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44-453: [REDACTED] Look up lemu in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lemu may refer to: People [ edit ] Ahmed Lemu (1929–2020), Nigerian scholar Aisha Lemu (died 2019), Nigerian scholar Hassan Lemu , Nigerian politician Massa Lemu , Malawi artist Places [ edit ] Lemu, Finland Topics referred to by

88-629: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ahmed Lemu Ahmed Lemu was born at Lemu Village near Bida , Gbako Local Government of Niger State on 21 November 1929. He had his early education from the Quranic School Bida in 1932 before receiving his elementary education in 1939, he went for his intermediate school in Government College Lemu in 1948. He obtained his level two teachers certificate for Arabic, Sharia Jurisdiction and

132-504: Is in the North-Central part of the country. The Kano Native Authority, an offshoot of the fula Kano Emirate , inherited the ancient trade industries that fuelled the trans-Saharan trade with North Africa. The Province of Zaria is home to the City of Kaduna, an autonomous capital city that serves as the nation's capital and home to its national institutions. Groundnut and cotton industries in

176-667: Is now Northern Nigeria and Eastern Niger. With the decline of the Nok and Sokoto, who had previously controlled Central and Northern Nigeria between 800 BCE and 200, the Hausa were able to emerge as the new power in the region. They are closely linked with the Kanuri people of Kanem-Bornu ( Lake Chad ), the Birom, Gwari, Nupe and Jukun. The Hausa aristocracy , under influence from the Mali Empire adopted Islam in

220-572: Is plains of tall grass which are interrupted by trees. Sudan savanna is similar but with shorter grasses and shorter trees. Sahel savanna consists of patches of grass and sand, found in the northeast. In the Sahel region, rain is less than 20 inches (508 mm) per year and the Sahara Desert is encroaching. In the dry north-east corner of the country lies Lake Chad , which Northern Nigeria shares with Niger , Chad and Cameroon. The South Western part of

264-576: Is thought by some to be the same or an offshoot of the Nok. The Fourteen Kingdoms unified the diverse lore and heritage of Northern Nigeria into a cohesive ethno-historical system. Seven of these kingdoms developed from the Kabara legacy of the Hausa people . In the 9th century as vibrant trading centers competing with Kanem-Bornu and Mali slowly developed in the Central Sudan, a collection of kingdoms merged –

308-517: The Banza Bakwai , meaning Bastard Seven. The Banza Bakwai adopted many of the customs and institutions of the Hausa Bakwai but were considered unsanctioned or copy-cat kingdoms by non-Hausa people. These states include: Between 500 and 700, Hausa people , who are thought to have slowly moved from Nubia and mixing in with the local Northern population, established a number of strong states in what

352-670: The Benue-Plateau State , each with its own Governor. The Nok culture , an ancient culture dominated most of what is now Northern Nigeria in prehistoric times, its legacy in the form of terracotta statues and megaliths have been discovered in Sokoto , Kano , Birinin Kudu, Nok and Zaria . The Kwatarkwashi culture , a variant of the Nok culture centred mostly around Zamfara in Sokoto Province

396-722: The Bida Native Authority as a teacher of Arabic, Islamic studies and English language. He taught in the Government Secondary School Bida from 1953 to 1960 and was moved to Kano in 1960, where he became senior teacher of Arabic Language, Islamic Studies and Education. He was also supervisor and principal in the School of Arabic Studies Kano and was the director of the Government Secondary Education between 1965 and 1966. In 1966, he became principal of

440-715: The Emirates of Kontagora and Ilorin were the first to be conquered by the British. In February 1903, the great fort of Kano, seat of the Kano Emirate was captured, Sokoto and much of the rest of its Caliphate soon capitulated. On 13 March 1903, the Grand Shura of Caliphate finally conceded to Lugard's demands and proclaimed Queen Victoria as suzerain of the Caliphate and all its lands. Governor Lugard, with limited resources, controlled

484-493: The Hausa Kingdoms or Hausa Bakwai – dominating the great savannah plains of Hausaland. Their primary exports were leather , gold , cloth , salt , kola nuts , animal hides, and henna . The seven Hausa states included: The growth and conquest of the Hausa Bakwai resulted in the founding of additional states with rulers tracing their lineage to a concubine of the Hausa founding father, Bayajidda . Thus, they are called

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528-810: The Niger and the Benue River which converge at Kabba province from where it travels southwards ultimately emptying into the Atlantic Ocean . The expansive valleys of the Niger and Benue River valleys dominate the southern areas of the region. To the southeast of the Benue river, hills and mountains which forms the Mambilla Plateau create the highest plateau in Northern Nigeria with 1350 above sea level. This plateau extends to

572-673: The Northern Peoples Congress under Bello dominated parliament while the Northern Elements Progressive Union became the main opposition party. In 1967, Northern Nigeria was disestablished by subdivision. The government of Northern Nigeria was modelled after the Westminster system . A premier acted as head of government and presided over the day-to-day affairs of government, while a Governor of Northern Nigeria acted as viceroy and as commander-in-chief of

616-689: The Uthman Danfodiyo University in 1996, PhD from Oshogbo University in 2011 and the one of Al-Hilal University in 2013 for PhD. On 16 November 1969, Lemu and his wife Aisha Lemu decided to establish their own organisation to do the things we are urging others to do, the Islamic Educational Trust. Aisha Lemu'a kitchen store was the first office of the IET at their house. Lemu was president, Alhaji Sani Ashafa Suleiman secretary general and Aisha Lemu finance secretary. The first task of

660-446: The 11th century. By the 12th century, the Hausa were becoming one of Africa's major powers. The architecture of the Hausa is perhaps one of the least known but most beautiful of the medieval age. Many of their early mosques and palaces are bright and colourful and often include intricate engraving or elaborate symbols designed into the facade. By 1500, the Hausa utilized a modified Arabic script known as Ajami to record their own language;

704-852: The Arabic Teachers College Sokoto and Senior Inspector of Education in 1970. He rose to become the Chief Inspector: Education for Sokoto State , a position he held from 1971 to 1973 and later head the Educational Planning of Sokoto State between 1974 and 1976 before retiring to join the Judiciary commission. He also served a consultant in the Fountain University Osogbo in 2009. Lemu was a member of many international Islamic organizations in and out of Nigeria. He edited several books and school references. Lemu

748-550: The British in 1960, a Governor continued to be appointed until 1967 as representative of the new administration in Lagos. The governor presided over all ceremonial functions and appointed the members of the nation's upper legislative house, the Northern Nigerian House of Chiefs. The highest point in Northern Nigeria is Chappal Waddi at 2,419 m (7,936 ft), which is located at gasha gumti Taraba state. The main rivers are

792-809: The Educational board; he was the first Sharia judge at the Court of Appeals of Sokoto from 1976 to 1977 and Chief Sharia Judge at the Niger State Court of Appeals between 1976 and 1991. Lemu was a member of the Nigerian Council of Religions, and served as president in the Council for Youth Development of Nigeria and also as chairman of the Councils of Trustee at the Islamic Relief Commission Office. Lemu

836-736: The General Education and Islamic Studies in a School of Sharia Law: School of Arabic Studies Lemu in 1952. He went on for School of African and Oriental Studies in 1954 from the London University in United Kingdom . He had his certificate of General Education for advance level in Arabic , history, Hausa and Persian languages in 1961 and went on to obtain his bachelor's degree Hons in African and Oriental Studies in 1964. Lemu started his career in

880-672: The Hausa compiled several written histories, the most popular being the Kano Chronicle . Usman Dan Fodio , the 18th century revolutionary and a social, religious and political reformer finally united the seven Hausa States with newly created provinces into the Sokoto Caliphate . The Sokoto Caliphate was under the overall authority of the Commander of the Faithful . Under Dan Fodio, the Empire

924-559: The Niger interior and unite it with the rest of the British Empire. The protectorate of Northern Nigeria was proclaimed at Ida by Frederick Lugard on January 1, 1897. The basis of the protectorate was the 1885 Treaty of Berlin which broadly granted Northern Nigeria to the British sphere of influence , on the basis of their existing protectorates in Southern Nigeria. Hostilities with the powerful Sokoto Caliphate soon followed.

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968-506: The North Central. Hausa , Fulani , Nupe and the Kanuri people are chiefly Muslims. A small part of the Hausa population also adheres to the ancient religion of Hausa Animism . Large Christian populations also exist in the north, mostly in the North Central, they were converted to Christianity after the colonisation of the country by the British. With fighting on both sides, there have been attacks by Fulani herdsmen on villages in

1012-558: The North, including eventually in the areas of foreign relations and customs policy. The Protectorate of Northern Nigeria was established by the British colonial administration in 1900, marking a significant chapter in Nigeria's colonial history. This entity encompassed the predominantly Muslim and Hausa-Fulani dominated regions of the north, distinct from the southern territories under direct British rule. The British aimed to consolidate control over

1056-646: The Northern Nigeria Protectorate, after 1914 the Lieutenant Governor, Chief Commissioner, or Governor-General of the Northern Provinces of Nigeria, was effectively the viceroy of Northern Nigeria, exercising British suzerainty as representative of the Crown . The office of High Commissioner was first established on 1 January 1897, by letters patent from Queen Victoria. After the departure of

1100-598: The border with Cameroon , this montane land forms part of the Bamenda Highlands in Cameroon. The great savanna belt of the Great Plains of Hausaland dominates much of the rest of the province. this region experiences rainfall between 20 and 60 inches (508 and 1,524 mm) per year. The savanna zone's three categories are Guinean forest-savanna mosaic , Sudan savanna , and Sahel savanna . Guinean forest-savanna mosaic

1144-499: The chronicle of ten people that impacts extensively on persuade people on Islamic in Nigeria. Amongst the notable students Lemu taught were the former head of state of Nigeria Ibrahim Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar , Sani Bello a military administrator of North-Eastern State, Gado Nasko , Mamman Vatsa and Mohammed Sami all passed through him in school. Northern Nigeria Northern Nigeria (or Arewancin Nijeriya )

1188-614: The constabulary. The lower house of parliament, called the House of Assembly was composed of elected representatives from the various provinces of the country. The Upper House of parliament, called the House of Chiefs, was similar to the British House of Lords, composed of unelected emirs of the various Native Authority Councils of the nation's provinces. In 1967, the Federal Military Government of General Yakubu Gowon broke up

1232-467: The diverse regions of Nigeria, leveraging indirect rule through traditional Hausa rulers and Emirs. This strategy aimed to maintain stability while extracting resources for British interests. The Protectorate of Northern Nigeria evolved through administrative reforms and faced challenges such as resistance to colonial rule and socio-economic transformations. Northern Nigeria gained self-government on 15 March 1957 with Sir Ahmadu Bello as its first premier.

1276-535: The establishment was to ensure that all schools both the public and missionary in the North-Western State had qualified teachers for 'Islamic Religious Knowledge'. IET trained and employed teachers sending them to various schools within the Northern State of Nigeria. The first set of textbooks used in teaching Islamic Religion Knowledge in schools wer written by Lemu, Bashir Sambo and AbdurRahman Doi. One of

1320-642: The expansion of the Royal Niger Company , whose interior territories spread north from about where the Niger River and Benue River joined at Lokoja the Mount Patti hill. The Royal Niger Company's territory did not represent a direct threat to much the Sokoto Caliphate or the numerous states of Northern Nigeria. This changed, when Frederick Lugard and Taubman Goldie laid down an ambitious plan to pacify

1364-488: The flagship trustee program is the Daawah Institute Nigeria. The organization gained support from notable Alhaji Sir Abubakar III Sultan of Sokoto and the then Military Governor of North-Western State Alhaji Usman Faruk . The IET had various programmes, including Annual Seminars for Muslim Undergraduates, Women's Classes, Daawah Mobile Corps and Weekend School. The first headquarters of IET was in Sokoto when Lemu

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1408-575: The four regions that until then had constituted the Federation of Nigeria, creating twelve new states. Northern Nigeria was divided into the North-Eastern State , North-Western State , Kano State , Kaduna State , Kwara State , and the Benue-Plateau State , each with its own Governor and government. The High Commissioner or Governor of Northern Nigeria, originally the High Commissioner of

1452-615: The main manufacturing sector. And also, irrigation plant at Dadin Kowa Dam in Gombe State (present day Gombe State). Northern Nigeria though an ethnically and religiously diverse region, is an overwhelmingly majority Muslim region. The Hausa, Fulani and Kanuri dominate much of the North Western and Eastern part of the country while the Yoruba , Nupe , Tiv , Igala and Idoma are dominant in

1496-560: The protectorate after some years, serving in Hong Kong , but was eventually returned to work in Nigeria, where in 1914 he sought the merger of the Northern Nigeria Protectorate with Southern Nigeria , creating the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria . Agitation for independence from the radically different Southern Protectorate, however, led to a formidable split in the 1940s. The Richards constitution proclaimed in 1945, gave overwhelming autonomy to

1540-418: The province of Kano provided the main source of revenue for Northern Nigeria. Tin mining in the Province of Plateau , Steel mining in the Province of Benue, and other metal industries in the Province of Sokoto, built up the diverse mining industry of the region. Cement industries in Sokoto , Bauchi and Ashaka cement at Gombe (present day Funakaye LGA) other processing industries in Kano constituted

1584-405: The region included Ogidi , Iyamoye, Iyara that have deep forests inter spacing the guinea savannah areas (and borders the forested areas of southern protectorate and as such shared similar rain patterns and given to the cultivation of cash crops such as coffee and cocoa). Northern Nigeria was divided into thirteen provinces: Kano, the largest of the provinces in terms of population and economy,

1628-474: The region with the consent of local rulers through a policy of indirect rule , which he developed into a sophisticated political theory. The geographical area included in the Northern Nigeria Protectorate included the Okun-Yoruba land of Kabba, Ogidi, Ijumu, Gbede, Yagba, as well as Ebira land, Igala land fashioned collectively under Kabba Province. The Ifelodun, Offa, Omuaran, Ifelodun and Irepodun areas, also Yorubas, were fashioned into Ilorin province. Lugard left

1672-496: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Lemu . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lemu&oldid=1251015220 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description

1716-450: Was an autonomous division within Nigeria , distinctly different from the southern part of the country, with independent customs, foreign relations and security structures. In 1962, it acquired the territory of the British Northern Cameroons , which voted to become a province within Northern Nigeria. In 1967, Northern Nigeria was divided into the North-Eastern State , North-Western State , Kano State , Kaduna State , Kwara State , and

1760-451: Was awarded the Merit Prize by Niger State Government in 1991, Nigerian National Order by the Military head of Nigeria Abdulsalami Abubakar ; in 1999, Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (OFR) and by Olusegun Obasanjo for Order of the Niger (OON) in 2001. He received the King Faisal Prize in 2014 for his service in Islam and was among two winners of the King Faisal International Prize in Nigeria . He received an honorary degree from

1804-433: Was bicephalous and divided into two territories each controlled by an appointed vizier . Each of the territories was further divided into autonomous Emirates under mainly hereditary local Emirs . The Bornu Empire was initially absorbed into the Sokoto Caliphate of Usman dan Fodio but broke away a few years later. Initially, the British involvement in Northern Nigeria was predominantly trade-related and revolved around

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1848-470: Was involved in Islamic humanitarian activities including delivering of lectures in various countries. Lemu also made significant contributions towards official efforts pertaining to security, reconciliation and dialogue during security challenges in Northern Nigeria , the Presidential Experts Committee for National Security and various other national committees and councils. Lemu served in the Niger State and Sokoto State judiciary body after retiring from

1892-413: Was serving as the Sharia Judge of the Sokoto Court of Appeal in 1975, moving its headquarters to Minna in 1976 when he was transferred to serve as the first grand khadi Shari'ah Court of Appeal at the newly created Niger State . In 2019 the organization celebrated 50 years of existence. Lemu also founded the Dawah Coordination Council Of Nigeria and was the first President. Lemu is considered top among

1936-489: Was the chairman of the Niger State advisory council of Ulama and Chairman Niger State preaching Board. Lemu annually conducted tafsir session during Ramadan , when he preached on radio and television. He also preached every Friday during the Friday prayer in Hausa and Nupe language in the Minna Central Mosque . Lemu's books specialized is the salat, fasting, zakkat and hajj , he clarified and based on IRP Cairo classification, and independent Islamic intellectual. Lemu

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