town, from Sir Fedrick Lord Lugard’s Diary (F.O. 2/167,Pg.178) addressed the great town as Kishi,on the occasion of Lugard’s carravan visit to the kingdom during the reign of HRM.Iba Folawiyo (1894) on 11th-15 october,1894. The treaty signed that day in releasing kishi kingdom to government of Lagos was titled; “The Kishi Treaty No. 13”.
Henceforth, any correspondence still addressing KISHI as Kisi is done out of ignorance of dualism nature of the ancient town in the southwestern Nigeria.Thus the royal title of Kishi Kingdom is The Iba of Kishi ;derived from Ibaruba of Kishi Kingdom.

Credit: Jimoh Tiamiyu
Publisher-News Index Magazine,
General media practitioner @ kishi,Oyo state,Nigeria.

A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF SHEIKH DAHIRU USMAN BAUCHI

Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi was born on 28th June, 1927 (1346 A.H. i.e 95 years now according to Islamic Calender) in Nafada when it was under Bauchi State but now it is under Gombe State, Nigeria. Currently, he is living in Kofar Gombe, Bauchi State, Nigeria.

He started his Islamic education from his biological father, Alhaji Usman where he became a Hafizul Qur-ān (Memoriser of the Glorious Qur-ān) before the age of 20. He also studied from so many great Islamic Scholars within and outside Nigeria. He said his greatest Islamic Scholar is Sheikh Ibrāhīm Inyass. Immediately after some years, the great Islamic Scholars he is learning the Glorious Qur-ān from them confirmed him as a Professor of Qur-ānic memorisation and education. Also, one International Islamic Organisation awarded him as one of the Greatest Mufassirun (translators of the Glorious Qur-ān) in the world.

He started his Tafsīr in Bauchi State in the year 1950. In the year 1976, the Bauchi Radio Corporation started airing his Tafsīr on radio. Also, in 1980 he relocated his Tafsīr to Kaduna State and in that same year, Radio Nigeria Kaduna started airing his Tafsīr. Now, most of the radio stations in northern Nigeria usually air his preachings especially during the Holy Month Of Ramadān.

He has 95 children, 406 grandchildren and 100 great grandchildren. And out of all of them, 77 children, 199 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren are all memorisers of the Glorious Qur-ān. That is, he has 601 family members (comprising children, grandchildren and great grandchildren), 300 out of them are memorisers of the Glorious Qur-ān and all of them have both Islamic and western education.

Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi has performed Hajj 50 times in his life and he also performed Umrah (lesser hajj) 203 times in his life time. He is a multimillionaire who has more than 1000 houses in Bauchi State and Kaduna State as well as some other States in northern Nigeria for his children and students to live free of charge. He also has so many Islamic schools and farmlands.

He is among the Great Famous Islamic Scholars in Nigeria who has uncountable number of followers within and outside Nigeria. Indeed, he has wisdom in terms of preaching that made uncountable number of unbelievers to accept Islam through him especially during each Ramadān fasting. He always encourage people to worship only one God (Allāh) alone and encourage Muslims to always seek for forgiveness, praise & thank Almighty Allāh for all the uncountable blessings he showered on us and send salutations to our beloved Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam)

May Allāh (Sub-haanahu wata'aala) increase his beneficial knowledge and health as well as grant him Jannatul Firdaus. Ameen

How the 36🇳🇬states got their names.

1. Abia

Abia is an acronym from the four main groups of people in the state as at the time it was formed in 1991: Aba Bende Isuikwuato Afikpo.

2. Adamawa

Adamawa was named after a warrior, Modibbo Adama Bin Ardo Hassan, that conquered the region in the beginning of the 19th century.

3. Akwa-Ibom

Akwa Ibom is named after the Qua Iboe (or Kwa Iboe) River.

4. Anambra

The state got its name from the corrupted version of Oma Mbala (Ànyịm Ọma Mbala), a popular river in the area.

5. Bauchi

There are three versions of how Bauchi got its name are:

‘Bauchi’ is Hausa word meaning the southern flanks of Hausaland. Tribes living in the southern parts of the Hausaland were referred to as "kasashen bauchi" and the area they lived in later came to be known simply as Bauchi. The second version the state was named for Baushe, a famous hunter who settled there before the 19th century. The third states that ‘bauchi’ is Hausa word for slavery since it was a center for slave raiders.

6. Bayelsa

Bayelsa is a combination of the acronyms of three local government areas which were pulled out of old Rivers state — Brass LGA known as BALGA, Yenegoa LGA known as YELGA and Sagbama LGA known as SALGA. The mathematics involved in the formation of their names is BA + YEL + SA = BAYELSA

7. Benue

The state was named after the "europeanised" corruption of 'Binuwe', the Batta word for ‘Mother of Waters’.

8. Borno

The alternative name of the Kanuris, the predominant ethnic group in the state, is 'Borno' which gave inspiration for the naming of the state.

9. Cross River

The state took its name from a River called Oyono or Cross River.

10. Delta

The state is where the River Niger forms a delta as it enters the Atlantic Ocean.

11. Ebonyi
Ebonyi is the anglicised version of 'Aboine', a river that cuts through Abakaliki, the state capital.

12. Edo
The Bini people who dwell in the area had always referred to themselves as Edo or Iduu. This inspired the name of the state.

13. Ekiti
‘Okiti’ is a term that is said to denote a settlement of many hills. It later became 'Ekiti'.

14. Enugu

Due to the many hills and rocky terrain in the area, the people named it in igbo, "Enu Ugwu" meaning "top of the hill". The state is named after the anglicised version, Enugu.

15. Gombe

Gombe is the dialect of Fulani language (Fulfulde) spoken in the area.

16. Imo

Just like many of the Nigerian states, Imo took its name from the popular river, Imo Mmiri.

17. Jigawa

Jigawa takes inspiration from its distinctively golden-coloured soil.

18. Kaduna

'Kadunas' is the plural form of crocodile in Hausa. The state therefore got its name from the many crocodiles in Kaduna River.

19. Kano

Kano was the name of a blacksmith from the Gaya tribe who settled in the area while sourcing for ironstone. The state was named after him.

20. Katsina

The state was named after the wife of a popular local ruler known as Janzama. Her name was Katsina.

21. Kebbi

It is said that Kebbi was named after the Ka’abba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

22. Kogi

Since the popular confluence in Nigeria is located in the state, Kogi is said to have been derived from ‘kogin’, the hausa word for river.

23. Kwara

River Niger used to be called River Kwara by the Nupes at the Northern border of the state. The state was named after this.

24. Lagos

In 1472, the first set of Europeans to set foot in Lagos were the Portuguese. Due to the many lagoons and rivers in the town, they named it Lagos, which is the Portuguese word for 'lakes'.

25. Nasarawa

Nasarawa is a native word for 'victorious'. The state was named by the founder of Nasarawa kingdom, Makama Dogo.

26. Niger

This was named after the River Niger.

27. Ogun

This state was also named after a river — Ogun River.

28. Ondo

Ondo is a word used for settlers. The state was named after the settlers of the old Ondo Kingdom.

29. Osun

This state was also named after a river — the River Osun.

30. Oyo

The state was named after the Old Oyo empire.

31. Plateau

The state was named after the picturesque Jos plateau. Jos got its name from the mispronunciation of the town 'Gwosh'.

32. Rivers

Rivers State was named after the many water bodies present in the area.

33. Sokoto

Sokoto is the anglicized version of the Arabic word ‘suk’ meaning ‘market’ or ‘place of commerce’. The state itself was named after the defunct Sokoto Caliphate.

34. Taraba

Taraba state got its name from the Taraba River.

35. Yobe

Komadugu Yobe (Waube or Ouobe) or River Yobe (or River of Yo) inspired the name of the state.

36. Zamfara

This state was named after Zamfarawa, one of the subdialects of the Eastern Hausa group.

Lists of Radio stations in Nigeria

FCT Abuja 27
Abia 12
Adamawa 6
Akwa Ibom 11
Anambra 25
Bauchi 6
Bayelsa 6
Benue 7
Borno 8
Cross Rivers 8
Delta 15
Ebonyi 4
Edo 12
Ekiti 7
Enugu 17
Gombe 7
Imo 18
Jigawa 10
Kaduna 25
Kano 23
Katsina 5
Kebbi 3
Kogi 8
Kwara 11
Lagos 38
Nasarawa 9
Niger 10
Ogun 24
Ondo 18
Osun 13
Oyo 31
Plateau 10
Rivers 17
Sokoto 5
Taraba 5
Yobe 3
Zamfara 1
Excluding Online Radio

(Wikipedia)